Re: Re: Counting Carbs

[Guest guest]

Sam,

When first diagnosed, I sensed lows when I was in the mid-60's. Three years

later, I don't sense them until I am in the mid to low 40's. I am only on

oral meds, Glucophage and glipizide. And Meenie is right, hunger and

weakness do manifest themselves with highs, too.

<< Meeenie, either you can sense a low or you can't, what I suggest is

sense the symptoms and confirm by test, so you are sure that is what it

is.

Some on human genetic insulin lose that sense, I don't know of anyone on

oral or diet that has that problem.. But test and confirm. Sam >>

[Guest guest]

, I managed to get an adjustable lance frrom my meter maker,

Lifescan by requesting it, they sent 200 lancets which is a lifetime

supply for me. By sticking the side of tthe finger rather than the

surfaces you use will help. avoid getting too close to the nail it tends

to drink up your blood sample. I kearned to express blood by trapping

the finger end with the thumb and thumb and finger of the other hand. I

learned to use less by resting my finger on the tape holder and rotating

it to apply blood to the spot, and to watch from thee side to move the

finger if needed to cover all the spot. Yours may work differently, but

consider how little you need. Many new meters don't respond well to an

excess.

I suggest you control your starches to avoid high blood sugar, and eat

little bits to avoid hunger and low sugars. Lows should be obvious to

you by the feeling of hunger first, and then perhaps weakness. Once you

have learned the symptoms and confirmed them by testing, you may not

need to test for lows, but rather after certain foods to see what they

do to your sugars, say an hour after meals. with experience and

correction you need test less.

[Guest guest]

> Lows should be obvious to

> you by the feeling of hunger first, and then perhaps weakness. Once you

> have learned the symptoms and confirmed them by testing, you may not

> need to test for lows

Hi Sam,

I have to disagree a bit with this. You should never rely on how you feel -

although often that may work, when it doesn't it could be a big problem.

Also, your bg can be quite high, but if you are resistant to insulin and

have a lot of it floating around without being used, you can feel very

hungry. So don't rely on a hungry feeling exclusively to tell you of a low.

Thanks, Meenie

[Guest guest]

Meeenie, either you can sense a low or you can't, what I suggest is

sense the symptoms and confirm by test, so you are sure that is what it

is.

Some on human genetic insulin lose that sense, I don't know of anyone on

oral or diet that has that problem.. But test and confirm. Sam

[Guest guest]

Dee, are you pretty sure of your meter? I get hungry around 80 unless I

am busy, and on oral meds feel shocky at 64. My meter suggests a snack

for anything under 60. Curiously I can go for long periods without

eating and have good sugars. I try to avoid big carb meals and keep my

sugar even. I think the rewards are to have a store of insulin to deal

with highs, and of sugar to deal with lows. The slightest amount of a

pancreas booster sends me crashing. Sam

[Guest guest]

Sam have you tried Avandia or Actos?

fp

> Dee, are you pretty sure of your meter? I get hungry around 80 unless I

> am busy, and on oral meds feel shocky at 64. My meter suggests a snack

> for anything under 60. Curiously I can go for long periods without

> eating and have good sugars. I try to avoid big carb meals and keep my

> sugar even. I think the rewards are to have a store of insulin to deal

> with highs, and of sugar to deal with lows. The slightest amount of a

> pancreas booster sends me crashing. Sam

[Guest guest]

FP, I am diet controlled. I advocate it. It seems to me if you have

sufficient carbs to keep your blood sugar at 100 (4.5) you have eaten

sufficient. I eat a little at a time, 2 eggs, a tiny piece of zwiebach

toast, a half dish of strawberries, half an orange, the rest of the

strawberries, and the orange from 0500 till 1200, and now time for a

salad with some blue cheese dressing and some meat. Half a dish of fruit

at 3pm, dinner at 5, take out Chinese tomight with a small amount of

rice, The rest of the fruit at 9pm.. I space my food so as to have

little peaking, and no hunger.

If I am a bit hungry before eating I lose weight, if not I gain. I am

told that more even sugars give more even sugars, the way the body

reacts, Sam

[Guest guest]

Sam

I am positive my meter is accurate. I run controls each time I start a new

vial of strips, and also run my own test each time I have my bloodwork done

at the lab, which is every three months, and the levels are compatible. The

levels I take at home, averaged out, are also in sync with my A1C. So, yes,

I am confident in my meter.

As I said in the post, when I was first diagnosed, I reacted at the mid 60's,

it just has developed over time that I do not manifest symptoms until later.

Remember, with this disease, everyone reacts differently to foods and meds.

This is not a cookie cutter disease (in more ways than one!!)

in Cincinnati

<< Dee, are you pretty sure of your meter? I get hungry around 80 unless I

am busy, and on oral meds feel shocky at 64. My meter suggests a snack

for anything under 60. Curiously I can go for long periods without

eating and have good sugars. I try to avoid big carb meals and keep my

sugar even. I think the rewards are to have a store of insulin to deal

with highs, and of sugar to deal with lows. The slightest amount of a

pancreas booster sends me crashing. Sam

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