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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / December 2006Making changes
Last week I saw my PCP again, and this time we talked about the effects of my meds and my numbers. She again told me how proud she is of me taking control of my health and reading reports, etc. I told her about how I often get a bellyache of an evening and have to take Tums. I was wondering if it was due to the overlap of the two 1000mg Metformin doses which are not 12 hours apart. I take them with breakfast and supper, usually about 9-10 hours apart. And I discussed my concerns of the Lantus wearing off before I even have supper and often get high numbers. So she told me she trusted me and to just play around with my meds carefully. So I thought about it extensively. I have decided to take only half a Metformin of a morning when I eat eggs; but a whole one when i eat cereal. And do the same for supper. Like with fish and a salad I don't need a whole one. And I changed the Lantus to a morning dose instead of bedtime. And, Lo and Behold! My FBG was only 101 with no Lantus in me! And now I have Lantus to cover my supper. This time it was only 132 instead of much higher. I had a small bowl of chicken and brown rice with veggies and a few crackers and cheese. Not a bad number for the carbs, I think. Tomorrow I am having roast chicken and a salad. I should have a nice low number, even with sweet and spicy dressing. I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia Congratulations on the weight loss Jolanna. I'm sure you're thrilled. :-) -- Cheri Jolanna wrote in message ... >I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Metformin >Avandia >Congratulations on the weight loss Jolanna. I'm sure you're thrilled. >:-) Thanks, I really am. In a way I wish I could lose 20 pounds right now quick. But that would be a disaster. Slow and easy is best. 60 year old skin doesn't rebound very well. ;-) -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia > Last week I saw my PCP again, and this time we talked about the > effects of my meds and my numbers. She again told me how proud she is [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed > that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? Wow, Jolanna, good for you! Sounds like you're paying attention to your body, your results and getting the rewards for it. Susan >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Susan Jolanna, What great news for you. Weight loss is really tough, but I think you really have a handle on it. It also sounds like you have a very supportive doctor which can make all the difference. >>x-no-archive: yes >> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >really have a handle on it. It also sounds like you have a very >supportive doctor which can make all the difference. My clinic has a doctor which I never see. It is owned by a Nurse Practitioner with a PAC to help. The PAC is the one I see most and is very progressive. But both ladies are great. And so is their support staff of techs and nurses. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Susan Thanks. But there is so much I don't know about the meds that I must be very cautious. And then let any changes settle for a couple weeks to see how it goes. I don't like the bellyache I get with the evening Metformin; but now I know that halving a morning dose is the wrong thing to do. I will just get up earlier to spread the timing of the pills farther apart so there is not that overlap in the dosage. With 10 different medicines I feel like It is a delicate balance act I am doing here. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia <snip> > So I thought about it extensively. I have decided to take only half a > Metformin of a morning when I eat eggs; but a whole one when i eat > cereal. And do the same for supper. Like with fish and a salad I don't > need a whole one. <snip> Not a good move! Metformin isn't a fast acting med. All you'll do by doing that is cause yourself high BG the following day or two at some time.  SignatureSee my webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm ><snip> > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Not a good move! Metformin isn't a fast acting med. All you'll do by doing >that is cause yourself high BG the following day or two at some time. Iam grateful for the experience of people here to keep me from making mistakes. So I have cought this one quickly. Thanks. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia The changes you're making are awesome! I had a doctor like yours once, who encouraged me to make minor changes on my own and report back what was working. I did all sorts of experiments to learn what worked best for me, changing diet, exercise times, etc. It's really amazing how much more control you can get when you experiment about what really works for you individually. Research only provides information about what works on average. It gives you good information about what to try. But what works for you individually is much more important that what research says and you can only find out by trying yourself. I don't think this is a criticism of doctors per se, because some doctors are good, and some doctors are bad, but *none* of them can move in with you and test you around the clock and really find out what works best for you. Well, unless you have a doctor in the family! The best they can do is give you the tools to be capable of finding out for yourself. IMO, there's so much to be discovered and worked out for each individual that it pretty much takes the patient doing the experimenting to find out. >The changes you're making are awesome! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >IMO, there's so much to be discovered and worked out for each individual >that it pretty much takes the patient doing the experimenting to find out. That is what I have discovered. Diabetes is such an individual thing. Like the 2 hour PP. I have discovered that is when my food peaks, rather than wanes. Depending on the type of carbs in the meal. So I am very glad to have the go ahead to play around with the meds a bit. But I will be reporting to the clinic in a couple weeks. I realize DM is progressive and there will be more changes in the future. But I hope to be stable for a long time. I have been so fortunate not to have any complications considering my diagnosis came with a 514 BG. And I want to keep the complications at bay for as long as I can. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia > I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed > that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? > > -- > > Jolanna Great for you :). I have one of those double beam style scales. i love when i have to move the weights over when i loose weight :). keep it up you can do it. Tom >> I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >> that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Tom My clinic has that type of scale. the last time I was there, I moved the weights and they just clunked. My eyes about popped! So I gleefully moved the big weight to the 150 slot and then moved the little one and got really excited and happy. I think they heard me in the waiting room. ;-) -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia >>> I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >>> that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > little one and got really excited and happy. I think they heard me in > the waiting room. ;-) yep there is no better feeling in the world ( lol well ) than moving that big weight over. I dusted mine off today and stepped on it. Being that I want to see a loss for tomorrow it has helped me in the foods I have been choosing to eat. for some stepping on the scale everyday does not work, I do find it helps me and even if its only 1lb i get to move that weight over :). I cant wait to see what happens tomorrow and the days to come :). Tom >>>> I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >>>> that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Tom I like stepping on the scale every day. that way I can see how much my food weighs! ;-) But all I have at home is the ordinary bathroom scale that I have to bend over to read and the weight fluctuates a bit with the bending, so I have to straighten up and suck my gut in and peer down my nose and hope to read the tiny lines! LOL!! But your scale and like the one at the clinic are much easier to read and much more satisfying moving the weight, like you say. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia >>>>> I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >>>>> that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Jolanna a quick fix for your current problem can be to hold a little hand held mirror. have someone in your family read the numbers and that just might help motivate you. From reading your posts I think you would really love one of these scales. I also find that as long as i keep stepping on the scale its easy to maintain the weight and not go up. Dont forget you not only have to lose the weight but also keep it off. seems like your scale is a bit of a pain. i can not tell you how rewarding it feels to move that weight over. I lost 3lbs yesterday :). if you can get one i think it would be a big help for you. its the holiday season treat yourself or explain to those that will be giving you gifts if they can combine them and get you one of these scales. I use the Health O Meter and have it for close to 18 years - thats how long I have been married this March and I am pretty sure I bought it around that time. you just dont get the same feeling from those ity bity dont bend over or our weight moves scales. I also find that in doing this i increase the fiber because I want to become more regular and be pretty much empty by morning. and then i step on the scale :). on days i eat less fiber i dont lose as much. http://www.amazon.com/Health-Meter-402KL-Physician-Balance/dp/B0009MFUZY reading your post is what triggered this latest motivation but I also love to watch "the biggest loser" Fit TV is also great to watch its even better if you do the exercise with them. I have also been working out for a couple of days on my funtional trainer only doing pull downs because I am still worried about my back.. you can do it. Tom Congratulations on the weight loss Tom. Funny thing, my brother-in-laws family decided not to give each other gifts, but to take the money they would spend on each other, and buy themselves something they really wanted, bring it wrapped to the party, or if it's too big, bring a picture of it so the others could see what each of them really wanted. My brother in law bought himself some really fancy fitness machine, and my sis said "wow, nice present Dave." He said, "I was feeling very generous this year." LOL Sometimes, maybe you just need to buy it for yourself. :-) -- Cheri >i can not tell you how rewarding it feels to move that weight over. I lost >3lbs yesterday :). if you can get one i think it would be a big help for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >if they can combine them and get you one of these scales. I use the Health >O Meter >a quick fix for your current problem can be to hold a little hand held >mirror. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > >Tom I looked at the link you sent and gasped at the sale price. That is beyond my means. But I might have my son look on eBay. That is where I got my fancy $340 walker-with-seat for only $54+shipping. I like to weigh after a good clean-out, too. And with only the lightest of clothes. Even at the clinic I often take off my shoes to weigh. ;-) I have to be careful with my back, also. The exercises the therapist gave me weren't really designed to take off weight; they were for strengthening my back and limbs. But any kind of exercise burns calories. Even housework. Like when I change my sheets, it is much more of a chore and burns more calories than it did when i was younger. Dragging oxygen tubing around and getting my feet caught in the loops of it and stepping on it and getting it tangled in the removal of dirty sheets...now, that really burns the calories! Turns the air blue, too, with the effluvium coming out my exasperated mouth! Sweeping and vacuuming are the same type of chore and exasperation. I don't know what would happen if the vacuum sucked up my O2 tubing! After i am done disentangling tubing, wiring and vacuum hose I feel like I have had a real workout. One of these days I will remember to check my BG before and after chores just to see how much i burn. So who needs a home gym? LOL!! But, good luck to you on yours. So how much do you have to reach your goal? I would be happy to lose 25 pounds more. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia "Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message > I looked at the link you sent and gasped at the sale price. That is > beyond my means. But I might have my son look on eBay. That is where I > got my fancy $340 walker-with-seat for only $54+shipping. I am sure there are others sold elsewhere for much less. not really sure how much the one i showed you costs. > I like to weigh after a good clean-out, too. And with only the > lightest of clothes. Even at the clinic I often take off my shoes to > weigh. ;-) at the Dr's office I got smacked a few times for taking off too many clothes. so far i am down 7lbs since I started. I did do a little watching a few days before but what really helped was when i put the scale in the bedroom. Now as soon as i get up i put my slippers on and thats all I wear. (mental note to self. good idea to move scale away from window. ) > I have to be careful with my back, also. The exercises the therapist > gave me weren't really designed to take off weight; they were for > strengthening my back and limbs. But any kind of exercise burns > calories. this is what I have been doing lately. while i feel like my frozen shoulder is getting better it is still something I have to deal with. i have been getting into some yoga. > Even housework. Like when I change my sheets, it is much