Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Thea, Welcome to the right place. This is where it is happening. What's that you ask? This is where people come to learn mastery and how to maintain it over blood glucose level control. My daughter got her master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and that is where she wanted to live in Hawaii, but she came home to the deep south. By the way what was your last A1C reading? Here's Thea > Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. > I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on > Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that > I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes > Glycozide. > Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is > really well controlled now. > Thea > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Thea, Well, welcome to the group. I am Cy from Oklahoma. I am blind but it is my wife who is the Diabetic. I have found this list to be of great benefit and I have certainly learned an enormous amount about Diabetes and its control. I think you will find the information gained from this list to be very practical and useful. Cy, the Ancient Okie... Here's Thea Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes Glycozide. Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is really well controlled now. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Harry, my last A1C was 4.6. I'm so well controlled I don't do the finger poke thing as often as I used to. I have to say my main weakness is chocolate. The sugar free variety is ok, but nothing beats the real thing. LOL When we occasionally have Mcs we order the fish burger, fries, and chocolate shake. What I do is space the meal out, bc eating all three things at once gives me high sugar readings. But spreading the meal out over a couple days does the trick. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Harry, my last A1C was 4.6. I'm so well controlled I don't do the finger poke thing as often as I used to. I have to say my main weakness is chocolate. The sugar free variety is ok, but nothing beats the real thing. LOL When we occasionally have Mcs we order the fish burger, fries, and chocolate shake. What I do is space the meal out, bc eating all three things at once gives me high sugar readings. But spreading the meal out over a couple days does the trick. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Hi, Cy. Is your wife a Type I or II diabetic? Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Way to go with that A1C of 4.6. I believe it is the best one posted here in the past couple of years. Keep up the good stuff! Re: Here's Thea > Harry, my last A1C was 4.6. I'm so well controlled I don't do the finger > poke thing as often as I used to. I have to say my main weakness is > chocolate. The sugar free variety is ok, but nothing beats the real > thing. LOL > When we occasionally have Mcs we order the fish burger, fries, and > chocolate shake. What I do is space the meal out, bc eating all three > things at once gives me high sugar readings. But spreading the meal out > over a couple days does the trick. > Thea > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Thea, First of all, what a lovely name you have. Second of all, Crystal is a type 2 Diabetic. Third of all, with a 1C like that whatever it is you are doing please let us know so we can all benefit from your wisdom... Cy, the Ancient Okie... Re: Here's Thea Hi, Cy. Is your wife a Type I or II diabetic? Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Welcome, Thee. Your A1C is wonderful. It appears you are a prime example of hwat a type 2 diabetic can do just by losing wieight. Congrats. I am a type 1-for the last 61 years. ( Iwas 22 months ld when it was diagnosed and I wil be 63 on Monday.) Here's Thea Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes Glycozide. Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is really well controlled now. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Hello Thea, Different email address with this list, but same person who hangs around the writer's lists. Lots of helpful folks here. I know you enough to know, but I'll say this anyway, don't hesitate to ask anything at all. Fyi, I've been a type 1 for almost 40 yers now. Got it when I was 11 way back in 1966. Dave Here's Thea Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes Glycozide. Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is really well controlled now. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Hello Thea, Different email address with this list, but same person who hangs around the writer's lists. Lots of helpful folks here. I know you enough to know, but I'll say this anyway, don't hesitate to ask anything at all. Fyi, I've been a type 1 for almost 40 yers now. Got it when I was 11 way back in 1966. Dave Here's Thea Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes Glycozide. Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is really well controlled now. