Pre-Diabetes

Forum Post: Re: Meter Testing - Inaccurate results??

Ebgineer — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:51:00 GMT

I'm fine with the meter accuracy being +/- 20%. I would much rather have that than have the FDA not approve any of the meters. My favorite is the Freestyle Lite because it needs very little blood so I can measure from my forearm instead of the much more sensitive fingertips.

Forum Post: Re: Just a story that's made me wonder

mark tompong — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:48:00 GMT

its sad to know that one of my family has a diabetes:(

Forum Post: Re: REALLY kinda FREAKING OUT

Danielle — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:49:00 GMT

Heyy,

I am a T1, and I am a teen. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. You guys keep saying that you are waiting for the test results. What kind of test did he have to take. I knew I had diabetes just after one finger ***.

Forum Post: Re: NEWLY DIAGNOSED 5 YEAR OLD

Jewels — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:12:00 GMT

check out some of these links below!

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Advocacy link

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Artificial pancreas link

groups.google.com/.../about

Google group type 1 network link

http://countdown.jdrf.org/

Countdown magazine link

juvenation.org/.../default.aspx

JDRF News Blog

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new website,

http://www.healthcare.gov/ that helps people locate health insurance coverage options that are

available to them. The site is a useful resources for people with type 1 diabetes who

are seeking health insurance.

www.diabetes.org/.../genetics-of-diabetes.html

genetics and diabetes

TrialNet- test your other children for type 1

www.amazon.com/.../ref=sr_1_1

www.sixuntilme.com

popular diabetes blog

Adult Type 1 network

www.jdrfdsw.org/outreach_type_one.html

clinical Trials Connection

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Group: Pre-Diabetes

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:07:00 GMT

Discussions around pre-diabetes, signs of diabetes and common concerns.

Forum Post: Re: Helping Someone with Pre-Diabetes

Joe — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:05:00 GMT

hi Elizabeth, wow this topic could start a T1/T2 war on some other sites...

I believe that the low fat recommendation is to promote the weight loss, necessary to help lower the body's insulin resistance. It's the insulin resistance that might contribute to higher-than-normal fasting blood sugar.

Telling folks to go low carb may seem like the right stance, for us, becaues we are more aware of the carb-blood sugar relationship and what it means for us (the group that makes no insulin). In T2, with excess insulin production or in some cases underproduction, and the laundry list of cause-effect probelms, most doctors simplify things down to a primary initial concern - of "Lose the weight". There is also concern that if you scare your patients and put them on a low fat, low carb, high exercise regime, almost all of them will give up. ....that's my opinion anyway.

in a lot of ways the T2 diet is more restrictive than ours, making it a real PIA in the long term.

good luck, I hope your hubby can manage, but having t1 gives us a unique sense of compassion, yea?

cheers.

Forum Post: Re: ate alot of salt feel sick from chips what do i do besides drink water

peter myers — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:13:00 GMT

i feel much better today way better than yesterday water does not suck !

Forum Post: Re: Tips on lowering A1C?

okcpwd1 — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:25:00 GMT

Great news! Hope you get it as low as mine (6.5%)!

Forum Post: Re: just back from the doctor and I need to drop 10 pounds!!!

ndstephanie — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:34:00 GMT

Yes, I have gained weight since I started on the pump too. My doctor recommended Symlin to help lose weight. I guess it's a protein or something that you inject when you eat. I'm sure there are other forums on this site about it and you might want to ask your doctor!

Forum Post: Re: anxiety

peter myers — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:58:00 GMT

meredith this hapens to me alot also same at school my hands sweat alot its awfull i also do feel low when i am nervous sometimes a take glucose sometimes i don't depending on what my blood sugar was if i took it more than a hour ago sometimes or i feel low then i take a glucose stress can change your blood sugar like when i get really into my music my blood sugar goes up thats adrellion postive stress negtive stress like school can raise or lower your blood sugar taking deep breaths help drinking water helps thinking about the postives also it depends on when you ate example if i ate like 2 hours ago and went for a jog i would be low another example having a class thats really hard but you had lunch a peroid before in that case thats being nervous or what you ate also anizity afffectig blood sugar but not alot with food like im nervous in a class thats before lunch its the 2nd period that means im nervous i might be low depending on what my blood sugar was in the period before and if im low i take a glucose if not then water im trying not to be a jackass about it im just telling you what i know and experinces / situations

water helps and stay postive

meredith

Forum Post: Re: Diabetics and Marijuana

okcpwd1 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:06:00 GMT

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i'm a smoker of mj myself and the only thing you need to worry about is those dreaded munchies!!! but i'm a closet smoker because we live n oklahoma and pot is not allowed her. in fact i would love it if our state were to do the same as california and tax the stuff and everyone will get it.