more of a > chore and burns more calories than it did when i was younger. Dragging > oxygen tubing around and getting my feet caught in the loops of it and > stepping on it and getting it tangled in the removal of dirty > sheets...now, that really burns the calories! Turns the air blue, too, > with the effluvium coming out my exasperated mouth! I didnt know about the ozygen tubing and stuff. its amazing how much our bodies change as we get older. > Sweeping and vacuuming are the same type of chore and exasperation. I > don't know what would happen if the vacuum sucked up my O2 tubing! > After i am done disentangling tubing, wiring and vacuum hose I feel > like I have had a real workout. One of these days I will remember to > check my BG before and after chores just to see how much i burn. Well one thing is for sure. I have found that just sitting and doing nothings is the worst thing I could possibly be doing. I cant explain everything I have learned but I feel really scared for those that are young and basically just sit all day long. its an old saying but in my life i have found it to be oooo so true. a body at rest will want to stay at rest - a body in motion likes to stay in motion. > So who needs a home gym? LOL!! But, good luck to you on yours. So how > much do you have to reach your goal? I would be happy to lose 25 > pounds more. > -- > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Metformin > Avandia I would like to see the day that doing what is basically very simple chorse become very easy for you. so easy infact that you would be ready for more exercise. like bringing the heart rate up to true cardio levels for the required amount of time. I would like to see that for myself as well. although before I hurt my back the first time I was doing 30 minutes on a stepper machine. My goal at this point depends on my back. I am not really on a diet but changing my life stype to become more active. I am watching what I eat and will eat according to my scale :). I will keep my carbs at 200 per day, reduce animal protiens and use the good fats like avocado, almonds, olives to balance my weight loss. at 215lbs I recieved a 100% on the firemens physical and had a 34-36 inch waste. I guess right now once again I am basing my diet on what I worked out with my dietitian and just want to be able to work out again like I once did. I am not really sure if i will be able to eat the amount of carbs needed to build the types of muscles I once had. part of my work out when I was 29 was walking up 57 flights of stairs with 50lbs on my back - not sure how I would be able to fuel that kind of work out while being diabetic. tell you the truth tho. I would really be very happy to just be able to do the 57 flights and carry an empy back pack. knowing I will be stepping on the scale every day does help in the food choices I make. and knowing I have to fuel correctly for my exercise also helps. I am still only doing pull downs on my machine. those types of exercise actual take weight off the back. I have a preacher curl stand that will let me do curls with out the added weight on my back :). so its lat pull downs, tricept curls, preacher curls, crunches and stretches. one thing i would like to ask you is are you able to change it all around and get off the oxygen? lol wow i wrote a lot. Tom Up Up and Away from the computer. >"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message >> I looked at the link you sent and gasped at the sale price. That is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I am sure there are others sold elsewhere for much less. not really sure >how much the one i showed you costs. On sale for $179---down from $229. >at the Dr's office I got smacked a few times for taking off too many >clothes. No, No, No, only shoes and jackets, etc are allowed to be removed at the doctor's!! Home is a different story, the less, the better! ;-) >so far i am down 7lbs since I started. I did do a little watching a few >days before >but what really helped was when i put the scale in the bedroom. >Now as soon as i get up i put my slippers on and thats all I wear. (mental >note to self. >good idea to move scale away from window. ) Good idea! >> I have to be careful with my back, also. The exercises the therapist >> gave me weren't really designed to take off weight; they were for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >it is still something I have to deal with. i have been getting into some >yoga. Isn't that basically sitting still, with some positions putting the body under tension? I don't see how it can burn much calories. >I didnt know about the ozygen tubing and stuff. its amazing how much our >bodies change as we get older. Especially when we don't take care of our bodies when we are younger. :-( >Well one thing is for sure. I have found that just sitting and doing >nothings [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >a body at rest will want to stay at rest - a body in motion likes to stay in >motion. All those kids who sit in front of the boob tube or Play station! When i was young kids were outside playing cops and robbers, etc. >I would like to see the day that doing what is basically very simple chorse >become very easy for you. so easy infact that you would be ready for more >exercise. like bringing the heart rate up to true cardio levels for the >required amount of time. I would like to see that for myself as well. When i am vacuuming or sweeping, my heart gets to pounding and I work up a sweat. I often have to take a break before I finish. I can work my heart hard for awhile; but I have no endurance. >although before I hurt my back the first time I was doing 30 minutes on a >stepper machine. >My goal at this point depends on my back. I am not really on a diet but >changing my life stype to become more active. I am watching what I eat and >will eat according to my scale :). I eat according to my energy levels. > I will keep my carbs at 200 per day, >reduce animal protiens and use the good fats like avocado, almonds, olives >to balance my weight loss. That is a lot of carbs. I can't handle more than half that. But then i am not as active as you. I don't like avocados; but almonds are good, especially wrapped in dark chocolate! And olives in my salads. How much meat do you eat that you are cutting down? >at 215lbs I recieved a 100% on the firemens physical and had a 34-36 inch >waste. Whoo, hoo! You musta been a fine figure in them days!! >I guess right now once again I am basing my diet on what I worked out with >my dietitian and just want to be able to work out again like I once did. I >am not really sure if i will be able to eat the amount of carbs needed to >build the types of muscles I once had. Building muscles needs protein. After all, muscles are made of protein. Carbs are just fuel. >part of my work out when I was 29 was walking up 57 flights of stairs with >50lbs on my back - not sure how I would be able to fuel that kind of work >out while being diabetic. Uh, that goal is kind of over the top, don't you think? You are not 29 any more, ya know. Oh, boy! I think of when I was 29 and slender and very active. I could walk ten miles and not even breathe hard. >tell you the truth tho. I would really be very happy to just be able to do >the 57 flights and carry an empy back pack. >knowing I will be stepping on the scale every day does help in the food >choices I make. Sort of a watchdog effect! Now if it recorded the numbers for anyone to see, you couldn't cheat or lie to yourself. I used to lie to myself years ago when I was dieting. It didn't do any good. >one thing i would like to ask you is are you able to change it all around >and get off the oxygen? No, it is for life. I have Emphysema. And use Spiriva Handihaler every evening just to keep my lungs open. >lol wow i wrote a lot. You must have needed to talk to someone. I am here. >Tom >Up Up and Away from the computer. