[Diabetes-talk] Spike.

Wed Mar 7 06:13:36 UTC 2012

I have never bothered to ask, but my nurse care-giver who has been 
looking after diabetics for 40 years, is dead against me going onto 
insulin. Since I trust her implicitly, there are a lot of questions I 
don't ask. She is diabetic herself and has remained off insulin for 40 
years.

Michael Park.
I am not an expert, because "ex" means "has been" and "spert" is "a drip under pressure".

On 2012/03/07 01:41, d m gina wrote:
> 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
>
>> Please consider making a donation to the Diabetes Action Network because
>> Diabetes is the leading cause of Blindness
>> ----- 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
>>>> http://twitter.com/#!/Country_Storm
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