[Diabetes-talk] Spike.

Thu Mar 8 03:58:01 UTC 2012

I sent her an email last night and going threw email now to see if she 
left a message for me.
Thanks so much.

Original message:
> I cannot say for sure.  I have not read up sufficiently on that.  However, I
> do know that about most of the orals.  Both your "Endo" and your diabetic
> educator should be aware of the specs.  Your "Endo" more so, I would think.
> I would simply ask.

> 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: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Spike.

>> 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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