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Post by Mars on Dec 17, 2006 2:37:39 GMT 12.75
I went to see the Doc yesterday and it's official, I'm a member of the stick and test club. She just wants monitoring for now as my sugar was 101.Yesterday it was 101 before dinner and 121 two hours later. This morning it's 86. Good news was my cholesterol was 39.
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Post by OLKoot on Dec 17, 2006 5:03:51 GMT 12.75
Mars, with those numbers you've shown for your blood sugar, why do they feel your a diabetic??? Did they give you a reason why your cholestrol was so low??? The AMA just raised normal cholestrol numbers up to 180....Strange they didnt say anything about that... That 86 was great, but be carefull if it goes down about 10-15%, you may feel hypoglycemic, which could be dangerous...If it gets lower, or you feel sick, 4 oz's of orange juice should perk you up...Then get a bit of protein into your system....
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Post by Paws on Dec 17, 2006 5:14:47 GMT 12.75
Mars something wrong here Bubba! Your glucose numbers look terrific. Right where they belong. Your Cholesterol looks wacked though. Was that your HDL, LDL, or summation (total) cholesterol or triglycerides? Big difference there my friend. LDL desired is less than 100, HDL desired is greater than 40, Summary or total of LDL (+) HDL desired is less than 200. Triglycerides is less than 150. Glucose (fasting) desired is 90 - 130 with less than 120 prefered, two hours following a meal is less than 180 desired for diabetics.
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Post by Mars on Dec 17, 2006 8:02:14 GMT 12.75
Sugar was 89 after breakfast.
I'm assuming the cholesterol was a total as that was the only highlighted number on the sheet.
She told me that my glucose should be 99 or lower fasting making 101 high.
She just wants numbers for now. She knows my family history as she sees all my family members and I am the only one not diabetic.
Diet and exercise time as well! Now that the knee is about 90% of normal it's time to put it to use. Though running,jogging are a thing of the past. As she said, you know what and how to do it, now get off your butt and make it happen.
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Post by Paws on Dec 17, 2006 8:09:22 GMT 12.75
I think she is being overly cautious although a post meal glucose that low might be of concern if you had orange juice, milk, or a sweetened drink. And that is of course if the measurement were immediately after eating. If you had like cereal, fruit, milk, or sweet coffee maybe toast with jam; a reading two hours or more following the meal would have petered out the carbs and be back to a reading fairly close to your fasting level maybe just a tad higher. If you had eggs, bacon, black coffee and very little carbs like maybe a couple buttered toast then the carbs would dissipate in a couple of hours and the fats and proteins not kick in for about six hours so you might still hit a window there with a low jread. Are you overweight? If so, drop the weight. That is the most significant thing you can do to avoid a history of diabetes. Keep on a sensible nutritious diet and keep the weight down. I'm having a bitch with it.
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Post by Mars on Dec 17, 2006 8:47:24 GMT 12.75
Breakfast was instant brown sugar/cinnamon oatmeal sweetened with maple syrup.
Overwieght? Way over! Morbidly over. Another reason for the monitoring.
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Post by Paws on Dec 17, 2006 10:56:52 GMT 12.75
Pure carbs! Well, the fiber in the oatmeal would tend to slow absorption a bit but for the most part a glucose test anywhere within a couple of hours following breakfast should reflect the increase in glucose. I'm not going to offer advice because I won't do what I know I need to do myself. But, lose the weight. You know it is an absolute must. Ask your doctor to help you with a crash diet. Incorporate the exercise later on and build into a nutritious diet slowly! That's so you can get accustomed to the good stuff. Slow down on the carbs and wipe out the fat. Keeping a small amount of fat and sensible proteins in your diet will keep you from getting hungry. Beef up the fiber. Special K for breakfast with a piece of raw fruit like an apple would be great for a while. Do not add sugar and use low fat (2 percent) milk in the cereal. Ooooops I'm offering advice! Sorry!
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Post by Mars on Dec 17, 2006 12:42:45 GMT 12.75
I'm not turning down advise at this point! I've never had to deal with my "sugar" level before so I'm in new territory. Fortunately, sugar is not an ingredient in my diet. I haven't had sugar in the house since we moved here. However, maple syrup is what I use to sweeten cereal and oatmeal,etc.. So much for that I guess.
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Post by Paws on Dec 17, 2006 14:05:16 GMT 12.75
You may still be at what is termed }pre-diabetic" if so you may still avoid all the meds and super tifht dietary restrictions; but, you must drop the weight to take advantage of this "one time" good deal else it is hell to pay, and pay , and pay....