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia >>"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message >>> I looked at the link you sent and gasped at the sale price. That is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > On sale for $179---down from $229. I am sure they have cheaper but can understand that some will feel its not worth it. >>at the Dr's office I got smacked a few times for taking off too many >>clothes. > > No, No, No, only shoes and jackets, etc are allowed to be removed at > the doctor's!! Home is a different story, the less, the better! ;-) I have to stop making jokes like that. My friends and I have jokes several times about how great it would be to have a beautiful doctor. Now that I have one i have a hard time dealing with it. while I am more comfortable around her than I have ever been with any doctor, i feel like the biggest phoney. I mean shes the type of girl i would love to take out for coffee or what ever ( if i was single ). its just realy strange being examined by a beautiful girl and act like its a bother. truth is if i had a tail it would be wagging like crazy. when I say shes beautiful I dont only mean how she looks but there is something to say about a very pretty girl that is concerned with your health. shes about my age but looks like shes in her 20's. >>so far i am down 7lbs since I started. I did do a little watching a few >>days before [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Good idea! well i finally got the people accross the way to pull their shades down :) >>this is what I have been doing lately. while i feel like my frozen >>shoulder [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Isn't that basically sitting still, with some positions putting the > body under tension? I don't see how it can burn much calories. while even the simplest form of yoga will burn more calories than just sitting. there are many forms of yoga. >>I didnt know about the ozygen tubing and stuff. its amazing how much our >>bodies change as we get older. > > Especially when we don't take care of our bodies when we are younger. > :-( for me it only took the last 10 years or so before I was diagnosed. most of my life I was always very active, playing sports and most of my jobs kept me very active. >>its an old saying but in my life i have found it to be oooo so true. >>a body at rest will want to stay at rest - a body in motion likes to stay [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > All those kids who sit in front of the boob tube or Play station! When > i was young kids were outside playing cops and robbers, etc. lol true, we used to play man-hunt. much like cops and robbers but when you caught the person you kind of roughed them up a bit. its seems like when we were younger if we wanted to have fun it required being active. now its infront of the computer or TV. >>I would like to see the day that doing what is basically very simple >>chorse [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > up a sweat. I often have to take a break before I finish. I can work > my heart hard for awhile; but I have no endurance. I dont think your doctor would want you to attempt true cardio levels. I do doubt that anyone can reach that level by doing what you mentioned above. and im not saying that what you are doing is not the right exercise for you. while i did work my way up to doing true cardio 2 years ago. the last 2 years with the pains in my back have kicked me back and I need to once again work my way up. >>although before I hurt my back the first time I was doing 30 minutes on a >>stepper machine. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I eat according to my energy levels. I think of them as being tied into each other, what the scale says will be a result of what I have eaten and how active I was. but yes eating to your energy level is probably a better way of putting it. the scale will show if we truely did eat to our energy output. >> I will keep my carbs at 200 per day, >>reduce animal protiens and use the good fats like avocado, almonds, olives >>to balance my weight loss. > > That is a lot of carbs. I can't handle more than half that. But then i > am not as active as you. true and there are lots of things that can effect blood sugar levels. >I don't like avocados; but almonds are good, > especially wrapped in dark chocolate! And olives in my salads. How > much meat do you eat that you are cutting down? that changes from meal to meal. but would like to keep each one to around the size of a deck of cards. for now. >>at 215lbs I recieved a 100% on the firemens physical and had a 34-36 inch >>waste. > > Whoo, hoo! You musta been a fine figure in them days!! while I still have the ability to turn heads in those days they used to turn in my direction and not away like they do now :(. it feels really good to have girls flirting with you especially if you are not in a club or anyplace known for hunting. to bump into a stranger and say you are sorry to be told "any time" hmmm the good old days. now when that happens they ask for my number so their laywer can call me. >>I guess right now once again I am basing my diet on what I worked out with >>my dietitian and just want to be able to work out again like I once did. