Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Jodee, welcome to the group, sorry you had to join us but you'll get good help and support here. With those high BGs I'm surprised your doc didn't put you in insulin immediately. It's much more effective in getting BGs down than pills. And since you doubtless have been diabetic for some time with high BGs, you really should get them down as quickly as possible. The goal is to get down to non-diabetic numbers. This would be around 100, with no higher than 140 two hours after meals. How often are you testing your BGs? And what kind of food plan are you following? I strongly suggest you check out the links at the bottom of this page...the success stories as well as the suggested reading. I especially recommend the following two books: The first is called " Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solutions " by K. Bernstein, M.D. It's available in hardback from Amazon for about $25, or your local library. Ut;s also in paperback for $8 including shipping but the paperback is only available from Bayer. Call Bayer direct at 1- and request Part #0441445. Their ordering lines are open 8 am - 5 pm eastern standard time. They take Visa or MasterCard. And here's the URL to Dr. Bernstein's website, where there's lots of good stuff: http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/index.shtml Another excellent book is called " The First Year Type Two Diabetes, An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed " by Gretchen Becker A lot of us have gained excellent control of our BGs by lowering our carb intake. Dr. Bernstein goes into this in great detail, the hows as well as the whys. Good luck, and feel free to ask any questions. Vicki In a message dated 05/31/2003 10:11:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time, jodee@... writes: > He took some blood for lab work but he also tested > my sugar at the office and my sugar was 310 after not eating > anything for 5 hours. My pulse was 100 and my blood pressure was > 100/70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Hi Janet, Sorry about your hubby being diagnosed Right now my doctor doesn't have me testing, he just has me taking the medication every night. I am going back to him on the 12th and in the meantime I am to go to diabetic education classes. He really thinks that I can control this by diet and I am sure that I can to. I lost 74 pounds before my brain surgery so my doctor has seen me lose weight before, I think he has confidence that I can do it again and that it should eliminate the need for medication. He said that if I don't take care of this that down the line we may need to start to test and do insulin and all that nasty stuff. Hopefully it won't come to that but if it does I want the kind of tester where you can test on your arm or leg. Jodee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 HI Vicky, I am not testing right now at all. My doctor always monitors me to make sure that I don't have diabetes since I am so fat and it runs in my family and this is the first time I have ever had a blood sugar problem so it couldn't have been going on very long. I will see him again in 12 days after having gone to diabetic education classes and he will retest my blood sugar, go over the results of other blood work that he took today for testing and also my 24 hour urine test we are doing. I'm sure that I can get my sugar right back down with dieting. I will do modified low carb, ie: meat, veggies, whole grain bread and some berries. This should bring things back into line quickly. Jodee Re: Diagnosed Today > Jodee, welcome to the group, sorry you had to join us but you'll get good > help and support here. > > With those high BGs I'm surprised your doc didn't put you in insulin > immediately. > It's much more effective in getting BGs down than pills. And since you > doubtless have been diabetic for some time with high BGs, you really should get them > down as quickly as possible. > > The goal is to get down to non-diabetic numbers. This would be around 100, > with no higher than 140 two hours after meals. > > How often are you testing your BGs? And what kind of food plan are you > following? > > I strongly suggest you check out the links at the bottom of this page...the > success stories as well as the suggested reading. I especially recommend the > following two books: > > The first is called " Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solutions " by K. > Bernstein, M.D. It's available in hardback from Amazon for about $25, or your local > library. Ut;s also in paperback for $8 including shipping but the paperback > is only available from Bayer. Call Bayer direct at 1- and request > Part #0441445. Their ordering lines are open 8 am - 5 pm eastern standard > time. They take Visa or MasterCard. > > And here's the URL to Dr. Bernstein's website, where there's lots of good > stuff: > > http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/index.shtml > > Another excellent book is called > > " The First Year Type Two Diabetes, An Essential Guide for the Newly > Diagnosed " by Gretchen Becker > > A lot of us have gained excellent control of our BGs by lowering our carb > intake. > > Dr. Bernstein goes into this in great detail, the hows as well as the whys. > > Good luck, and feel free to ask any questions. > > Vicki > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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