Text 2908, 54 rader
Skriven 2013-07-27 16:20:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2855 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: cross cultural
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Hi Dave,


 DD> back and was once again producing as it should. If it isn't sorry for
 DD> your luck. If it, in fact, is but a distant memory - wunderbar!

 RH> I'm still careful of what I eat, not trying to have too many carbs in a
 RH> day or a meal but loosening up somewhat. Diabetes will never be a
 RH> distant memory but it is much less of an obsession as it was a year
 RH> ago. Losing about 30 pounds, watching my carb intake, etc has made me
 RH> more aware of what I need to do to keep off insulin and keep better
 RH> track of what I eat.

 DD> So it's just basic good diet practices. That's wonderful. If you are
 DD> contolled by diet and exercise then you are not diabetic any more than
 DD> someone who had gestational diabetes is diabetic after the pregnancy
 DD> is over and things are back to normal.

I might be considered pre diabetic, don't know for sure what the
defining parameters are for that. I figure pricking my finger once or
twice a day and watching what I eat will keep things in line. I did take
an insulin pen with me on the recent trip, didn't need it at all but had
it, just in case. I'll take one on our next trip as well; it'll probably
end up not being used either. After that trip I'll probably have a
discussion with my doctor about if I need to keep insulin on hand or
not. As long as I can keep up what I'm doing, I'm OK. Had lunch at a
Noodles Company yesterday without checking the carb count of the dish,
turned out it was on the high side. But, buy my 9pm bg check, the
numbers were in line with what they usually run, same with this
morning's check so I didn't do any damage.

 DD> I was breezing along with fasting readings between 85 and 100. So, my
 DD> doc and I decided to try for diet & exercise .... and the blood sugars
 DD> started a steady upward trend. Apparently I still need that 1 mg of
 DD> Amaryl every morning to kick-start things.

My numbers went up some after I discontinued the insulin but to the
85-100 range. If they get above that (115 and up), I'll get worried but
as long as I can keep things in line with diet and a bit of exercise, I
should be OK. Got to watch the exercise factor a bit right now as I'm
not supposed to stress the heart. Walked around a bit at the farmer's
market today; that was good for me and netted a couple of tomatoes, a
couple of small cucumbers and a yellow squash.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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