Good Afternoon

[Guest guest]

Hi . First, I want to apologize for any confusion I may have caused,

in calling your husband Walter instead of Warren in my last post.

Wouldn't it be grand if Warren's diabetes is not permanent - and that his

glucose readings become more or less normal over time? You two are certainly

working hard and doing a really good job of getting him straightened out.

Sounds like he is in the hands of competent doctors as well.

One hundred is the magic number ... we just try to hover around that number

as much as possible. Non-diabetics hardly bounce around at all, but

diabetics will float up and down, depending on how many carbs they eat, how

much pancreas function they still have, their exercise level, insulin

resistance level, etc. Your doctors' advice to aim to hold him between 70

and 140 sounds good to me. There are others who may prefer even tighter

control. But there is always the threat of hypos when aiming for stricter

control, so it's an individual decision, I feel.

If Warren can register HbA1c readings between 5 and 6, why he is in fine

shape, to my way of thinking.

Best of success. I hope the nephrologist has good news for you two.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Hello all

Well Warren had a pretty good weekend....its seems that his sugars are

finally starting to settle down. The dr did call on Friday afternoon to

lower his insulin dosage yet again, from 35 to 25 in the mornings, and

from 20 to 15 in the evenings. Its now been a week since he has had to

take any of the Regular insulin..his sugars just aren't high enough to

need it !

whice is a very good thing : ) !! He is just taking the long acting one

now...and the way things are going I " m sure that will be it.

But what I wanted to ask you all........the dr never really did tell us

levels...ok yes they did, they told us to watch and not let his sugar get

below 70 and to try and keep it under 140. But what kind of readings

should you be getting during the day ? How much of a curve should there

be from the morning till the evening ? or are you supposed to try and get

the sugar levels to stay about the same all day long with the help of the

insulin ?

Ok for example...yesterday's readings were all with 18 points of each

other

Before breakfast 121 before lunch 138 before dinner 139 before bedtime

128

Now today look like its going to be the same thing only a bit lower...his

before breakfast was 110 and I just took him his lunch and we tested his

sugar before eating his lunch and it was again 110. I'm guessing this is

good ?

He goes to see his nephrologist next week for the first time since he

seen him in the hospital for the diabetes, this is actually his 4 month

regular checkup for the kidney but I " m sure the diabetes will be the

bigger topic of discussion.

Thanks again to all of you for your help and input. We're having to learn

alot of this stuff as we go along.

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