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Building muscles needs protein. After all, muscles are made of > protein. Carbs are just fuel. carbs are the fuel that will feed the work out that will tell your muscles they need to become bigger, the right amount of carbs and protien are both needed. while on low carb high protien diets body builders are in a race against time. the longer they hold they do that the more muscle they lose. >>part of my work out when I was 29 was walking up 57 flights of stairs with >>50lbs on my back - not sure how I would be able to fuel that kind of work [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > any more, ya know. Oh, boy! I think of when I was 29 and slender and > very active. I could walk ten miles and not even breathe hard. while I may make a few sort term goals i never set an upper limit. time will tell. >>tell you the truth tho. I would really be very happy to just be able to >>do [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to see, you couldn't cheat or lie to yourself. I used to lie to myself > years ago when I was dieting. It didn't do any good. I have not stepped on the scale in a few days but will tomorrow. >>one thing i would like to ask you is are you able to change it all around >>and get off the oxygen? > > No, it is for life. I have Emphysema. And use Spiriva Handihaler every > evening just to keep my lungs open. I am sorry to read that. to help me understand.. does this mean even if you kept to a exercise and diet plan that you can never jog or run? or ride a stationary bike at a healthy for your sex and rage level? >>lol wow i wrote a lot. > > You must have needed to talk to someone. I am here. thank you but im just trying to steel a lil motivation from this thread. it seems to be working, even tho this is the holiday season. christmas eve and christmas I was very good. Tom Up Up and away from my computer. >I have to stop making jokes like that. My friends and I have jokes several >times about [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >your health. >shes about my age but looks like shes in her 20's. How is your BP and pulse when she examines you? ;-> >>>(mental >>>note to self. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >well i finally got the people accross the way to pull their shades down :) Good one! LOL! >while even the simplest form of yoga will burn more calories than just >sitting. >there are many forms of yoga. Oh. I think my knowledge of yoga is someone sitting in the lotus position and going "om mani padme hum". And that always makes me think of Ho Hum! LOL! >I dont think your doctor would want you to attempt true cardio levels. >I do doubt that anyone can reach that level by doing what you mentioned [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >years with the pains in my back have kicked me back and I need to once again >work my way up. I don't think I could ever do anything like you mean for true cardio. I am too old and decrepit. The most I can hope for is lose some weight and strengthen myself, including my heart, enough for a helthier lifestyle than I have had for many years. I want my old age to be my golden years rather than in and out of the hospital. But i don't need to jog, go boating or biking or anything of that sort. Just be able to putter in my garden like I used to do. >>> I will keep my carbs at 200 per day, >>>reduce animal protiens and use the good fats like avocado, almonds, olives [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >that changes from meal to meal. but would like to keep each one to around >the size of a deck of cards. for now. Well, there goes a ribeye steak! Unless you are talking about jumbo-sized cards or maybe Tarot cards! ;-) I get a lot of my protein from beans and nuts. I love meat but I know I shouldn't eat that much of it and it sits in my slowly-digesting gut too long when I eat too much at one time. >while I still have the ability to turn heads in those days they used to turn >in my direction and not away like they do now :(. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >"any time" hmmm the good old days. now when that happens they ask for my >number so their laywer can call me. Now, now, don't put yourself down. When you are accepting of yourself as you are, it shines through and other people are more likely to accept you the same way. Let your humor take front stage, not your tummy. I learned that years ago. I used to joke with my clients about myself and we would laugh and they all said they felt so comfortable with me. I like that feeling much better than the occasional whistle I got when I was young and slim. >I have not stepped on the scale in a few days but will tomorrow. I have and lost another pound. But I think I put it back on with supper. I did a bad thing. I had corned beef on pumpernickel. It sure was good. My one hour PP was 163! Now lets see how fast it goes down. >>>one thing i would like to ask you is are you able to change it all around >>>and get off the oxygen? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >you kept to a exercise and diet plan that you can never jog or run? >or ride a stationary bike at a healthy for your sex and rage level? I can't jog or run. but I can use a stationary bike. I did when I was doing Physical therapy. My son came up with an old one that is rather rusted. But he says it is good. so when the weather clears up he will work on it get rid of the rust and oil it good and all that. The meter on it might not work but that's ok. But when I was doing PT he had to put a fluffy pillow under my butt! The seat hurt my butt bones. No muscle there; just a little soft flab. >>>lol wow i wrote a lot. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >it seems to be working, even tho this is the holiday season. christmas eve >and christmas I was very good. You must be strong-willed. Not me. On Christmas Eve I was on the phone talking to my sister in Texas and laughing and eating cheese nachos. Instead of 5 or 6 chips, I think I ate 4 times that many. I didn't even want to test my bg. I knew it would be outrageous. >Tom >Up Up and away from my computer. I enjoy chatting with you. Happy New Year! -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia "Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message > Oh. I think my knowledge of yoga is someone sitting in the lotus > position and going "om mani padme hum". And that always makes me think > of Ho Hum! LOL! :).. sometimes a lil Ho Hum can show you the answer to a problem you might be having. I love falling asleep on the couch with a lil pink floyd playing. its more like meditation than listening to the music. > I don't think I could ever do anything like you mean for true cardio. > I am too old and decrepit. The most I can hope for is lose some weight > and strengthen myself, including my heart, enough for a helthier > lifestyle than I have had for many years. Well than it seems that "The Most" you can hope for is still a much better quality of life. i went for a walk today but the pains in my calf were too much. I think it is due to my sciatica. I have also had a problem with my feet falling asleep while walking. I did notice a tight feeling from the laces and will try it again tomorrow with looser fitting sneakers. > I want my old age to be my > golden years rather than in and out of the hospital. same here I just hope that my golden years are not golden from skid marks on my shorts. But i don't need > to jog, go boating or biking or anything of that sort. Just be able to > putter in my garden like I used to do. that can be a lot of fun. for me i would love to ride my bike someplace into the mountains, pitch a tent and go fishing in the morning. alot like Broke back mountain with out all the guy on guy stuff. >>that changes from meal to meal. but would like to keep each one to around >>the size of a deck of cards. for now. > > Well, there goes a ribeye steak! Unless you are talking about > jumbo-sized cards or maybe Tarot cards! ;-) dont get me wrong im not so alan about