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Happy birthday Pat Victor Pv- Here's Thea > > Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. > I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on > Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that > I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes > Glycozide. > Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is > really well controlled now. > Thea > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Happy birthday Pat Victor Pv- Here's Thea > > Aloha, all. I'm Thea, from Maui, Hawaii. > I was born blind and diagnosed with type II diabetes last year. I was on > Metformin for a few months, and lost so much of my excessive weight that > I was able to go off it. My husband has type II as well and takes > Glycozide. > Hopefully I can contribute and/or learn from the group. My diabetes is > really well controlled now. > Thea > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 My diabetes was caused by obesity. I was told I might become permanently diabetic if I didn't lose weight after I had gestational diabetes. I didn't lose weight, and got the diabetes, right on schedule. Silly me. I just stopped doing alot of things I used to do: 1. Used to eat a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies and drink a huge glass of milk every night before bed. My hubby and I would share a whole bag. Don't do it any more. 2. Used to eat to capacity, and my big tummy had a big capacity. CDon't do it any more. 3. Used to eat lots of breads and pastas, pastries and all the high calorie players. Don't do it any more. 4. Didn't exercise. Still don't. Sorry that's the last rebel outpost. I just can't get off my butt to go for a boring walk when my fingers do the walking all day--on the computer, reading email, writing email, and I'm a writer as well. At least while doing this, I'm not eating. 5. Eat more protein, less carbs. Yeah, let's end this on a positive note. And, after my second to last A1C, my dr told me to stop depriving myself, bc I was turning into the wicked witch of the West, eating boring boring boring. However, in total, I've gone from 212 to 133 pounds in less than a year. I'd be slimmer if I wasn't on a tricyclic antidepressant that makes me so constipated that I can't have a BM without a laxative. Yeah, I've tried everything else: water (which just retains), papaya, prune juice, all under dr. supervision. Stool softeners too. Nothing works. But when I'm off the meds, things spiral down quickly. OK, enough of my life story. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 BTW, if your screenreader pronounces my name thee, it's pronounced more like Thia. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 BTW, if your screenreader pronounces my name thee, it's pronounced more like Thia. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 , you're probably used to type 1, but I don't envy you. As a type 2 I'm grateful I had 39 years, roughly, to indulge in sins of the tummy. I worked with a type 1 lady who was always so isolated at social functions, even stayed away from the cafeteria. This was in my pre-diabetic days. We all worked as Braille proofreaders at CNIB, and the sweets and carbs were always going around: Christmas, birthdays every time you turned around, baby showers, promotions, everything revolved around food. Here in Hawaii, it's the same. I feel kind of left out now bc I can no longer enjoy a luau. I mean the whole point of a luau is food. Hawaiian culture is so wrapped up in food, and I don't mean carrots and celery. Our church has social occasions my husband and I don't attend because sins of the tummy are the ever present pivotal point around the social occasions. Bring our own? Nah. Neither of us drives, so that would present a problem. I've really accepted this diabetes thing with grace, huh? Not. But I guess I get along tolerably. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Dave, now you know where the cake came from in " Pink Rosettes " . It was a wish fulfillment dream after I was diagnosed, in which I was raptured into Heaven and stood across from Jesus at a big table with an ornately decorated cake made of all a type 2's no-nos. (Pink Rosettes is a story I submitted to the writers lists Dave and I belong to. It's about a child's experience of the Rapture. There's a diabetic character in the story too, who of course in Heaven is no longer diabetic.) Anyhoo, fancy meeting you here, Dave. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Dave, now you know where the cake came from in " Pink Rosettes " . It was a wish fulfillment dream after I was diagnosed, in which I was raptured into Heaven and stood across from Jesus at a big table with an ornately decorated cake made of all a type 2's no-nos. (Pink Rosettes is a story I submitted to the writers lists Dave and I belong to. It's about a child's experience of the Rapture. There's a diabetic character in the story too, who of course in Heaven is no longer diabetic.) Anyhoo, fancy meeting you here, Dave. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday. How do you handle the birthday cake thing? Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Thea, Here in Lancaster County Pennsylvania we know a thing or 2 about the sins of the tummy. For instance, shu-fly pie, funnel cake, chicken and dumplings, fried ice cream (not really sure what that is), in general, people come here from all over to eat Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. Oh, did I mention that little town called Hershey about half an hour away? The products of that particular town have caused my wife no small amount of difficulty over the years, specifically when referring to chocolate chip cookies. Dave Re: Here's Thea , you're probably used to type 1, but I don't envy you. As a type 2 I'm grateful I had 39 years, roughly, to indulge in sins of the tummy. I worked with a type 1 lady who was always so isolated at social functions, even stayed away from the cafeteria. This was in my pre-diabetic days. We all worked as Braille proofreaders at CNIB, and the sweets and carbs were always going around: Christmas, birthdays every time you turned around, baby showers, promotions, everything revolved around food. Here in Hawaii, it's the same. I feel kind of left out now bc I can no longer enjoy a luau. I mean the whole point of a luau is food. Hawaiian culture is so wrapped up in food, and I don't mean carrots and celery. Our church has social occasions my husband and I don't attend because sins of the tummy are the ever present pivotal point around the social occasions. Bring our own? Nah. Neither of us drives, so that would present a problem. I've really accepted this diabetes thing with grace, huh? Not. But I guess I get along tolerably. