Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many had parted.
A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about 2 hours ago.
The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a power line got me nervous.
>Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow >was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and >heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
>The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had >fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had >been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, >telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many >had parted.
>A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed >against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
>Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge >broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
>I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting >my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main >breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about >2 hours ago.
>The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain >saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, >I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the >higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something >I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top >of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a >power line got me nervous.
>Michael
Sorry to hear of the local weather problem but I'm glad you were well-prepared.
Don't stress over that 119.
You make me nervous:-) My days of standing on step ladders with chain saws are gone; we have an excellent SES service around here; I support them as an excellent charity and leave that sort of work to them.
Michael <mico...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > For no dietary reason, I was up to 119 this evening.
I would be thrilled to see 119 on my meter........ The little I read on this N/G gives me the impression that I'm one of the very few who doesn't panic when I go slightly out of the ever-changing government/medical published ranges.......... When I was dx'd many years ago, the most highly recommended endo in the area told me not to panic unless I was constantly over 150....... In the 17 years since, I've one had ONE(1) reading below 100(97) and all my parts are still attached and functioning........
On Oct 24, 8:20 pm, Blash <bla...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Michael <mico...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > For no dietary reason, I was up to 119 this evening.
> I would be thrilled to see 119 on my meter........ > The little I read on this N/G gives me the impression that I'm one of the > very few who doesn't panic when I go slightly out of the ever-changing > government/medical published ranges.......... > When I was dx'd many years ago, the most highly recommended endo in the area > told me not to panic unless I was constantly over 150....... > In the 17 years since, I've one had ONE(1) reading below 100(97) and all my > parts are still attached and functioning........
I'm so glad to read Alan and your comments. Michael, no offense meant, but I get so... perturbed when I see posts and people sweating numbers that are well within acceptable limits. Sheesh, 119, that's my reading after a very low-carb small meal and 19 units of humalog injected. If I get down in the 90's I start monitoring every half hour to see if it's going to go lower. Usually it will continue to drop into the 70's where I start going hypo.
Michael wrote: > Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow > was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and > heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had > fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had > been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, > telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many > had parted.
> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed > against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge > broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting > my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main > breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about > 2 hours ago.
> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain > saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, > I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the > higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something > I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top > of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a > power line got me nervous.
> Michael
I don't know where you live, could be Alaska. If that bad a ice/snow storm happened to me on the 2nd day of Fall I would send a nasty letter to Al Gore.
anon wrote: > Michael wrote: >> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow >> was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and >> heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
>> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had >> fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines >> had been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power >> lines, telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of >> ice. Many had parted.
>> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed >> against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
>> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge >> broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's >> homes.
>> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of >> fitting my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off >> the main breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed >> us up about 2 hours ago.
>> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a >> chain saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary >> reason, I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the >> disaster the higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was >> probably something I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. >> Standing near the top of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a >> branch laying over a power line got me nervous.
>> Michael
> I don't know where you live, could be Alaska. If that bad a ice/snow > storm happened to me on the 2nd day of Fall I would send a nasty letter > to Al Gore.
> Global warming my ass.............
We live in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We speak Canadian. The lower part of Michigan does not know we exist.
We also have 6 months of winter here. This was not the first snowfall this year. It started 2 weeks ago.
So, here we are again. We will not see the ground until the end of May. The good news is that Spring feels like getting a whole new life. The bad news is that we will lose several town folk each winter to drinking and snowmobiling. Our town has only a population of 6000, but we will probably lose a dozen men and 1 or 2 women.
Maybe I can learn to feel good about 119. I'll work on it.