it. I will have my porterhouse steak from time to time. i dont think one needs to be anal in order to be healthy. > Now, now, don't put yourself down. When you are accepting of yourself > as you are, it shines through and other people are more likely to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with me. I like that feeling much better than the occasional whistle I > got when I was young and slim. dont worry about me Jolanna. Making fun of myself does not really bother me. I dont mean my self any harm :). > I have and lost another pound. But I think I put it back on with > supper. I did a bad thing. I had corned beef on pumpernickel. It sure > was good. My one hour PP was 163! Now lets see how fast it goes down. are you sure it was from the pumpernickel in that meal? there is a lil thing known as the pizza effect and im pretty sure that corned beef has more fat than pizza. if that was me i would be putting the blame on something I ate around 2 hours before or perhaps I had a liver dump. > I can't jog or run. but I can use a stationary bike. I did when I was > doing Physical therapy. My son came up with an old one that is rather [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > put a fluffy pillow under my butt! The seat hurt my butt bones. No > muscle there; just a little soft flab. yes the pain in the butt while sitting on those stationary bike seats. been there done that. but it does go away as the butt firms up. >>thank you but im just trying to steel a lil motivation from this thread. >>it seems to be working, even tho this is the holiday season. christmas eve >>and christmas I was very good. > > You must be strong-willed. no not really, I just didnt get a chance to buy everything i wanted. i threw out about 2 dozen baked huge baked clams. > Not me. On Christmas Eve I was on the phone talking to my sister in > Texas and laughing and eating cheese nachos. Instead of 5 or 6 chips, > I think I ate 4 times that many. I didn't even want to test my bg. I > knew it would be outrageous. sometimes its good to test at times like that. when you see a high number perhaps you wont be so fast to do it again.. > I enjoy chatting with you. Happy New Year! shhhh dont say that. but thank you. lets continue getting healthier. Tom Up Up and time to go to bed bed. > i went for a walk today but the pains in my calf were too much. I think it > is due to my sciatica. I have also had a problem with my feet falling > asleep while walking. I hope so, Tom. Is this something you've asked your doc about? I ask because those symptoms are what caused my father to give up playing golf. He was told the reason was that the blood circulation in his lower legs had become restricted, too restricted to supply enough oxygen for continuous walking. The critical symptom was that the pains in his calves that developed while walking went away when he stopped walking. He could walk a long way providing he kept pausing for recovery. So he used to pretend to be window shopping as he took his recovery breaks. He was told the main reason for this problem was smoking. Given other symptoms he displayed it wouldn't surprise me if he had also been suffering from insulin resistance and high blood sugars, possibly even late onset diabetes. They were much more careless about diagnosing diabetes in those days, especially in the old. I'd get those calf and foot problems checked out. You don't want to let them get worse if there's something that can be done. SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] >> i went for a walk today but the pains in my calf were too much. I think >> it [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > recovery. So he used to pretend to be window shopping as he took his > recovery breaks. The foot falling asleep is no doubt ( mho ) a circulation problem. However I just noticed that it does not happen on my stationary bike also I didnt have any pain in my leg during the ride. The foot falling asleep can be a pintched nerve in my ankle and I am still thinking the pains in my leg are from the pintched or irritated sciatica. Like your father I was doing a bit of window shopping myself yesterday. I feel very much like i did when I was first diagnosed 4 years ago. different kinds of pain but the results are the same. I have to stop and rest every block and beleive me the pain is very bad even with just half a block. The patch is on again and seems as if my wife finally hid my credit cards good enough so that I can not find them. it will be very strange this New Years eve being a non smoker ( if i make it) but I truely do not want to go out like this. I would much rather take my bike and fly into the grand canyon. my frozen shoulder seems to be getting better and it almost has the same range of motion as the other. my biggest concern now it to increase my circulation. smoking no doubt does not help. it is like I have been saying for a while. a body at rest will want to stay at rest and sooner or later will demand to stay at rest. these things have been happening when ever I increase my activity levels. my eyes may water during some movies but not so much from pain, yesterday while i walked with my wife I did want to cry. > He was told the main reason for this problem was smoking. Given other > symptoms he displayed it wouldn't surprise me if he had also been > suffering from insulin resistance and high blood sugars, possibly even > late onset diabetes. They were much more careless about diagnosing > diabetes in those days, especially in the old. 2 of my wifes sisters and her mother have diabetes. My wife will be going to mexico soon to see her mom that will be my biggest challenge. I usually go a lil nuts when she goes away but not this time. > I'd get those calf and foot problems checked out. You don't want to let > them get worse if there's something that can be done. i know but I didnt change my health plan last renewal and each specialist cost $40 each time and I need to see a few. I think i might get an MRI on my shoulder, legs and back. i feel very good that I did not have the problems while on the stationary bike it gives me hope that I can change this. I will not go for any walks for a week but will ride the stationary bike and god help me I will not smoke. my job requires I do walking I wonder if i can get some kind of compinsation from this. for those that suffer from the same things I am, no we cant get to where we were when we were younger but we sure as hell can get better. One thing I do know is sitting here is probably the worst thing I can be doing. Tom Up Up and Away from my computer. Sorry to hear you're having pain again in your legsTom and hope they're better soon. I wish you great success with the stopping smoking, and a Happy New Year. -- Cheri Gantlet wrote in message ... >thinking the pains in my leg are from the pintched or irritated sciatica. >Like your father I was doing a bit of window shopping myself yesterday. