[Diabetes-Talk] balancing diets

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Yes, as Veronica points out, a CGM is essentially a glucometer that you
don't have to poke yourself for. All it's doing is testing your blood
sugars. It can help show what carbs do to glucose levels in real-time, which
can help you make better or different choices, but, ultimately, it's a
glucometer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica
Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 5:45 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] balancing diets

The CGM won't make you do anything different with your diet. All it will do
is give you information. <grin> Veronica


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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 10:39 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Doula Jarboe
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] balancing diets

Hi All,
 I'm wondering if anyone here has to balance different diets? I have a rare
genetic disease called Alstrom syndrome. The name of the game is organ
deterrioration and failure, when and what is anyone's best guess. I started
out with high triglycerides, lipids in my early teens. I've always been
overweight, another syndrome issue, is hyperphagia, meaning your body
doesn't recognize staying full for very long. At the age of 18 I had
pancreatitis, and in enters my Diabetes.
In my mid 30's is when my kidneys started deterriorating, currently I'm
pretty stable at stage 3 kidney disease. My struggle is that the Diabetes
diet of watching carbs is completely opposite from the kidney diet where
carbs are one of the safer things to eat. I can have up to
2000 MGs of sodium and potassium a day. It can be real fun figuring out what
to eat, I really have to know my food makeup. Just wondering if anyone else
has to do this tricky kind of balancing act? It's taken me some time to
figure out how to make it work for me. And hopefully if I get approved for
my CGM, that doesn't  make me go back to the drawing board with food.
Although I hope not, because my sugars are pretty good testing with my
meter. Thanks everyone.
Doula

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