[Diabetes-Talk] Impacting your Diabetes in a Positive way to get better results

Sat Oct 5 13:51:05 UTC 2019

Hi Terri and all those who want some suggestions on how to improve the life
of a diabetic.

First, making food changes is incredibly difficult as you mentioned Terri.
Just keep working on it as it will make a massive difference in your
overall health as you progress through life.

When blood sugar is high--sugar is like glass moving thru those veins,
hence all the issues diabetics have the longer they live with it.

Now, the part of hope. I have been a type 1 diabetic for 41 years and here
are the tricks I have come up with as just eating great is not
enough--though helps tremendously.
Exercise solves a multitude of issues. When we eat poorly or just eat--go
out for a walk afterward. Exercise covers a multitude of sins as the saying
goes. We eat and depending on what we eat our blood sugar goes up either
slow -i.e eggs or extremely fast--i.e ice cream. Going out for a walk
immediately makes it go down because you are burning up that sugar. Or just
exercise in the house--lots of options here but get up and get moving.

I love fruit but it goes to sugar in your body in minutes versus straight
sugar goes in in seconds--hence if you get low blood sugar we drink
juice--fast liquid sugar to get blood sugar up. The point, both increase
blood sugar quickly

Ok--here is the big help--Kefir. Most likely have never heard of this so
read about it here. Kefir
<https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/9-health-benefits-of-kefir> I make my
own to always have fresh but you can buy it too. I drink it several times a
day and lets say I want to cheat with a cookie, I drink it first and
balances the cookie out so it does not spike my sugar--but I also move
after a cookie. Most people also do not realize that if you are
constipated--as in do not go every day--couple times a day, that fecal
matter increases sugar and A1C. Kefir also helps make you regular.

Last--I have learned to love exercise--yes, it took me time to get to the
point but if a diabetic does not move--we will lose body parts and be and
feel ill all the time and die  slowly--and it is just not fun. This is not
a simple disease--it takes work but if you work it--it will go well for
you--minus the constant shots and checking of blood which is a body
pain--but keeps us going--I now have a dexcom 6 sensor which is life
changing for checking sugar--I still check it about 18 times a day but now
I can look at a monitor instead--and it connects to an iphone

You do not need to be ultra exercise person--just go for a walk--with a
loving partner is even more fun and have a great conversation along the
way--and drink that Kefir

* Dr Denise M Robinson*

*Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*

Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
Impaired
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On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 9:16 AM Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk <
diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> First of all, I am very thankful for the support all of you offer here. It
> is very much appreciated. I know I don’t respond back a lot, to replies I
> get. I intend on doing so. But I get caught up in a lot of mail at times.
>
> As my subject says, I am starting to feel a sense of panic, when it comes
> to my diabetes. At my last appointment, which was just a couple of weeks
> ago, I learned that my A1C was 9. I forget what they said that my average
> blood sugar was. But I believe it was over 200. They raised 2 of my
> medications, and this is not at all what I wanted. But I know it was
> necessary. Here is what I take. I might not spell the medications properly.
>
> I take point 5 of Ozimpic, once a week. I now take 70 units of treceba
> every morning. And I take 20 units of Novolog with every meal. But I have
> more insulin, depending on what my blood sugar is. For example, if it’s 150
> to 200, then I take an extra unit.
>
> I think I have mentioned this before. But I am totally blind. I have had
> diabetes for about 11 years now. I am 43.
>
> I live with my wonderful boyfriend, who also has diabetes, and who has
> probably had it for about 10 years or so. His diabetes may have affected
> his vision, as he has very limited vision in 1 eye, and none in the other.
>
> Neither of us really cook. We purchase food together, as it is more
> affordable for us to do this. We are both motivated to change how we have
> been eating. Although, I feel I am a bit more motivated. We talk about it a
> lot. But I also feel that if 1 of us mentions eating a snack, like ice
> cream, we kind of play off each other. In other words, I don’t feel neither
> of us have very good will power.
>
> This last time we ordered groceries, we did purchase a fresh fruit bowl to
> enjoy. We also got some of those fruit cups. Even though those might not be
> the best things. We also purchased some of those steamers you can prepare
> in the microwave. 1 has broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower in it. The other
> is broccoli with cheese sauce.
>
> I would like to do some cooking for us. But as I mentioned before, I
> haven’t cooked much, in years. Standing is difficult for me, do to physical
> pain. I also get tired easily. My boyfriend has talked about attempting to
> cook some. But so far this hasn’t happened.
>
> Last night, we ordered from Pizza Hut. We got 4 different types of
> boneless wings, they were all 8 counts, and we got 2 orders of the garlic
> cheesey bread. They come with 5 long pieces each, that can be separated in
> half, to make 10 pieces.
>
> We got Hawaiian tarioky, honey barbecue, spicy garlic, and garlic
> parmacian. I had all 8 of the spicy garlic, 3 of the Hawaiian, and 3 of the
> honey barbecue. Then I had 4 whole pieces of the garlic cheesey bread. I
> drank water. Needless to say, I was quite full. We ate at around 5. I
> didn’t eat anything else until around 8. That was a fun-size pack of
> skittles. I drank water the rest of the night.
>
> Well around 7 this morning, when I tested my blood sugar, it was 257. In a
> way, I was surprised it was so high. I did take my insulin before dinner.
> If I remember, it was around 200, before dinner. But I can’t remember
> exactly.
>
> This is very hard on me, because I know things need to change. It doesn’t
> feel the small changes are making a difference. But maybe it takes time?
> I don’t exercise. I know I need to do this as well. I actually want to do
> this, more than attempting to eat better. But my physical limitations
> actually make this quit difficult. The pain can get so intense for me, just
> when standing, and trying to walk.
>
> While my boyfriend is very supportive of me, I feel I don’t have much
> support in this area. We both talk a good game. But that seems to be about
> it. Plus, he thins if his blood sugar fasting is at 200, that this really
> isn’t a bad thing. I disagree. Ijust feel at a loss. But I also know that a
> lot of this is on me. So then I feel depressed. When I learned what my A1C
> was, it was all I could do not to cry.
> I don’t want things to get worse. And I don’t want to keep having
> increases in my medications. This can not be a good thing.
> My boyfriend says that how we eat is not the only thing that can affect
> our diabetes. He says that genetics plays a part in it as well.
> Does anyone know if this is true, or not? What if I start exerciesing, and
> changing how I eat, and none of it really makes a difference?
> Also, how offten can you have a cheat day? Is it once a week, or once a
> month? Or does that just depend on the person?
>
> Thank you for listening to me ramble. I really appreciate it. I am just
> sad and frustrated over all this.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Terri
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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