Sat, Sep-14-02, 06:37
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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I found out I was diabetic by chance, really, although in retrospect I should have suspected it for at least a year before I was officially diagnosed. I went to the doctor for an unrelated problem and they did blood tests which included a non-fasting blood sugar. The next day the doctor called me and asked what I had eaten for breakfast that day (a bowl of Cheerios) because my non-fasting blood sugar was 250! They followed up with a glucose tolerance test which confirmed that I was diabetic.
Symptoms of diabetes include: Fatigue (not a good thing to diagnose by just by itself as it's common to a lot of other problems too), extreme thirst, unusual persistant hunger, frequent urination and sometimes blurred vision. If you have access to a blood glucose meeter, you could check your blood sugar several times and record the readings, but your doctor would need to do tests to confirm that you are diabetic. Hypoglycemia can eventually become diabetes if left untreated.
Old Salty is right....those of us who are diabetics that want good control "eat to our meeters". That is, we eat certain foods, then test our blood sugars one hours, two hours and sometimes even longer after we have eaten to see what effect that food has. If it causes a big spike or crash, it's a food to be avoided. If not, the food is okay. You can't always go by how a food affects someone else because something that would cause me to spike/crash may not have that effect on someone else.
Are you eating any veggies? I didn't notice any in what you listed above. Your problem could be too few carbs, not too many. Are you eating low carb bars or candy? Some people react to them as if they had real sugar in them. How about diet pop or other things with artificial sweeteners? Aspartame causes a spike/crash reaction for me, so I avoid it. Hope this helps and let us know how you're doing. If the problem continues, a trip to the doctor might be in order, even if the insurance doesn't cover it.
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