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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Icy, cold winds where I live, when I want to be outside ;)
..and I don't have a regular doctor, just a physician's assistant, and her "nurse". Neither of them are getting back to me on phone messages I've left. I finally had to buy my own test-kit and I hope I bought a decent one. I kept calling between the pharmacy and the clinic and no help. The only thing I got was a huge bottle of Metformin 500 mg. It made me have digestive issues so I stopped it and just at the lowest foods I could on the glycemic scale. I use a calorie counter and adjusted it so I was only eating 30 carbs, 35 Fats and 35 Proteins. I used to eat all kinds of carbs and sugars too, M&M caramels! So I stopped all that 2 weeks ago and today I finally got my Meter in the mail. It's a Caretouch and easy to use, watched a video of "how to".
So today after lunch (I eat like every 3 hours with a breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A lot of my meals are like snacks. I mean I just eat some raw vegies, monterey jack cheese (just an ounce) I mean I don't pig out on anything. I just eat often. More on that if anyone wants more detail. I drink Tumeric and Ginger in the a.m. and 2 cups of Chicory Root mixed w/coffee, half chicory half coffee. I was getting bad headaches from no caffeine so weaning off it slower.
Sorry, back to testing. First test I was thrilled, it was at 111 or 6.1. I had got the diagnosis because I had a 7.0 from my labwork at the clinic. So I took a half-hour nap and when I got up, I ate 3 saltines a with a little crunchy adams peanut butter. Tested again just to see what it was at 4:30pm and it had shot up to 170 or 9.4 ;(
Do you think I'll live? I'm only half laughing, and thanks in advance for any input. PS I live in a tiny town with **** for medical. I'm on my own with this. I have to figure out my foods somehow. I've lost 4 lbs too, thought I was doing it all right.
Denise, Crescent City, CA
So today after lunch (I eat like every 3 hours with a breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A lot of my meals are like snacks. I mean I just eat some raw vegies, monterey jack cheese (just an ounce) I mean I don't pig out on anything. I just eat often. More on that if anyone wants more detail. I drink Tumeric and Ginger in the a.m. and 2 cups of Chicory Root mixed w/coffee, half chicory half coffee. I was getting bad headaches from no caffeine so weaning off it slower.
Sorry, back to testing. First test I was thrilled, it was at 111 or 6.1. I had got the diagnosis because I had a 7.0 from my labwork at the clinic. So I took a half-hour nap and when I got up, I ate 3 saltines a with a little crunchy adams peanut butter. Tested again just to see what it was at 4:30pm and it had shot up to 170 or 9.4 ;(
Do you think I'll live? I'm only half laughing, and thanks in advance for any input. PS I live in a tiny town with **** for medical. I'm on my own with this. I have to figure out my foods somehow. I've lost 4 lbs too, thought I was doing it all right.
Denise, Crescent City, CA