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I can not find them. it will be very strange this New Years eve being a non >smoker ( if i make it) >>> i went for a walk today but the pains in my calf were too much. I think >>> it [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> recovery. So he used to pretend to be window shopping as he took his >> recovery breaks. > The foot falling asleep is no doubt ( mho ) a circulation problem. > However I just noticed that it does not happen on my stationary bike [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > rest every block > and beleive me the pain is very bad even with just half a block. That's not how my sciatica ever behaved, but if it is sciatica, then pushing yourself into pain might be making it worse, whereas if it's claudication, then pushing it into pain might be good for it. I'm no expert, I'm just suggesting that guessing on your own what's wrong might be causing you to make whatever it is worse. I think you really do need your doctor's advice on this one. > my biggest concern now it to increase my circulation. smoking no doubt does > not help. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > my eyes may water during some movies but not so much from pain, yesterday > while i walked with my wife I did want to cry. How about losing some weight? No matter what is wrong with your legs, feet, and back, there's no doubt that losing a bit of weight will make getting around easier. It's really surprising just how much difference losing just a little weight makes to walking. >> I'd get those calf and foot problems checked out. You don't want to let >> them get worse if there's something that can be done. > i know but I didnt change my health plan last renewal and each specialist > cost > $40 each time and I need to see a few. Well, if you have to pay for it, seeing your doctor in your current state sounds like a really good investment to me. Didn't you say she was rather attractive? :-) > I think i might get an MRI on my shoulder, legs and back. There could be much easier and cheaper ways of distinguishing between pinched nerves and claudication. Your doctor is the one to consult about that. > i feel very good that I did not have the problems while on the stationary > bike > it gives me hope that I can change this. I will not go for any walks for a > week > but will ride the stationary bike and god help me I will not smoke. Generally speaking for exercise it's a good idea to avoid doing things which hurt you and to do more of the things that don't. > my job requires I do walking I wonder if i can get some kind of compinsation > from this. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > One thing I do know is sitting here is probably the worst thing I can be > doing. Unless it encourages you to do the right thing. Without the encouragement and education I've got from spending time in this newsgroup I'd be in a lot worse shape than I am now. If you add into that the help I've got from newsgroups about other medical problems in the past, then it's even possible that I owe my life to the support and advice I've got from newsgroups. SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] > my biggest concern now it to increase my circulation. smoking no doubt does > not help. It's doing a lot more than not helping. It's actively wrecking your peripheral circulation. > One thing I do know is sitting here is probably the worst thing I can be > doing. > Up Up and Away from my computer. It wouldn't surprise me if you've reached a stage of claudication where the worst thing you're doing to yourself just now is smoking. Of course I can't tell, but the symptoms you've described here are consistent with that idea. Finding a good time to stop smoking is rather like finding a good time to break bad news. The only time to stop smoking is now. Tomorrow never comes. You say you find it hard to walk one block. Do you really want to risk swishing another few packs of cigarettes through a circulation system which may be approaching the crisis point of being unable to handle normal mobility? Are you going to start the New Year by poisoning yourself, or by giving your body a chance to start healing? SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] >"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I did notice a tight feeling from the laces and will try it again tomorrow >with looser fitting sneakers. I don't like the sound of that. Have you tried icepacks on your calf? And your sciatic area? There has got to be inflamation there. BTDT. Your feet falling asleep is worrisome, too. I can't stand tight shoes. I have some hightops that I have fastened with a stretchy coil I got at Payless Shoes a few years ago. My shoes stay on nicely, but the elastic gives as I flex my feet. No binding that way. Also no laces to come undone and trip me. >that can be a lot of fun. for me i would love to ride my bike someplace >into the mountains, pitch a tent and go fishing in the morning. alot like >Broke back mountain >with out all the guy on guy stuff. That sounds peaceful and attractive. >dont get me wrong im not so alan about it. I will have my porterhouse steak >from time to time. i dont think one needs to be anal in order to be >healthy. Right! We got to have our perks once in awhile. >> I have and lost another pound. But I think I put it back on with >> supper. I did a bad thing. I had corned beef on pumpernickel. It sure [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >if that was me i would be putting the blame on something I ate around 2 >hours before or perhaps I had a liver dump. Youu are right. I ate a hot link on bread and cheese about 3 hours before. So I was a bad girl all day! :-( >yes the pain in the butt while sitting on those stationary bike seats. >been there done that. but it does go away as the butt firms up. I plan on putting it in the living room with the rule that if I want to watch tv, I gotta pedal! >no not really, I just didnt get a chance to buy everything i wanted. >i threw out about 2 dozen baked huge baked clams. And you didn't think of feeding them to your dogs? I hate to throw food away. Childhood training when I was a kid. >> Not me. On Christmas Eve I was on the phone talking to my sister in >> Texas and laughing and eating cheese nachos. Instead of 5 or 6 chips, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >perhaps >you wont be so fast to do it again.. Any time I have been bad and gotten a high number like that, I seen to eat like a diabetic fanatic for a few days. >lets continue getting healthier. Slowly but surely; with fewer and fewer backslidings as time goes by. >Tom >Up Up and time to go to bed bed. I like your little "up up" thingies. :-) -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia >>"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>I did notice a tight feeling from the laces and will try it again tomorrow >>with looser fitting sneakers. Before I reply I would just like to say. this does sound like and can very well be diabetes related. i am trying to figure out at what point do we stop pointing at diabetes as the reason and at what point we could look at other things we are doing wrong. and at what point is