Re: New to the group

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In a message dated 1/18/01 1:46:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, Toy39@...

writes:

<< Right now he's in the denial stage. It's all a BIG mistake and next month

when I get tested it will show my sugar is down and normal. It runs in my

family and I watched it take my mothers life slowly over the years so I

know what he is going through but thought it would be nice to join a

group, sit back and listen and learn, smile.

I'm not sure what kind of Dr. he should be seeing but this Dr. tested

him. Called him up and said he would call in a prescription for pills,

said come back in a month to get checked. Never offered any pamphlets or

information to my boyfriend on diabetics which I find odd due to the fact

that my mother was given information to read from her Dr. >>

OMG get him to change dr's.....

Standard of care and treatment includes...

Diabetic education esp about food and exercise (even if its not low carb)

Diabetic education about getting eyes tested, (opthamologist) as well as

podiatrist.

Testing Cholesterol, as well as protein/creatinine ratio in urine.

Having him do his own blood sugars at LEAST 4 times a day

Not putting him on any meds for at least a month or two, so as to get a

baseline of how his pancrease is doing....

Often type 2 diabetes can be controlled just with diet and exercise, if he's

over wt, a 10 - 15 % drop in wt can cause him to convert back to non diabetic

status....

Hope this helps... btw denial is common, i felt it was due to me detoxing off

some other meds, and or perimenopause.

But i'm off the other meds.... and the blood sugars were consistantly high

till i started the glucophage. (metformin)

HTH

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I'm planning to go to the Taking Control of Your Diabetes Conference in

Nashville, TN in March. I all ready have my airline ticket and hotel

reservations. See http://www.tcoyd.org for more information. Dr. Edelman

has Type 1 diabetes himself, and is on the pump. He is an Endocrinologist.

I'm going there for a week...Nascar Cafe, Grand Ole Opry, Jack s

Dillistry tour (not in Nashville, but tour offered from Nashville).

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Hi ,

My boyfriend is 54 and has been asthmatic for about 15 years. He uses

Proventil but has learned to try and keep it under control without

reaching for his inhaler. He waits and sometimes his breathing will get

normal again. He also has high blood pressure which he claims is caused

from his Proventil.

I'm going to look and find another Dr. he can go to this week as I'm

worried about him. He sleeps to much even since starting this diabetes

medicine and he just purchased the FreeStyle monitor and his sugar is

reading 248, guess it's better then it being up passed 400 which it was

when the Doctor tested him. I don't feel comfortable waiting to go back

to this other Doctor in a month. Call me a worry wart if you want.

Donna

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:53:52 EST vjpoos3220@... writes:

> Donna---

>

> How long has your boyfriend been asthmatic? I have been an

> asthmatic for 34

> years and believe all the Predisone I've taken over the years has

> definitely

> contributed to my becoming a diabetic. BUT when you need the

> Predisone to

> breath (as I do right now) you need it. Sure makes keeping the

> diabetes

> under control lots harder though. My doctor has been a little

> hesitant to

> cover these times with insulin but since this is the third time I've

> had to

> be on Predisone in the last 3 months, it may be time to insist on

> being

> taught for the next time.

>

>

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I got a pedometer almost a month ago. Second day, I dropped it somewhere,

and had to make a quick (wet) grab to get it back ;-)

Since that, I've been using it faithfully (although because we must wear

professional dress, sometimes it requires a little creativity to figure out

where to put it). I've been quite surprised at the results.

I work off campus from the hospital, so I figured that with having to go

back and forth across the street a couple of times a day, I was walking

plenty. WRONG!!

I average 1 mile (days I'm not on the treadmill). One stinking mile.

Really opened my eyes.

I originally got the Pedometer because I was going to insist that I didn't

need additional exercise because I was sure I was walking 10,000 steps a day

(anyone remember that theory?). Not even close.

But, like getting an ugly bg reading, it's information, and as long as you

use it to make an improvement, it's not a bad thing to know.

Robin G.

>

>If he claims he does alot of walking, one of the

>things that opened my eyes was getting a pedometer.

