RE: OT: route to Nashville

[Guest guest]

Did you travel on Highway 57 or Interstate 24 on your way?

Kay,

Yes, we traveled on Highway 57 and Interstate 24 :-)

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Did you travel on Highway 57 or Interstate 24 on your way?

Kay,

Yes, we traveled on Highway 57 and Interstate 24 :-)

Sandy

You came within 15 miles of me!

Kay

[Guest guest]

You came within 15 miles of me!

Kay... small world :-)

Sandy

[Guest guest]

I didn't find that much difference between Bernstein's first and

second books about diabetes. His dietary approach is like getting

into the Induction Phase of Atkins, but never getting out of it. It

is extremely low-carb. Since I can't stand the " feel " of grease in my

mouth, I found I couldn't eat like that. I was one of those who

focused on salads and low-carb veggies to bring my glucose readings

down. With Atkins, you eat very low-carb, like Bernstein, to jump-

start weight loss and get you into ketosis, but then after the first

two-three weeks you are allowed to begin adding back in carefully

selected carbohydrates. (I call it " spending your carb grams wisely. " )

The South Beach diet is supposed to be more relaxed. Some diabetics,

knowing that their new diet is " for a lifetime " because of their

illness, prefer a diet that is somewhat easier to follow, because if

we keep " falling off the wagon " we won't achieve long-term success. I

found that a long as I kept my carb intake beneath 100 grams daily, I

did fine. But then eventually numbers started climbing inexorably. I

didn't know at that time that, after many, many years of untreated

type 2 diabetes, my pancreas had pooped out. I suffered severe

pancreatitis this summer and spent a week in the ICU, near death.

After that, I turned to insulin (Humalog and UltraLente, at my

insistence, thanks to the urging of Vicki and other listmates) with

great success.

About the same time I learned I had terminal cancer. (Not a good

summer!) My weight, which dropped with the onset of pancreatitis,

continued to drop, so lately I've discontinued monitoring and

injecting insulin, hoping to stop the weight loss. Once I get

stabilized, I'll return to the monitoring and insulin. (I was a

typical " insulin coward, " and needed the shock of the pancreatitis to

get me to make the shift to injecting; now I'm glad I did.)

susie