Diabetes?

[amethist]

It is given to stop you going to the loo too often and causing incredible thirst.

If you google it there is loads of info about it plus it should be on that web site I sent you.

Hope that helps.

Amethist

 

[ISupportHer]

I am an RN but not an expert on diabetes. As you have heard from others, there is tons of stuff out there for diabetes help and education. You, as someone who posts here, will get advice and support but you need (and I am one who rarely tells another they need to do anything) to get medical support also from web site, chat and message boards specific to the diabetes

If you want, I can tell you some of the sad stories I have encountered as an ED RN, relating to diabetes. Or not. Same response from me in the end. Please do not let the diabetes advance without a fight from you. I know, not from my personal health but from other experiences, that it is damned hard. Please seek support, follow your Doctors advice and start a plan TODAY. Please!

 

[2quilt]

Support,
I can only imagine the emergencies you deal with at work. Diabetic shock, death, whoa, I could not do your job and I am very grateful to you for doing it.
I bought some supplements from the vitamin store today, had veggies in my meals, no chocolate no ice cream and agave nectar in my coffee instead of 3 heaping spoonfuls of sugar per cup.
I am changing my attitude real quick. I am afraid of diabetes, and I will fight not to let it catch me.

2quilt

 

[BethRSA]

Good for you!:thumbs-up

Keep making the changes 'cause we want to keep you around. My Dad's pre-diabetes diagnosis this year also got him to eat veggies for the 1st time in years.

 

[2quilt]

Yeah, I am one of those folks who thinks all veggies taste bitter. I hate veggies. I have to hide them in my food, cover them with chocolate, you know, hide the taste. I heard somewhere that there are people whose taste buds think that vegetables are all bitter, so they don't get eaten, and the person's health, of course, suffers. It's nature's way of Natural Selection. It's a good way to rid the gene pool of poor quality stock.

 

[ISupportHer]

Yes, continue the changes. Anything you can do! Again, I know it's hard. OK, no one reading this, right? Just between you and me? :rofl:
I am a Weight Watcher "Lifer" that has fallen off the wagon and need to start back. I know life style changes are hard but you have my encouragement to do it and my "support" from afar.

And I assume you are seeing a Doctor! Right? All the little things may be be good (ARE good) but not a substitute for medical management. If your glucose is high then it is medications you probably need to get it down and hopefully circumvent all the physiological changes that are at the root of all the bad stuff that can happen.

 

[Noone.]

Hello there.

I was just recently told I was pre diabetic, I changed my diet minus beer of course and I'm down twenty lbs.
Kinda boring diet but once my stomach shrunk I'm good with it.
Just keep an eye on it and there are also diabetic forums that I belong to that are very
helpful.
Alright take care.

Fire.

 

[2quilt]

I would join WW but I am frequently sick and so my sphincter is too tight to pay them people for every meeting I miss. And even if you are a "lifer" they charge you for several hundred meetings that you didnt go to. That burns my arse too much to even join WW.

Am I seeing a doctor? Well, not until I get back from Scandinavia (leaving in 16 hours) and even then it wont be a diabetes educator, just a primary care person because I am not yet diabetic. I picked up some stuff at the health food store to keep down the sugar cravings. The name starts with a G. I truly appreciate your support, Support.

Fire, you are an inspiration! Twenty pounds! Wow, that should lower your numbers nicely. What diabetic forums are good?

ByeBye, folks, for three weeks. 2quilt