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| FARMALLChick |
Posted - Jun 20 2015 : 6:05:09 PM
DH has had Type 2 diabetes for about 15 years mostly controlled by oral meds. The last few years, he's been very stubborn about testing his sugar. He had no problem getting a 44 or 52 oz fountain drink, eating candy and other sweets and drinking monster energy drinks. I used to hound and nag him about it but I got tired of 'mothering'.
He needed to make an appointment because the refills ran out on his meds. Well low and behold, guess who gave him a reality check. Yep, his A1C was 14+ before the equipment at the office shut off. It's supposed to be around 7. Dr. said that because his sugar was so out of control on regular meds, she was putting him on Levimir. That is the pen type of insulin. He acts like he doesn't understand what happened. I didn't quite say I told you so, but I did tell him that if he had listened to us (doctor and myself), he wouldn't be in this mess. I couldn't believe how much the pens were - and my insurance didn't cover much of it.
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| auntjenny |
Posted - Jan 09 2016 : 11:53:21 AM
My husband is also type 2. He has controlled it with oral meds since his diagnosis about 15 years ago, but was put on a weekly bydureon injection about 4 months ago. Is is helping so much! He is a big carb eater and of course thats a problem, but we do get quite alot of excercise. He has brought his ac1 down from 9.6 to 7.6 now, and hoping to be at 7 by his next checkup in late march. It is sure a strugle isn't it?
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| pamcook |
Posted - Jan 08 2016 : 06:17:16 AM
I was diagnosed in April 2015. Would suggest he looks at Dr. Neal Barnard's or Dr. John McDougall's websites. Type 2 diabetes can almost always be reversed with a vegan diet. It worked for me and a few of my friends. I've been a nurse for 41 years, believe me when I say I'm skeptical. The information would be helpful for you as well! All the best to both of you!
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| marjean |
Posted - Jul 22 2015 : 12:07:56 PM
I understand how you feel about wanting the best for your loved ones. But, I too learned they are grown people and have to learn for themselves. If they won't listen to the doctor don't think they will listen to you. lol My DH has kidney stones that need surgery to remove. Well, each time he has to go in for surgery it is a nightmare for him. So, the new doctor put him on some kind of liquid to dissolve the stones. We are praying that it works. It is the first time I have seen him regularly taking a med. So, they do need a reality wakeup call sometime to get them to take care of themselves.
I wish him the best. I have type 2 and it is diet controlled. I am faithful not to eat any sugar.
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| Christy |
Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 8:17:57 PM
I have a good friend whose daughter has type 1 diabetes.
She was having all kinds of struggles and challenges with her health until she starter using Plexus Slim from Plexus Worldwide. Plexus Slim helps regulate your blood sugar and curb sugar cravings among other things. It has made a huge difference in her health. Just felt I should share if it will help with your struggles.
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 3:52:41 PM
You may see if he can get on a insulin that is more insurance friendly. Older insulins, like NPh, and humalog are cheaper, but require a seperate syringe, and not a pen.
One thing to remember.... just because some one is put on insulin doesn't always mean that the person did not take care of themselves, or do things correctly. I am a type 1, and I was diagnosed with Kidney Disease at about 28... I started crying and asked my dr why? I rarely eat things that are bad for me, my A1C stays below 6, usually below 5!! Why would I have kidney disease this wasn't supposed to happen if you take care of yourself!!! She said diabetes is progressive and agressive and it's what happens some times no matter what you do.
Later when I was pregnant with my first child, they had me on 1200 calorie a day diet, really wanted me to go lower but I refused. (I am not sure what the dietician was going through in life but she goofed big time during my pregnancy) because of the extreme low calorie diet, and extremely low blood glucose they were keeping me at-60 is what they were wanting my finger sticks to stay at!! That is way too low, my daughter was not growing and my placenta was falling apart. They put me in the hospital and gave me steriods to help keep her in there a few more months. Mean while every one knows that steriods raises blood glucose. The next nurse who gave me a finger stick after steriod injection. Told me, If I would only take care of myself and eat right, I wouldn't have high blood glucose like that. I about wanted to jump out of my skin, I was eating 1200 calories a day keeping my glucose in the 60 range!! What the freak?!?! I told her, maybe next time before opening her big trap she should read a chart, and see what my A1C had been (at the time less then 4!!) and see that I had just been given steriods that day which is a known fact to raise glucose. She said, Gee, excuse me... and blah blah blah to me. I so wanted to slap her. I had been sooo extremely good.. And here it was failing. Later when I was pregnant with my second, same dietician said... I don't know how it happened with your first, but some how I had you on way too low of calories, and too low of blood glucose and that's why I think she didn't thrive and was such low birth weight-full term she was only 4 lbs! Hmmm you think??? After that I started listening to my own instinct. I did a little with my oldest, like when they wanted me to go from 1200 calories to only 1000 while prego, I said no way... I didn't think even 1200 was that healthy but I sure wasn't going to starvation calories while pregnant.
