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Wow, a reset button...how often do I wish I could be resetted?! Say, to back before I was seven, when all of my blood sugar concerns began. An erase button would be good, too. And my husband is all for a mute button...
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Yep, nothing's scarier than the stomach flu when you're in danger of hypoglcemia...if I've ever had the flu bad enough that I can keep nothing down, I have to administer a Gravol suppository, and boy, they really work. The vomiting stops, quickly. Good to have on hand when very low blood sugars are a dangerous possibility. Nini's suggestion of popsicles...
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Yeah, you've gotta include SOME carbohydrate, I think, at every meal. The diabetic diet espouses 4-6 "starchy choices" (carb foods) a day for me. Since you've done Atkins, you probably have an idea of what a single carb serving of most foods is. Sounds like you haven't had ANY carbs yet today...depending on how much oats or other grains was in the meatloaf...
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That's what I'd do--again, they're inexpensive, and if your readings are okay you can put it away and test a year from now. We all know how these things can "suddenly" begin... Just a hint for some...there are, I believe, still some glucometers out there that allow you to use a strip that's been cut in half. I used to do this twenty-five years ago when...
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It's just dawning on me now how adversely affected so many of us are to a heavy-carb diet, the diet of our western world. Diabetics and hypos are polar opposites in etiology, yet we share the need to carefully limit carbohydrate intake. As do celiacs in our need to stay away from so many grains. Very interesting...
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A sweet fruit with a handful of nuts is great and easy--bananas and pears have high amounts of fructose. You can carry a bag of peanuts around with you, and your fruit...this is probably the healthiest and cheapest way to go. Maybe not quite as convenient as a bar, but I guess you can't have everything...
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Yep, that's a great site!
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Okay, I found the list! It's in the Elite Fitness website: www.elitefitness.com/articledata/glycemic.htm
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Got a question for all you type one diabetics...I've been a diabetic my whole life, and a diagnosed celiac for only a few months. The last couple of times I've been accidentally glutened (once a couple of weeks ago, and then just yesterday) my blood sugar suddenly shot up very high. So now along with all the other horrible symptoms like bloating and cramping...
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I missed whether or not you ate the corn and potatoes in the same meal. You should only eat ONE of those starch-heavy, high GL foods per meal. I do know that neither vegetable is a nutritional powerhouse..my guess is potatoes being more vitamin-rich. I'm sure others here readily know the answer to that one...
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Yep, have a nice big serving of corn BEFORE your 90 min. walk in the wind. It will take some fine-tuning; perhaps you should have a bit of protein also in case your exercise isn't enough, for whatever the reason, to counter the GL in the corn. But the high GL food on its own might be just enough to keep your BS from crashing after your exercising. Now...
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What I do before a workout: avoid injecting insulin, but that's irrelevant to you, and have a high GI food right before. Sounds like you've got the right formula with the corn and chicken...it's likely not quite the same as apples and PB, however, because apples have a low glycemic load, and corn is much higher. Maybe you had too much corn(?) You will...
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Yeah, a high glycemic index food like corn makes my BS shoot up if I eat a lot of it (but it may be different for you, as I'm not sure of the hypoglycemic's reactions to the glycemic load in foods...for diabetics, high GL numbers make for high blood sugars). I need to take extra insulin to cover that, or else my BS is elevated and like you said, I feel exhausted...
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Absolutely! Again, it varies from person to person, but any activity that gets your heart rate up will lower your blood sugar. The longer the duration and the more intense the activity, the faster and more pronounced the drop will be. A ninety minute walk is a fair hunk of exercise, unless it was a leisurely stop and go stroll. Certainly enough for your...
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My insulin reactions can also occur a few hours after eating at bed-time...four hours, five hours...but like I said, I think hypoglycemics, because they don't have the huge added variable of injecting insulin, can prolong the amount of time they go without food, particularly at night. That may be because you are completely inactive through the night, and...
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I'm hoping you guys will know the answer to this...I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a couple of months ago, and am taking eltroxin. Can you explain the TSH numbers to me? Normal is between 0.5 and 4 (?)...I'm not even sure if I'm remembering that correctly.
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ARCHIVED Ow! Renewed Respect For Diabetics!
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Sorry, I'll just go back to the original thread subject, then let everyone try to help poor Educator...my heart goes out to you...I've been a diabetic for thirty-three years, too, but so far, no complications, thank god. Anyways, the machines that allow for forearm readings do have a discrepency btwn finger and arm readings, but a spot that coincides very... -
Maybe...I try not to think too much about it, and just make certain my BS is above 7 (118) before I get into bed. Fortunately, I wake him up if I'm that low, because I tend to shake and mutter things. So you could say I'm something of an expert on low blood sugar experiences, at least of the diabetic kind...again, hypoglycemia presents a somewhat different...
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Throughout my lifetime I've had many dangerous middle-of-the-night episodes where my BS was below 2.5 (about 35) and my ever-vigilant husband could tell I wasn't consious. So, I have very quickly learned that eating just before I get into bed is paramount (as is keeping my suppertime insulin dose low, but that isn't an option for you). Raisins are great...
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Don't forget the side-effect of resistance training--increased blood sugar. For a diabetic that's a very undesireable thing, and I have to be really careful when I weight train and adjust my insulin and eat less, etc. You hypos want increased BS half the time....so pick up some weights!
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All I know is that your hypoglycemia is caused by your pancreas producing too much insulin. It's the opposite of diabetes mellitus. You've got too much, and I don't have any. Too bad we can't work out a deal of some sort, cause I'd certainly be in the market for all of your exra insulin! :
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Just out of curiosity...and perhaps you haven't found out the answer yet--what do the strips cost there in the States? I've heard that we pay more up here, and it is ridiculous at about 95 cents apiece. I test six or seven times a day, and there's no reusing these things. I am very lucky to have insurance that will cover this. I honestly do not know what...
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Again, we're all so different, and because I'm a diabetic I could be VERY different in my needs and reactions...but when you mentioned caffeine, Victor, I thought I'd mention that for me it acts almost as strongly as a shot of insulin in reducing my BS. I can go from 6 (which is equal to about 102 in the American measurement--we Canadians use the British...
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Hmmmm....not sure why that literature claims that blood glucose machines cannot be used to diagnose active hypoglycemia. Hell, that's what they're for! That's what type one and two diabetics, as well as hypoglycemics, do with these machines, successfully, every day--monitor their blood sugars. I do agree that at times the numbers may not give one an exact...
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Awesome! We await your results...with bated breath...(!)...