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Thea, Here in Lancaster County Pennsylvania we know a thing or 2 about the sins of the tummy. For instance, shu-fly pie, funnel cake, chicken and dumplings, fried ice cream (not really sure what that is), in general, people come here from all over to eat Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. Oh, did I mention that little town called Hershey about half an hour away? The products of that particular town have caused my wife no small amount of difficulty over the years, specifically when referring to chocolate chip cookies. Dave Re: Here's Thea , you're probably used to type 1, but I don't envy you. As a type 2 I'm grateful I had 39 years, roughly, to indulge in sins of the tummy. I worked with a type 1 lady who was always so isolated at social functions, even stayed away from the cafeteria. This was in my pre-diabetic days. We all worked as Braille proofreaders at CNIB, and the sweets and carbs were always going around: Christmas, birthdays every time you turned around, baby showers, promotions, everything revolved around food. Here in Hawaii, it's the same. I feel kind of left out now bc I can no longer enjoy a luau. I mean the whole point of a luau is food. Hawaiian culture is so wrapped up in food, and I don't mean carrots and celery. Our church has social occasions my husband and I don't attend because sins of the tummy are the ever present pivotal point around the social occasions. Bring our own? Nah. Neither of us drives, so that would present a problem. I've really accepted this diabetes thing with grace, huh? Not. But I guess I get along tolerably. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Speaking of causes, my blindness was caused by diabetes, in particular, diabetic retinaopathy. Dave Re: Here's Thea My diabetes was caused by obesity. I was told I might become permanently diabetic if I didn't lose weight after I had gestational diabetes. I didn't lose weight, and got the diabetes, right on schedule. Silly me. I just stopped doing alot of things I used to do: 1. Used to eat a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies and drink a huge glass of milk every night before bed. My hubby and I would share a whole bag. Don't do it any more. 2. Used to eat to capacity, and my big tummy had a big capacity. CDon't do it any more. 3. Used to eat lots of breads and pastas, pastries and all the high calorie players. Don't do it any more. 4. Didn't exercise. Still don't. Sorry that's the last rebel outpost. I just can't get off my butt to go for a boring walk when my fingers do the walking all day--on the computer, reading email, writing email, and I'm a writer as well. At least while doing this, I'm not eating. 5. Eat more protein, less carbs. Yeah, let's end this on a positive note. And, after my second to last A1C, my dr told me to stop depriving myself, bc I was turning into the wicked witch of the West, eating boring boring boring. However, in total, I've gone from 212 to 133 pounds in less than a year. I'd be slimmer if I wasn't on a tricyclic antidepressant that makes me so constipated that I can't have a BM without a laxative. Yeah, I've tried everything else: water (which just retains), papaya, prune juice, all under dr. supervision. Stool softeners too. Nothing works. But when I'm off the meds, things spiral down quickly. OK, enough of my life story. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Speaking of causes, my blindness was caused by diabetes, in particular, diabetic retinaopathy. Dave Re: Here's Thea My diabetes was caused by obesity. I was told I might become permanently diabetic if I didn't lose weight after I had gestational diabetes. I didn't lose weight, and got the diabetes, right on schedule. Silly me. I just stopped doing alot of things I used to do: 1. Used to eat a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies and drink a huge glass of milk every night before bed. My hubby and I would share a whole bag. Don't do it any more. 2. Used to eat to capacity, and my big tummy had a big capacity. CDon't do it any more. 3. Used to eat lots of breads and pastas, pastries and all the high calorie players. Don't do it any more. 4. Didn't exercise. Still don't. Sorry that's the last rebel outpost. I just can't get off my butt to go for a boring walk when my fingers do the walking all day--on the computer, reading email, writing email, and I'm a writer as well. At least while doing this, I'm not eating. 5. Eat more protein, less carbs. Yeah, let's end this on a positive note. And, after my second to last A1C, my dr told me to stop depriving myself, bc I was turning into the wicked witch of the West, eating boring boring boring. However, in total, I've gone from 212 to 133 pounds in less than a year. I'd be slimmer if I wasn't on a tricyclic antidepressant that makes me so constipated that I can't have a BM without a laxative. Yeah, I've tried everything else: water (which just retains), papaya, prune juice, all under dr. supervision. Stool softeners too. Nothing works. But when I'm off the meds, things spiral down quickly. OK, enough of my life story. Thea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I was born blind; the diabetes came later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I was born blind; the diabetes came later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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