>>> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow >>> was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and >>> heavy. It was also incredibly sticky. >>> >>> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had >>> fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines >>> had been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power >>> lines, telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of >>> ice. Many had parted. >>> >>> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed >>> against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage. >>> >>> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge >>> broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's >>> homes. >>> >>> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of >>> fitting my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off >>> the main breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed >>> us up about 2 hours ago. >>> >>> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a >>> chain saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no >>> dietary reason, I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the >>> worse the disaster the higher the BG. Of course I realize that my >>> stress was probably something I could have controlled, but I still >>> felt anxious. Standing near the top of an 8 foot step ladder using a >>> chain saw on a branch laying over a power line got me nervous. >>> >>> Michael >> >> I don't know where you live, could be Alaska. If that bad a ice/snow >> storm happened to me on the 2nd day of Fall I would send a nasty >> letter to Al Gore. >> >> Global warming my ass............. > > We live in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We speak Canadian. The lower > part of Michigan does not know we exist. >
Not true, I was born and brought up in Dearborn Michigan in the lower peninsula. We vacationed in the upper peninsula almost every year. Great fishing and beautiful country there.
I've lived in California for the last 40 years but I still miss the seasons in Michigan. Don't sweat BG of 119, I just now tested 201 when I was expecting below 140. For me it means another 4 units of Novolog insulin.
> We also have 6 months of winter here. This was not the first snowfall > this year. It started 2 weeks ago. > > So, here we are again. We will not see the ground until the end of May. > The good news is that Spring feels like getting a whole new life. The > bad news is that we will lose several town folk each winter to drinking > and snowmobiling. Our town has only a population of 6000, but we will > probably lose a dozen men and 1 or 2 women. > > Maybe I can learn to feel good about 119. I'll work on it. > > Michael > > Michael
only sweat the numbes you can control like what your eating or drinking and then TRY to effect the rest like stress or if your sick.
Always rember though this disease is cruel and likes to toss bad things at you no matter how well you do..so you just gotta regroup and brush it off and keep going.
right now i got a nasty head cold or somthing so my nummber have been all over the place nothing crazy but i like stable numbers.
KROM
"Michael" <mico...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow was > special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and heavy. It > was also incredibly sticky.
> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had > fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had > been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, > telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many > had parted.
> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed against > our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge > broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting my > electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main > breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about 2 > hours ago.
> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain > saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, I > was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the > higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something I > could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top of > an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a power > line got me nervous.
> We live in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We speak Canadian. The lower > part of Michigan does not know we exist.
As a Torontonian, that made me laugh! But I worked in Michigan for Blue Cross for a couple of years, and I really enjoyed my brief trips to the UP. The flat, relatively boring, land in the southern part gives way to beautiful hills and forests. After driving up 75, I was no longer surprised to hear that over 30,000 deer are hit by cars in Michigan EACH year!
But seriously, Mike, I was on pills for 15 years, and recently was told to go on insulin. I was taking 30 units of 70/30 with breakfast and dinner, but my spikes after meals were often in the low 20's! (That's about 360+ in your units.) I finally split up my insulin into 20/10/20/10 with breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack, and added back 500 mg of Metformin with each meal. This provided much better control.
One thing I did that might help you was to create a chart of my blood sugar levels. Because I'm new to insulin, I'm testing 7-9 times a day. I created an Excel spreadsheet (if you don't have MS Office and/or find it too expensive, there's a completely free package called "OpenOffice" you can download from the net) where I list what I eat at each meal, with carbs, sugars, fats, fibre, and protein, and my BS readings before the meal and two hours afterward. My dietician and GP love that - it makes it much easier for them to assess what I'm eating and how it affects my sugars.
On the second page of my Excel file, I copied all the BS readings (at first, I put in the times of the readings, but Excel is not smart enough to deal with units smaller than a full day, so this was a waste of time), and created a chart. At first, I just used the raw numbers, but the chart was very spiky, and it was hard to see the trend. So, I created a column next to the raw numbers, and used a "3 reading moving average". This is just an average of the last three readings. The formula is simple. If all your blood sugar readings are in column A, starting at row 1, go to column B, row 3, and enter "=sum(A1:A3)/3". Then copy that formula down in column B. This automatically discards the oldest reading, and adds the newest reading to the average.