>

>I work out of two locations, when I am at one, I

>easily walk 1.5 - 2 miles a day while in the office,

>but at the other location I was lucky to get .5 mile

>in.

>

>Get one that counts your steps, and try to beat your

>previous day step amounts, or week. Put yourself into

>some self-competition.

>

>It will open your eyes. You think I do all this

>walking, and it ends up being diddly.

>

>Lily

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[Guest guest]

> Really opened my eyes.

> I originally got the Pedometer because I

> was going to insist that I didn't need

> additional exercise because I was sure I

> was walking 10,000 steps a day ... Not even

> close.

I lost mine some months ago but haven't bothered to get a new one

because the message had already sunk in. The only time my pedometer

really showed plenty of movement was at the supermarket. This led to

the logical conclusion that the only chance I had to lose weight

through moving about more was to keep going to buy food!

The calories I burn during my 90 minutes indoor training each and

every day (stepper + abs trainer + weight-lifting) completely swamp

any calories burnt through normal working day or free-time movement

(including climbing stairs, parking outside the town and walking to

where I want to get) so I can forget about that, do whatever I want

to do as quickly as possible and use the saved time to do my

exercises - it pays off better (and I breathe less contaminated

outside air).

> But, like getting an ugly bg reading, it's

> information, and as long as you use it to

> make an improvement, it's not a bad thing

> to know.

Yes, but we all have to learn the lesson for ourselves, hence there

will always be a market for the pedometer manufacturers!

[Guest guest]

Hi Aviva,

I moderate a great group called ADHD_drug free, there are lots of moms

on there with tons of advice and kids with diagnosis all along the

spectrum. We have lots of good info on diet that would help your child

and you most likely. You sound like you have thyroid or adrenal issues

which is very common these days. Do you have cold hands, heart

flutters, wake up at night, low body temp??? Those are just a few signs.

Anyway why don't you join the other group. '

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ADHD_DrugFree

tsavka68 wrote:

>hey all,

> my name is aviva; i'm an english lecturer and writer, 38 years old,

>single mom to a wonderful five-year old son, max. i've been dealing

>with MS for 20 years now; the first five years were a plummet

>straight down, it took forever to get a diagnosis and by the time

>around...

>

>

[Guest guest]

could it be food allergies? I would do a delayed test to find out. Maybe

that is why it is so sporadic. Try keeping a journal and make sure it isn't an

allergy or hormones. Best, Kathy

Re: new to the group

Hi ,

You caught my attention. I often have cold hands and feet, and have

some heart concerns, heart murmur, supraventricular tachycardia,(lots

of fluttering) occasional, but severe pain like a muscle cramp in my

heart, that leaves me doubled-over for a bit.. I've been given nitro

glycerin for that, but it's kind of silly because when it happens, I

absolutely can't reach for anything, let alone, even communicate that

I need someone to get it for me. I wake up at night, often gasping

for air, feeling like I haven't been breathing for a long time. I've

done two miserable sleep study tests. One, I was just border-line,

-didn't quite qualify for an apnea machine. The second one was a

joke. I was next door to the most amazing snorer I've ever heard.

The wall separating us was rattling. I was tempted to sneak over to

get a look at him, thinking there was a possibility he was really a

large grizzly bear or something. I finally fell into a half-sleep for

two hours and then had to go home. They didn't catch my apnea at that

visit, either. It's frustrating because I know I have nights without

an episode and then many with problems. I'm mostly nervous about my

combination of breathing stuff and heart issues. My tonsils are

monsters, too, which I'm sure doesn't help. I'd lose weight if I

thought that'd help, but I'm just barely over 100 pounds. So I don't

think that's the issue at hand. I wish I could figure it out.

~amy

>

> >hey all,

> > my name is aviva; i'm an english lecturer and writer, 38 years old,

> >single mom to a wonderful five-year old son, max. i've been dealing

> >with MS for 20 years now; the first five years were a plummet

> >straight down, it took forever to get a diagnosis and by the time

> >around...

> >

> >

>