Living with Diabetes

Author: kathleen

  • Spring Break – Day 4

    Did it again today! 1 hour of cardio.

    If anyone doubts exercise helps, let me tell you what happened today.

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  • Yeah!

    Blood sugar is back down and haven’t had to add any insulin. YEAH! I’ve had a bit of a stall and I give two reasons:

    Atkins is almost right, and certainly Bernstein is Carbs DO count, but protein and fat counts too. Actually CALORIES count. Dr. Atkins has a good idea, but some of us don’t go into ketosis, and can keep eating lots of protein.

    Bernstein’s (Diabetic Solutions), limits all three: carbs, protein and fat. I think that is best.

    And the second reason?
    INSULIN.

  • Spring Break – Day 3

    Big beagle is MUCH better. Though still not entirely herself. I’m thinking it might be the cut on her head.

    Went to the neurologist. I have carpel tunnel syndrome.

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  • Why would someone DO this?

    As a patient, this really makes you wonder.

    PROCRIT – Counterfeit Product Warning

    It also makes you check your products carefully!

  • Spring Break – Day 2

    Should have said, but exercising when the gym is open….Sunday’s a forced off day. Either that or exercise outside, not a good idea, since allergic to grass and trees. Sugar staying good all day although last night ended up taking some extra insulin.

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  • Bone Marrow Found to Have Cells to Repair the Pancreas

    For Type 1’s

    Bone Marrow Found to Have Cells to Repair the Pancreas

  • Spring Break – Day 1

    My goal for Spring Break is to do an hour of cardio a day. Managed it yesterday, though it wasn’t officially spring break.

    Made it today too, and did weights.

    The glucose tablets are really doing the treat. Blood sugar stayed between 105-115 the whole time at the gym. They do make me a bit sick to my stomach when I am at the gym for an hour.

  • Super Program, now Better!

    I loved the Palm byself version. I REALLY REALLY wanted a Windows program interface though, and they came through.

    Diabetes Pilot – Software for Palm PDA’s and Windows PC’s

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  • Train Wreck Day

    Haven’t had one of these in a while, but woke up feeling like the victim of a train wreck, and it just got worse as the day went on.

    Random muscle aches, headache. I kinda of associate these with not sleeping well, though I don’t remember doing any waking.

    Made a goal though — 60 minutes of cardio, 30 on the Natural Runner, 30 on the treadmill. Took a book and Jimmy Buffet CD to do it, but did it.

    Sugar was a tad high in the afternoon, so checked it after 15 minutes, then did the glucose tablet thing. Got the sugar down to the 110’s through the end of the workout and NO crash!

  • Drats!

    Ended up adding 4 units of insulin this evening … I screwed up everything, just a slight bit today and paid for it.

    Another leason learned.