Re: Here's Thea

November 21, 2005

Happy birthday and Sharon. Take along a bag of pork rinds to the

movie. They are crunchy, salty and yummy and no carbs.

Re: Here's Thea

>

> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

> Thea

>

November 21, 2005

Yes, if you are a type 2 and not using a short acting insulin like Humalog

or Novalog, then getting that blood sugar back down to normal levels can

take longer. This is also why I do not partake in those wonderful desserts

and sweets. I am one of the original sugar addicts. Now I infrequently

indulge myself.

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

>

November 21, 2005

I love chocolate cake. We have popcorn at home so I don't have to go to

the movies for that.

Can birthday cake be made with Splenda?

Thea

November 21, 2005

I saw a diabetic have a low sugar reaction on insulin, and it scared the

bejeepers out of me.Glad I don't take insulin, and in that sense, I'm

glad I'm a type 2.

Thea

November 21, 2005

Better yet, several cans of Mikelob Ultra or Aspin Edge. Two or three

carbs per can and if the movie is lousy, you can suck down enough that

you won't care! Yee haw!

Mike

> Happy birthday and Sharon. Take along a bag of pork rinds to the

> movie. They are crunchy, salty and yummy and no carbs.

> Re: Here's Thea

>>

>> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

>> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

>> Thea

>>

November 21, 2005

Sorry for an obscure subject line, but I liked it better than constipation.

<smile>

anyway, this is for Thea specifically, but anyone in general. As some of you

will recall, I have talked about using walnuts to raise my htl, but I also

stated it really helped keep things moving. I also had cronic constipation (if

there is such a thing) but now that I eat walnuts, probably at least 5 or 6 a

day, I am very pleased to be a regular mover again after many years. I do not

see any problem with my bg readings with the large intake of walnuts, but some

may. I don't think they are necessarily fattening, although they are a very

high fat food according to the nutritional data. The study I based my daily

amount on suggested 8-10 walnuts daily to help raise htl, but I don't think I

eat that many. My wife buys me the packaged ones which are of course allready

shelled. hth

Dave

November 21, 2005

Low sugar reactions are not all that bad, if you can recognize when you are

having one. Fortunately, most type 2 diabetics get a low sugar reaction

warning, and can test to verify and they also use glucose tablets to counter

them. The glucose tablets insure the diabetic of not running extremely

high blood sugars, since bs of 160+ are definitely to be avoided and better

yet to avoid bs levels over 140. On average a 4 gram carb glucose tablet

will raise on average the blood glucose level around 20 points or so in 45

minutes to an hour. Compared to eating a candy bar, or drinking apple

juice, orange juice or a regular Coke, which any one of these sugar foods

can raise your blood sugar 200 points or so in the same amount of time,

pushing the bs well above safe levels. This is why it is advisable for the

diabetic to purchase and have with them at all times a supply of glucose

tablets. I buy mine from Walmart for a bottle of 50 of them for around $10.

Some type 1 diabetics do not have a low sugar warning, and when one of them

has a low sugar reaction, it can be dramatic and scarey.

Re: Here's Thea

>I saw a diabetic have a low sugar reaction on insulin, and it scared the

> bejeepers out of me.Glad I don't take insulin, and in that sense, I'm

> glad I'm a type 2.

> Thea

>

November 21, 2005

I am a long time beer lover. My beer of choice these days is Mikelob Ultra,

due to the low carb content of each bottle of beer. While it does not come

near at all to being what I call a good beer, it at least is a beer. I

always keep a twelve pack in my refrigerator. While I prefer a Giennis or a

Bass Ale, preferably on draft, at least Mikelob Ultra will do.

Re: Here's Thea

>>>

>>> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

>>> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

>>> Thea

>>>

November 21, 2005

I am a long time beer lover. My beer of choice these days is Mikelob Ultra,

due to the low carb content of each bottle of beer. While it does not come

near at all to being what I call a good beer, it at least is a beer. I

always keep a twelve pack in my refrigerator. While I prefer a Giennis or a

Bass Ale, preferably on draft, at least Mikelob Ultra will do.

Re: Here's Thea

>>>

>>> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

>>> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

>>> Thea

>>>

November 21, 2005

I am a long time beer lover. My beer of choice these days is Mikelob Ultra,

due to the low carb content of each bottle of beer. While it does not come

near at all to being what I call a good beer, it at least is a beer. I

always keep a twelve pack in my refrigerator. While I prefer a Giennis or a

Bass Ale, preferably on draft, at least Mikelob Ultra will do.

Re: Here's Thea

>>>

>>> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

>>> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

>>> Thea

>>>

November 21, 2005

You can say that again!

`Re: Here's Thea

> Actually, this is one of those discussions like whether apples or

> oranges are better; they both have their plusses and minuses. I consider

> insulin my friend. Keeps those diabetic complications away and, as

> says, one can corect for high bG much faster than one can any

> other way. Low bG can be a problem but, like everything else, for most

> people, with enough monitoring, one can avoid most of it. And with a

> little planning, even low bG can be managed. It is my observation that

> most people who have insulin reactions (I say most, not all) have fouled

> up somewhere -- too much insulin for what was eaten or too much

> exercise. And such persons often didn't have materials on hand to take

> care of the reaction.

>

> I'd much rather have a low bG problem than lose my kidneys, have a heart

> attack or lose a limb. Just a matter of perspective.

>

> Mike

>

>> I saw a diabetic have a low sugar reaction on insulin, and it scared the

>> bejeepers out of me.Glad I don't take insulin, and in that sense, I'm

>> glad I'm a type 2.

>> Thea

>>

November 21, 2005

My sentiments exactly! (grin)

Mike

> I am a long time beer lover. My beer of choice these days is Mikelob Ultra,

> due to the low carb content of each bottle of beer. While it does not come

> near at all to being what I call a good beer, it at least is a beer. I

> always keep a twelve pack in my refrigerator. While I prefer a Giennis or a

> Bass Ale, preferably on draft, at least Mikelob Ultra will do.

> Re: Here's Thea

>>>>

>>>> Woops, Pat, forgot to wish you happy birthday.

>>>> How do you handle the birthday cake thing?

>>>> Thea

>>>>

November 21, 2005

Hmmm? I thought I created a new message and gave it the subject of " my

solution. " Well, I guess after sending out umteen-thousand email messages over

probably 18 years one is entitled to goof one up. <smile> anyway, the message

body is correct.