Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 Judith Manzer wrote: > > I have found my numbers seesawing more than they were for a while. I am > experiencing numbers that range from 170 to 130 instead of staying > around a consistent 100 as they were. In the past few months my mother & > my mother-in-law died, and I have had a week long bout of intestinal flu > and just recovered from a bad head cold. Since I have not been straying > that much in my diet, I assume that the emotional stress & physical > sickness are the culprits. When can I expect to level out again? I > know that will be difficult to answer, but it is depressing to read the > high numbers when I am already depressed.... It is depressing.. going through similar stuff. My doc put me on precose in addition to my present glucophage. Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, and she said it was a helpful book. -- Dave -- Wednesday, October 25, 2000 t2 8/98 Glucophage ICQ 10312009 «» DavOr's daily aphorism: We give nothing as willingly as our advice. -- Visit my photo page @ http://www.dorcutt.homepage.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 Judith Manzer wrote: > > I have found my numbers seesawing more than they were for a while. I am > experiencing numbers that range from 170 to 130 instead of staying > around a consistent 100 as they were. In the past few months my mother & > my mother-in-law died, and I have had a week long bout of intestinal flu > and just recovered from a bad head cold. Since I have not been straying > that much in my diet, I assume that the emotional stress & physical > sickness are the culprits. When can I expect to level out again? I > know that will be difficult to answer, but it is depressing to read the > high numbers when I am already depressed.... It is depressing.. going through similar stuff. My doc put me on precose in addition to my present glucophage. Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, and she said it was a helpful book. -- Dave -- Wednesday, October 25, 2000 t2 8/98 Glucophage ICQ 10312009 «» DavOr's daily aphorism: We give nothing as willingly as our advice. -- Visit my photo page @ http://www.dorcutt.homepage.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 Hi, Dave. What is PAD? Sheila {:-D > Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. > D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, > and she said it was a helpful book. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 Dave, how do you like taking precose.I ask because in Diabetes Education the nurse told us they only like using that in Europe and the side effects are many.She said it wasn't used much in the states. I had asked if she had used it {she had said earlier she had been a diabetic for 7 years} she had said no.I had also asked how much weight she had lost, she had gain,also asked how she controlled her type 2 diabetes, her answer was insulin.I wanted to ask why she was teaching us, but husband asked me not to, he doesn't have my sense of humor.:+} D.J. Re: Hyper symptoms > > > Judith Manzer wrote: > > > > I have found my numbers seesawing more than they were for a while. I am > > experiencing numbers that range from 170 to 130 instead of staying > > around a consistent 100 as they were. In the past few months my mother & > > my mother-in-law died, and I have had a week long bout of intestinal flu > > and just recovered from a bad head cold. Since I have not been straying > > that much in my diet, I assume that the emotional stress & physical > > sickness are the culprits. When can I expect to level out again? I > > know that will be difficult to answer, but it is depressing to read the > > high numbers when I am already depressed.... > > It is depressing.. going through similar stuff. My doc put me on precose > in addition to my present glucophage. > > Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. > D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, > and she said it was a helpful book. > > -- > Dave -- Wednesday, October 25, 2000 > t2 8/98 Glucophage > ICQ 10312009 > «» > DavOr's daily aphorism: > We give nothing as willingly as our advice. > -- > Visit my photo page @ http://www.dorcutt.homepage.com > > > Public website for Diabetes International: > http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 Panic/Anxiety disease. suprascr wrote: > > Hi, Dave. What is PAD? > > Sheila {:-D > > > Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. > > D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, > > and she said it was a helpful book. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 " D.J.MASER " wrote: > > Dave, how do you like taking precose.I ask because in Diabetes Education the > nurse told us they only like using that in Europe and the side effects are > many.She said it wasn't used much in the states. I had asked if she had used > it {she had said earlier she had been a diabetic for 7 years} she had said > no.I had also asked how much weight she had lost, she had gain,also asked > how she controlled her type 2 diabetes, her answer was insulin.I wanted to > ask why she was teaching us, but husband asked me not to, he doesn't have my > sense of humor.:+} D.J. According to my doctor, it's fairly newly accepted here in the US of A. Precose is Acarbose, as I found on RXList. She says that it helps to slow down the digestion/absorption of carbs. The side effects are the same as glucophage: possible stomach pain, flatulence, and diarrhea (per RXLIST). I haven't had any stomach pain or diarrhea, but the dogs don't hang around me. I've been on glucophage which has similar side effects for a long time. Unlike sulfonylureas or insulin, an overdose of PRECOSE ® will not result in hypoglycemia. An overdose may result in transient increases in flatulence, diarrhea, and abdominal discomfort which shortly subside. CONTRAINDICATIONS PRECOSE ® is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to the drug and in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis or cirrhosis. PRECOSE ® is also contraindicated in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, colonic ulceration, partial intestinal obstruction or in patients predisposed to intestinal obstruction. In addition, PRECOSE ® is contraindicated in patients who have chronic intestinal diseases associated with marked disorders of digestion or absorption and in patients who have conditions that may deteriorate as a result of increased gas formation in the intestine. > Re: Hyper symptoms > > > > > > > Judith Manzer wrote: > > > > > > I have found my numbers seesawing more than they were for a while. I am > > > experiencing numbers that range from 170 to 130 instead of staying > > > around a consistent 100 as they were. In the past few months my mother & > > > my mother-in-law died, and I have had a week long bout of intestinal flu > > > and just recovered from a bad head cold. Since I have not been straying > > > that much in my diet, I assume that the emotional stress & physical > > > sickness are the culprits. When can I expect to level out again? I > > > know that will be difficult to answer, but it is depressing to read the > > > high numbers when I am already depressed.... > > > > It is depressing.. going through similar stuff. My doc put me on precose > > in addition to my present glucophage. > > > > Like to read? Look for a book named " The Feeling Good Handbook " , but Dr. > > D. Burns. Helps you to sort out feelings. My wife has severe PAD, > > and she said it was a helpful book. > > > > -- > > Dave -- Wednesday, October 25, 2000 > > t2 8/98 Glucophage > > ICQ 10312009 > > «» > > DavOr's daily aphorism: > > We give nothing as willingly as our advice. > > -- > > Visit my photo page @ http://www.dorcutt.homepage.com > > > > > > Public website for Diabetes International: > > http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int > > > > > > > > > > > > > Public website for Diabetes International: > http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int -- Dave -- Wednesday, October 25, 2000 t2 8/98 Glucophage ICQ 10312009 «» DavOr's daily aphorism: Silence is more eloquent at times than words. -- Visit my photo page @ http://www.dorcutt.homepage.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 DJ, you have hit on a sore point, what right does a non-diabetic have in teaching diabetics? Or as you point out a not particularly successful diabetic, but I guess they do the best with what is available. I lent a neighbor a Profile meter so I could print out a graph of his sugars, his nurse at Kaiser threw it in the trash without a glance, yes she's still there. My nurse at Kaiser took one glance at mine, and pointed out something I had not taken note of, yes and I'm skilled in graphig. She is now up in the Kaiser heirachy. Someone asked how I got her, just lucky I guess. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2000 Report Share Posted October 25, 2000 DaveO, I personally wonder if using active yogurt regularly would quiet your bowels. I use it not that I had a particular problem, I just wanted quieter bowel bugs, Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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