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i used to smoke when first dx. i don't do it anymore due to i'll be committing a sin if i do

Forum Post: Re: My son

Jessica — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:45:00 GMT

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You can always test his blood sugar using your daughter's meter. A fasting BG (the one in the morning before breakfast) would be a good indicator of diabetes or not. A good number for a non-diabetic is under 110, but diabetes isn't usually diagnosed until 126 or above.

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This is what I would do. Actually my boys have had no symptoms at all and I tested them once already. They like it tho lol and want me to do it again.

Forum Post: Re: Prediabetics

mik11swim — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:52:00 GMT

Thanks

Forum Post: Re: Friend with a high BS reading

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:14:00 GMT

you're right, too :o) typically, non-d's won't be above 120. sometimes, though, they'll have that random high (or even low) number that doesn't make sense, but their body will right itself. just like our a1c is just an average of our numbers so is theirs; it's not going to reflect if we have one or two numbers that are way out of range (like a 500 because we're sick or a 24 because we went for a jog).

when a non-d is being tested for d, their post-meal numbers can be above 180 before they're considered pre-diabetic and above 200 before they're actually diagnosed (those numbers may change depending on the organization, but those are the numbers we use at the hospital i'm at now and the d-clinic i previously worked at).

Forum Post: Re: vit D supplements?

Candace — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:07:00 GMT

I give my 19 month old a daily vitamin suplement. It's Poly-vi-sol made by Enfamil (but I think it's basically the same no matter who the manufacturer is). We give her this according to our doctor's advice. This multi-vitamin contains 400IUs of vit D. He initially did not advise that we give her any Vit D when she was a newborn, but I think that was because a lot of the research was still being reported and the American Pediatric Association had not yet set a guideline for a daily recommended dose. He warned us that Vit D is one of the few vitamins that you can overdose on - which was why he wanted to wait for the APA to recommend a dosage for infants before we gave it to our daughter.

Hope that helps.

Forum Post: Re: Random symptoms

ndstephanie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:37:00 GMT

My lips feel all tingly when I've been low too. It's very very weird!

Forum Post: Re: Diabetes and Psoriasis

Dan Teaman — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:58:00 GMT

Hi Marilee,

I've developed some psoriasis on my scalp. My father has had psoriasis for as long as I can remember (I'm 39 now), and he developed Type 2 about 15 years ago.

Thanks,
Dan

Forum Post: Re: When you're low....

Brian Q. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:20:00 GMT

Spotty, stumble over words, my eyes glaze over, clumsy as in hands twitch and I drop stuff. Sometimes if I am inactive I will just doze off into sleep.

Forum Post: Re: Doctors who think life with type 1 is lived text book style!

Brian Q. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:54:00 GMT

I have to agree with what everyone else has said. If the doctor makes you uncomfortable look for other options. Maybe see if the hospital has a support group for children with type 1 and meet other parents. If you pull that off you can get names of other endocrinologists. It sounds to me like your doctor is in autopilot, where if the treatment works for one person it will work for them all. Ditch them now before you start to lower your standards. Or you could try one more time and see if she opens up and changes her attitude once you are past the new patient formalities. I doubt that will happen, but you could give her one more shot. Otherwise start looking or making calls.

Forum Post: Re: Getting too comfortable.

Brian Q. — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:36:00 GMT

We all go into autopilot from time to time. I mean I eat the same meal pretty much everyday so that way I just know what the proper amount of insulin is. Than if I eat something out of the plan, it may take me a small amount of time to figure out what I did wrong if I go hi. The hi's happen but they can also be a "wake up" call. Just to get us out of autopilot mode. Chances are this won't happen again to you for quite some time.