Any how, I know long story... but I also know so many think that it's always the persons fault and not the disease.
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| churunga |
Posted - Jun 28 2015 : 8:59:32 PM
I wish to congratulate you DH on making the change. I have had Type 1 Diabetes for 40 and am constantly making changes as I develop bad eating habits. Change comes slowly for me. First, I must acknowledge that I need the change. Second, I start making a small change and let it stick. Third, after every successful change I give myself an appropriate non-edible reward. This way I build up discipline. When I slip up (and I do), I just start all over again. Good luck taking care of DH and getting him on the right track.
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| FARMALLChick |
Posted - Jun 28 2015 : 4:50:13 PM
Thanks for the info. We've been pouring over cookbooks and cooking sites for recipes that are low in carbs. He's done pretty well so far. When he does go to the gas station he gets a 52 oz ice tea (unsweet) instead of soda - for him that's huge. He's been eating the yogurt instead of ice cream (we were out anyway). Tonight I fixed grilled eggplant with yogurt sauce, plain pork chops instead of bbq'd and plain green beans with a touch of salt for flavor and grilled mushrooms. He just went back for a 2nd helping of mushrooms and eggplant. I think we're on to something here....
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway" -John Wayne
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| Dapple Grey Lady |
Posted - Jun 24 2015 : 8:01:33 PM
These are some of the things I do: for baked potatoes, I use cauliflower instead; faux tator salad using cauliflower; quinoa instead of rice, works well in lots of recipes that call for rice; lots of fresh veggies; zuchinni can be used in place of noodles for pasta dishes; I make oatmeal pancakes; I also use stevia to sweeten.
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| rksmith |
Posted - Jun 22 2015 : 4:38:36 PM
Check the website for the maker of Levimir (http://www.levemir.com/savings-resources/) most of the time, it is not too difficult to qualify for co-pay assistance to help manage the cost. You can also look at goodrx.com for coupons to get a discount at local pharmacies to use, although with those coupons you may have to have the pharmacist run it as a cash pay and not file with insurance. When I tried the goodrx coupon for my husbands meds, it didn't save us enough to make it worth going the cash pay route unfortunately but it might for you.
Cindy, your statement made me laugh...in my instance, that is an understatement!
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| FARMALLChick |
Posted - Jun 21 2015 : 06:19:03 AM
Thanks, Cindy. I'll take a look at it.
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| CindyG |
Posted - Jun 21 2015 : 05:47:26 AM
Men and their health can be a tough combo.
I have found some of the most "user friendly" and approachable diabetic diet/lifestyle information on a website called everydayhealth.com
What I like about it is they give it to you in small, interesting "bites" like "8 Top 'Go To' Foods For Diabetics", brief lists of fruits for diabetics, good snack foods for diabetics, top tips for eating out with diabetes, etc. just search 'diabetic diet' and start clicking around the articles.
They actually offer up this kind of info on a huge number of topics - I use this website quite a bit. It is not medical info so don't expect WebMD, but it is a good starting point. When I find something of interest, I might research it more, but I certainly get a good pointer or two that is easy to use as is. |
| FARMALLChick |
Posted - Jun 20 2015 : 6:56:37 PM
Thanks, Amy. We've been talking about what he can and can't eat and drink. I went out last night and bought things he could snack on like no sugar yogurt, sunflower seeds in the shell, veggies - etc. We are also going to practice making kale chips. He loves potato chips and dip - I bought some veggie chips that are higher in fiber than regular potato chips. I have shown him how to track his carbs. When I was diagnosed with insulin resistance, my doctor told me that I could subtract the fiber grams from the carb grams because the fiber grams are grams of fiber that the body doesn't absorb. So something with 16 grams of carbs would only have 12 grams of absorbable carbs if it had 4 grams of fiber. It must work because I lost a bunch of weight following her instructions. I just hope he listens to me this time. I also bought him a couple of nice diabetic cook books so he can relearn how to cook. I suggested that after a couple of months, we could go thru our old cook books and recipes and figure out how to reduce or eliminate sugar and high carbs. Pasta is going the be the hardest for him. Personally, I think he's a closet Italian.
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| Song Sparrow |
Posted - Jun 20 2015 : 6:35:43 PM
So sorry to hear this, Lora. Maybe he just needs some time to get used to the idea that this is now serious business. But it makes it tough on you in the mean time. Wonderful results can be obtained for diabetics with good diet, but he has to want it for himself in order for it to happen. Will be praying for you both!
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