Re: Skyrocketing out of control!

[Guest guest]

hmm. i thought carb limits were a *bigger* factor for type 2's -

that diet and exercise were more significant in controlling blood

sugar. i mean, for example, some type 2's manage without any

medications at all. or like, type 1's can take more or less insulin

for the meal they are eating, whereas the oral medications are not

flexible this way.

although, must say, in class they said everyone - diabetic or not -

has a limit as to how much carb they can eat, over which they will

go high. 'course, for a non-diabetic that high eventually comes

down, wheareas for a diabetic not so.

rach

>

> > diabetics have to monitor how

> > many total carbs we intake at

> > any time and have limits per meal

> > and snack otherwise blood sugar

> > can skyrocket out of control.

>

> That is clearly not true for non-

> insulin dependent Type 2 diabetics

> (the vast majority, I understand).

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/10/2004 9:21:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,

rfong_tom3@... writes:

hmm. i thought carb limits were a *bigger* factor for type 2's -

that diet and exercise were more significant in controlling blood

sugar. i mean, for example, some type 2's manage without any

medications at all. or like, type 1's can take more or less insulin

for the meal they are eating, whereas the oral medications are not

flexible this way.

although, must say, in class they said everyone - diabetic or not -

has a limit as to how much carb they can eat, over which they will

go high. 'course, for a non-diabetic that high eventually comes

down, wheareas for a diabetic not so.

rach

Hi , you are right, according to what I have been taught. Diabetics do

eventually come down, but because they will rise again upon eating. This is

why diabetics use medicing to help us keep a certain amount of control.

Eventually, many of us end up on insulin, then we really have to monitor, even

closer, the carbs we eat. Hugs, Marilyn

Marilyn

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/10/2004 11:53:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,

nutmegpie84@... writes:

Of all the years that my mom was a type 2 diabetic she had to watch her carbs

as her bgl went high. At first like me she had diet control, then pills and

up till the time of her death she had to inject 45 units of beef/pork insulin

every morning and see Dr. Chung a diabetic doctor. He said that type 2 also

has the problem of going high if the carb's aren't watched no matter what that

it's not just restricted to type 1 and the book diabetes for canadians for

dummies said the same thing.

Roseanne

YUP< YUP< YUP! This is exactly what I was taught. If the 45 carbvs are too

high (as shown by your weight or BG's) you need to reduce them further or ask

your doctor about medication. Hugs, Marilyn

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[Guest guest]

yes, that is what i meant. the next hill is always approaching, and

it's a struggle to get over it. so in the end you spend too much

time being too high, basically.

i guess though there is a personality component to this all. it just

struck me that, of course, i monitor my carbs, but i actually don't

say this to myself. i say i'm counting carbs and then making sure

they're covered by insulin / exercise.

lol! so...guess that would be throwing in a third way to do the same

thing in the end...

rach

Diabetics do

> eventually come down, but because they will rise again upon

eating. This is

> why diabetics use medicing to help us keep a certain amount of

control.

> Eventually, many of us end up on insulin, then we really have to

monitor, even

> closer, the carbs we eat. Hugs, Marilyn