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Post by OLKoot on Dec 17, 2006 15:30:07 GMT 12.75
Mars, I dont believe in crash diets...I think they do more harm then just eating lettuce and water.....Theyre boring and will really get you pissed off and depressed...I posted sites in this forum giving the names of two good books.... If you are pre diabetic, then I will give this advise....choose from one or the other or both, the recipes listed and the ingrediants used will give you a palatable delight and you will enjoy eating.....I never worried about fat content or calories and I lost 60 lbs while bringing my numbers down too normal....AND YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT.....Excersize is very important....I've done both and have made tremendous strides in getting my body in shape....Even my dietician , who I used to debate my diet with, has come around and seen that it works and she's usuing the same methods on some of her patients , also with success....
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Post by Mars on Dec 18, 2006 1:48:12 GMT 12.75
I'd figured to start eliminating the small things first. The stuff I don't use much, like the syrup, and won't miss as bad then move up to some of the harder to quit or change things over a couple of months.
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Post by OLKoot on Dec 18, 2006 4:09:38 GMT 12.75
If you elliminate the syrup because its something you dont regularily use, that will not be the immediate cure...Try to eliminate maybe the sugar if you use it and replace it with splenda, Equal or another sugar substitute.....since your checking your sugar, check your sugar after you eat a startchy meal to determine which startch creates the biggest spike, then either moderate it at a lower amount next time,or elliminate it from your diet altogether....Real potatos for example range from a small one @ 30 crabs to a large @ 77 carbs, while instant mash is only 17 carbs a serving.........I would use the syrup as a treat....Thats what I do....I've elliminated the stuff which I now know that will blows up my sugar, so when I get a bit ornary with my diet, I'll take a real piece of chocolate for example, and I leave that one piece linger in my mouth a little longer for that sweet gratification....If you have a meal that has about 15 carbs, and you have a box of chocolate, and the portion amount is three pieces for 25 carbs, take one piece and it will satisfy your need for that moment....So your entire carb intake would be about 23+ carbs...My dietician wanted me to eat 45 carbs per meal......
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Post by Paws on Dec 18, 2006 4:34:56 GMT 12.75
Know also that the less digestive breakdown required the quicker the ingested sugar will react. For example eliminating sugars from your liquids will have a more significant impact than eliminating say cake with sugar. Don't dawdle with this Mars. A quick weight loss of just five percent that is retained might just save you from a lifetime of meds and needles. You may well be on the verge of becoming diabetic with a chance to avoid it. Don't accept it as inevitible without an all out war against it.
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Post by Mars on Dec 18, 2006 5:53:00 GMT 12.75
Steve, syrup is the only "direct" sweetener I have in house. Everything else comes with it already in it. I cannot substitute Splenda for sugar because I don't use or even have any for it to substitute for except the syrup. It's easier to just give up what little syrup I use then to change it to something that frankly, I won't use. So eliminating the syrup eliminates ALL added sweeteners for me. The hard part will be changing the rest of the diet that already contains sugar. Pizza, spaghetti and other prepared tomato sauce dishes are high in sugar and high on my food favorites list. Chocolate?! YUCK! I wouldn't care if they got rid of the stuff except for the Reeses and Mallow Cups.
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Post by Paws on Dec 18, 2006 6:13:04 GMT 12.75
Mrs Butterworth puts out a light maple syrup using Splenda. It is really good and since it avoids the aspartame it doesn't give you the "overdose" trots.
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Post by Mars on Dec 21, 2006 10:39:49 GMT 12.75
Some numbers so far. The first in before meals and the second two hours after(roughly).
101/121
86/89
104/109
90/102
100/102
91/91
83/99
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Post by OLKoot on Dec 21, 2006 11:15:03 GMT 12.75
PAWS would be happy if he ever posted those numbers.... ;D
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Post by Mars on Dec 21, 2006 11:51:50 GMT 12.75
OK, I experiemented a little and ate Pizza Hut pizza tonight to see the results. 1/2 hour after eating I got a 149. Figured it would but now I know for sure.
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Post by Paws on Dec 21, 2006 11:57:53 GMT 12.75
PAWS would be happy if he ever posted those numbers.... ;D I did Steven for more than fifty years; then one day... Fasting 348 As of this minute... 119.
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Post by Mars on Dec 27, 2006 4:01:42 GMT 12.75
The numbers have been between 100 and 110 both before and after meals. Of course those meals have been loaded with "junk".
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