The resulting chart was very illuminating. Although it showed that my sugar usually started low each morning, it would rise gradually through the day, and then go down again while I slept. However, the overall trend was one of steadily declining readings, which I find encourages me to keep up the good work, and especially to stick to my low carb diet. And when I get an occasional spike (as I did yesterday, when my best friend came into town from Maine and we splurged on a mighty pizza - I was 12.7 (~220) 2 hours after eating, but pretty much back to normal by dinner time), the moving average helps put it into context so I don't freak out. Hope this approach might help you!
> Maybe I can learn to feel good about 119. I'll work on it.
I feel good about 119 at some times and not at others. I constantly fight with high FBS numbers and have gotten that somewhat under control and continue to work on it. I run from 80-125 for FBS and love 119. PP blood sugars that run close to 119 would thrill me.
BUT
If you are accustomed to numbers way lower than that, I can see how 119 would make you take notice, but I agree with Alan S... don't let it get to you. If it's high for you, you know where it came from and you know that it's related to something tangible. It's those high blood sugars that I can't figure out that make me nuts. (And 119 is definitely not high for me.)
Good luck on the digging out of the snow. Here in Virginia, we're just starting to cool down. We're at that hot one day/cool the next stage. It's pretty derned wonderful.
Michael , you certainly had a disaster and that causes stress which causes higher bgs. now to me I wouldnt be upset at 119. I personally dont think that is a spike. Others may disagree with me, but with what you went through , I would be very satisfied with 119
> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow was > special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and heavy. It > was also incredibly sticky.
> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had > fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had > been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, > telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many > had parted.
> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed against > our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge > broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting my > electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main > breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about 2 > hours ago.
> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain > saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, I > was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the > higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something I > could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top of > an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a power > line got me nervous.
> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow was > special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and heavy. It > was also incredibly sticky.
> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had > fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had > been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, > telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many > had parted.
> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed against > our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge > broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting my > electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main > breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about 2 > hours ago.
> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain > saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, I > was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the > higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something I > could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top of > an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a power > line got me nervous.
> Michael
I'm sorry you had such a small disaster but that often happens with weather like you had. I'm curious as to what your glucose was prior to dealing with your small disaster? 119mg/dL certainly by any means a 'spike' or a 'bump' unless you were quite low prior.
You really need to stop obsessing over going over a certain glucose number. You aren't going to lose a body part if you go over 100. Stressing is doing more damage.
>right now i got a nasty head cold or somthing so my nummber have been all >over the place nothing crazy but i like stable numbers.
>KROM
Get well quickly; forget about diabetes for a few days. You know too much to be silly and your numbers are going to be a littler higher anyway until the cold is gone, so treat the cold as your first priority.
> "Michael" <mico...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:e_OEm.68495$Jp1.15271@en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com... >> Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow >> was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and >> heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
>> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had >> fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines >> had been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power >> lines, telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of >> ice. Many had parted.
>> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed >> against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
>> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge >> broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's >> homes.
>> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of >> fitting my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off >> the main breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed >> us up about 2 hours ago.
>> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a >> chain saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary >> reason, I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the >> disaster the higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was >> probably something I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. >> Standing near the top of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a >> branch laying over a power line got me nervous.
>> Michael
> I'm sorry you had such a small disaster but that often happens with weather > like you had. I'm curious as to what your glucose was prior to dealing > with > your small disaster? 119mg/dL certainly by any means a 'spike' or a 'bump' > unless you were quite low prior.
> You really need to stop obsessing over going over a certain glucose number. > You aren't going to lose a body part if you go over 100. Stressing is > doing > more damage.
> Steve H.
Steve, My BG was 102 before starting to repair the damage from this little disaster. I was certainly feeling some stress.
I am working on the stress over BG numbers. I think I am getting better.
KevinB wrote: >> We live in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We speak Canadian. The lower >> part of Michigan does not know we exist.
