[Diabetes-talk] Spike.

Tue Mar 6 23:41:43 UTC 2012

Are you saying then, the insulin doesn't damage the liver?
this is interesting to me.
Would I call my doctor to ask, or would I call my diabetic educater?

Original message:
> I'm with Mike on this one!  After awhile, you're gonna find the oral meds to
> be more and more useless.  It's like you become amuned to them.  In addition
> to that, they're brutal to one's liver.  And, if you're a pregnant woman,
> they take ya off orals entirely.  That was what they did to me.  There's
> actually very little research on what orals can and/or will do to a fetus.

> Bernadette M. Jacobs
> 1st Vice-President of Diabetes Action Network

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Spike.

>> IMO adjusting metformin won't help bg spikes. They usually come from
>> something you ate, stress or for some reason not immediately discernible.
>> Many people exercise to bring bg down.

>> Insulin is your friend. Everyone I know wonders why they didn't start
>> sooner.

>> Mike Freeman
>> sent via iPhone

>> On Mar 6, 2012, at 14:21, "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler65 at windstream.net>
>> wrote:

>>> I'm type 2, and today my carb intake hasn't been all that bad. Not
>>> enough, I
>>> would think to merit a spike like that.

>>> I'm hoping an adjustment in my metformin is all that's needed. Not quite
>>> ready to go on insulin if I don't have to.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:53 PM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Spike.

>>> Are you type 1 or 2? You feel like sleeping because fatigue is a symptom
>>> of
>>> high blood sugars. If you are on insulin, you may need to speak to your
>>> doctor about using a sliding scale for corrections. When I'm 200 or
>>> above, I
>>> take 1/2 a unit of insulin for each number over 200 in incriments of 50.
>>> So
>>> if I'm 250, I take 1 unit. If I'm 300, I take 1-1/2 units. I do not
>>> correct
>>> again until after at least three hours from each test.

>>> If you are not on insulin, I'm not as familiar with treatments for type
>>> 2's.
>>> You may need to watch your carb intake for the rest of the day, and
>>> certainly test as often as you can.

>>> You can always call your doctor as well. Don't ever hesitate to call even
>>> if
>>> you have an APPT coming up. If you don't have answers, who better to call
>>> than your doctor?

>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>> Read my blog at:
>>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

>>> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>>> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:38 PM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Spike.

>>> Hi everyone,
>>> For the second time in about a week, my blood sugar spiked into the
>>> 190-200
>>> range. I am going to my doctor on Friday, but in the mean time, what do I
>>> do
>>> when my sugar has spiked like this? Do I sleep it off (which is all I
>>> feel
>>> like doing), or is something else recommended?

>>> Thanks in advance.

>>> Alan
>>> "The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work that you
>>> need
>>> most to do and that the world most needs to have done.The place God calls
>>> you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's  deep hunger
>>> meet."
>>> - Frederick Buechner's definition of "vocation" in his little book
>>> "Wishful
>>> Thinking" Psalms 33:3 Psalms 150:5

>>> Alan Wheeler
>>> Lincoln, Nebraska
>>> awheeler65 at windstream.net
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