> As a Torontonian, that made me laugh! But I worked in Michigan for > Blue Cross for a couple of years, and I really enjoyed my brief trips > to the UP. The flat, relatively boring, land in the southern part > gives way to beautiful hills and forests. After driving up 75, I was > no longer surprised to hear that over 30,000 deer are hit by cars in > Michigan EACH year!
Yes, we have deer everywhere. They walk lazily right through our downtown area. They come into our back yard to eat our apples. However, after our little disaster, there won't be any apples for them next year.
> But seriously, Mike, I was on pills for 15 years, and recently was > told to go on insulin. I was taking 30 units of 70/30 with breakfast > and dinner, but my spikes after meals were often in the low 20's! > (That's about 360+ in your units.) I finally split up my insulin into > 20/10/20/10 with breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack, and added back 500 mg > of Metformin with each meal. This provided much better control.
I am on 1000 mg of metformin per day. I have only been on this for about two weeks. So, I don't think I have seen the benefit yet. I understand it takes several weeks to begin working.
> One thing I did that might help you was to create a chart of my blood > sugar levels. Because I'm new to insulin, I'm testing 7-9 times a day. > I created an Excel spreadsheet (if you don't have MS Office and/or > find it too expensive, there's a completely free package called > "OpenOffice" you can download from the net) where I list what I eat at > each meal, with carbs, sugars, fats, fibre, and protein, and my BS > readings before the meal and two hours afterward. My dietician and GP > love that - it makes it much easier for them to assess what I'm eating > and how it affects my sugars.
I did start a simple chart showing FBG per day. I wanted see if I could see a trend after starting metformin. So far, I can see no trend.
> On the second page of my Excel file, I copied all the BS readings (at > first, I put in the times of the readings, but Excel is not smart > enough to deal with units smaller than a full day, so this was a waste > of time), and created a chart. At first, I just used the raw numbers, > but the chart was very spiky, and it was hard to see the trend. So, I > created a column next to the raw numbers, and used a "3 reading moving > average". This is just an average of the last three readings. The > formula is simple. If all your blood sugar readings are in column A, > starting at row 1, > go to column B, row 3, and enter "=sum(A1:A3)/3". Then copy that > formula down in column B. This automatically discards the oldest > reading, and adds the newest reading to the average.
I understand the formula. I may get more serious about taking my readings, but not right now. For now, I am trying to take my readings and look at them as data points and not freak out. I need to spend a little less of my time obsessing over my numbers. I have been taking up celery as a snack food. So far it does not seem to be causing me any trouble.
> The resulting chart was very illuminating. Although it showed that my > sugar usually started low each morning, it would rise gradually > through the day, and then go down again while I slept. However, the > overall trend was one of steadily declining readings, which I find > encourages me to keep up the good work, and especially to stick to my > low carb diet. And when I get an occasional spike (as I did yesterday, > when my best friend came into town from Maine and we splurged on a > mighty pizza - I was 12.7 (~220) 2 hours after eating, but pretty much > back to normal by dinner time), the moving average helps put it into > context so I don't freak out. Hope this approach might help you!
OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me. The generally accepted opinion here is that 140 is the mark at which cellular damage begins. I want to stay away from that damage mark. I hear that some T2s here have been able to get very good control. I have not been able yet to really stabilize my readings. My BG is rarely below 100. I would like to see better average numbers than I am getting. I also take a beta blocker. This of course exacerbates T2 problems.
Michael wrote: > Yesterday it started snowing. What no one realized was that this snow > was special. It kept snowing all night. This snow was very thick and > heavy. It was also incredibly sticky.
> The next morning we looked out our windows. Our prized apple tree had > fallen over with its roots pulled up. Our telephone and cable lines had > been cut by a huge branch that fell from a tree. All the power lines, > telephone, and cable lines were coated with about 3 inches of ice. Many > had parted.
> A tree fell from our neighbors yard and the branches just brushed > against our garage. Whew. We still have a garage.
> Others in our town were not so lucky. There are downed trees and huge > broken branches all over town as well as caved in roofs of people's homes.
> I had just finished up two weeks ago on the last little bits of fitting > my electric start generator in my garage. I simply turned off the main > breaker and started it up. The power company came and fixed us up about > 2 hours ago.
> The stress I felt from dealing with huge branches in the street, a chain > saw, and live power lines caused a bump in my BG. For no dietary reason, > I was up to 119 this evening. I suspect that the worse the disaster the > higher the BG. Of course I realize that my stress was probably something > I could have controlled, but I still felt anxious. Standing near the top > of an 8 foot step ladder using a chain saw on a branch laying over a > power line got me nervous.
> Michael
Michael, the damage from the heavy snow would stress anyone. Even if you were cool with it psychologically, your body still had to do the extra work to deal with these things.
So don't stress about the bump in bg. :-) It will come down. I've had mine go up due to stress too. It didn't last long.
> OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me. The > generally accepted opinion here is that 140 is the mark at which > cellular damage begins. I want to stay away from that damage mark. I > hear that some T2s here have been able to get very good control. I have > not been able yet to really stabilize my readings. My BG is rarely below > 100. I would like to see better average numbers than I am getting. I > also take a beta blocker. This of course exacerbates T2 problems.
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:31:37 -0500, Michael wrote: > OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me.
We make out own from a lebanese bread base(share bewteen two) with onion, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, capsicum(bell peppers?), sliced ham strips, then a mild to moderate topping of cheese. Sometimes swmbo goes for capers, anchovies, olives (if I buy a jar).
>> OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me. The >> generally accepted opinion here is that 140 is the mark at which >> cellular damage begins. I want to stay away from that damage mark. I >> hear that some T2s here have been able to get very good control. I >> have not been able yet to really stabilize my readings. My BG is >> rarely below 100. I would like to see better average numbers than I am >> getting. I also take a beta blocker. This of course exacerbates T2 >> problems.
>> Michael
> Hi Michael,
> Define what you mean by "stabilize" please.
> Best regards, > Michelle C., T2, no meds
Hi Michelle,
I am trying to achieve what I call stabilization. That is keeping my BG within a window between 90 (or below for that matter) and 110. I have not achieved this. I hear on this newsgroup that it can be done. I suppose I might even consider a reading never above 120 as stabilized. However, there seem to be those here who have done better than peaks above 110.
I am really trying to do this but I have not arrived. There are days when I feel OK with my progress and there are days when I feel like a failure. It is even more frustrating to see a high reading like 130 and have no idea where it came from and what I did wrong to do that.
Once I even got so angry about this failure to control my BG that did not eat anything for two days. My wife convinced me that what I was doing amounted to nothing more than a temper tantrum and was dangerous. I rarely get angry about things. I am pretty even tempered. My wife would agree with this. But being hit in the face with a high BG readings when I have done nothing to deserve it has occasionally made me want to take a hammer to the meter.
terryc wrote: > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:31:37 -0500, Michael wrote:
>> OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me.
> We make out own from a lebanese bread base(share bewteen two) with onion, > mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, capsicum(bell peppers?), sliced ham strips, > then a mild to moderate topping of cheese. Sometimes swmbo goes for > capers, anchovies, olives (if I buy a jar).
I think I will try to get my wife to make a pizza out of carbalose. A thin crust made from this should do the trick.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:09:45 -0500, Michael <mico...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>rryc wrote: >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:31:37 -0500, Michael wrote:
>>> OH man, a pizza. I really hate to think what that would do to me.
>> We make out own from a lebanese bread base(share bewteen two) with onion, >> mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, capsicum(bell peppers?), sliced ham strips, >> then a mild to moderate topping of cheese. Sometimes swmbo goes for >> capers, anchovies, olives (if I buy a jar).
>I think I will try to get my wife to make a pizza out of carbalose. A >thin crust made from this should do the trick.
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