it a combination of the 2. > I don't like the sound of that. Have you tried icepacks on your calf? no but i used it as an excuse to get several full body massages. > And your sciatic area? from what I have read. when it is something you know of soon after it happens use an ice pack but after that heat is better. but in case you have BTDT just do as your doctor says. >There has got to be inflamation there. BTDT. while i just took a nice walk and felt okish compared to 2 days ago sitting her now I am in pain. > Your feet falling asleep is worrisome, too. I can't stand tight shoes. > I have some hightops that I have fastened with a stretchy coil I got > at Payless Shoes a few years ago. My shoes stay on nicely, but the > elastic gives as I flex my feet. No binding that way. Also no laces to > come undone and trip me. i have hi tops to and i did notice some pressure on top. so far while walking with out doing my laces i have no problem. >>that can be a lot of fun. for me i would love to ride my bike someplace >>into the mountains, pitch a tent and go fishing in the morning. alot like >>Broke back mountain >>with out all the guy on guy stuff. > > That sounds peaceful and attractive. that is my fantacy.. 1 last hurra. I dream of a week like that. as a kid i spent every summer in up state new york and fell in love with nature. problem is that with the people i grew up with these days I am better off staying away. >>dont get me wrong im not so alan about it. I will have my porterhouse >>steak >>from time to time. i dont think one needs to be anal in order to be >>healthy. > > Right! We got to have our perks once in awhile. in the summer i love to throw a rack of ribs on the bbq and slow cookem. these pains and your posts have reuped my motivation and I am doing pretty good. >>are you sure it was from the pumpernickel in that meal? there is a lil >>thing known as the pizza effect and im pretty sure that corned beef has [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Youu are right. I ate a hot link on bread and cheese about 3 hours > before. So I was a bad girl all day! :-( sounds tastey. try it with whole grain rye crackers and instead of the cheese use avocado or omega 3 bread spread from smart balance. not that I am perfect or anything but please o please dont forget about all those low carb veggies out there. I didnt see any mention >>yes the pain in the butt while sitting on those stationary bike seats. >>been there done that. but it does go away as the butt firms up. > > I plan on putting it in the living room with the rule that if I want > to watch tv, I gotta pedal! right now I am studying something and have created power point presentation that lets me study and ride the stationary bike at the same time. one of my monitors is a 24 inch and it makes it very easy to read. >>no not really, I just didnt get a chance to buy everything i wanted. >>i threw out about 2 dozen baked huge baked clams. > > And you didn't think of feeding them to your dogs? I hate to throw > food away. Childhood training when I was a kid. ide rather throw them away then feed them to my dogs. I have the power to control what my dogs eat and they are health freeks as best I can do. the only reason i threw them out was because i was feeling a bit depressed and wouldnt be able to eat them and enjoy them so figured whats the sence. > Any time I have been bad and gotten a high number like that, I seen to > eat like a diabetic fanatic for a few days. i have always felt that sometimes the healthiest way may not always be the best way. yes I am bad sometimes but good most and i think that is because i never really get fanatic about it. I am not saying that you shouldnt, we are all different and will need to follow a different path. >>lets continue getting healthier. > > Slowly but surely; with fewer and fewer backslidings as time goes by. yes diabetes is a lot like a war we may lose a battle from time to time but the war must be won. >>Tom >>Up Up and time to go to bed bed. >> > I like your little "up up" thingies. :-) i cant resist down down thingies are pretty worthless. yesterday i stepped on the scale and it showed that I have gained 2 pounds back but today i am once again at my 10lbs loss and its during holiday time. i didnt smoke yesterday but am today only because I know i want to get really really drunk on new years. I have not done that in about 4 years and i really feel the need now to go out and have a blast with out trying not to smoke. but New Years day the patch will go back on. I probably will put it on againt tomorrow but not new years eve. ttys Tom Up Up and onto my stationary bike. : >>"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message : >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : >>I did notice a tight feeling from the laces and will try it again tomorrow : >>with looser fitting sneakers. : Before I reply I would just like to say. : this does sound like and can very well be diabetes related. : i am trying to figure out at what point do we stop pointing at diabetes : as the reason and at what point we could look at other things we are doing : wrong. : and at what point is it a combination of the 2. Both must be considered by you and the MD. I lost focus in my left eye about 9 years ago when the oopthamologist assumed tht the macular edema I was experinecing was diabetes related and lasared the macula. It turned out that it ws wet macular degeneration that was exacerbated by the lasaring. A retina specialist might have noticed several tell-tale signs that distinguish the two conditions. Wendy >>>"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message > >> I don't like the sound of that. Have you tried icepacks on your calf? > >no but i used it as an excuse to get several full body massages. ROFL!! You go, Tom! >> And your sciatic area? > >from what I have read. when it is something you know of >soon after it happens use an ice pack but after that heat is better. >but in case you have BTDT just do as your doctor says. What the therapist told me was use ice packs to get the pain down to a more bearable level, then use heat. Feel the area and see if it is warmer than the surrounding area. If so, you have inflammation and need the ice pack. with no inflammation, heat is good. >while i just took a nice walk and felt okish compared to 2 days ago >sitting her now I am in pain. I don't think what you have is sciatica. I think you might have a blood clot. And maybe the numbness in your feet is also due to impaired circulation. Sciatica is the nerve running down the back of the leg and heel, and the whole length of it hurts. It is pinched in the upper sacral area of the lower spine. My upper sacral vertebrae broke loose years ago when I fell on it, and it floated around causing sciatic misery for many years until the vertebrae fused to the lower lumbar with arthritic growths. A few years ago it broke loose from that position and then settled into the correct position and fused with arthritic growth again. No more pain. So you see, I have had sciatic pain experience for many years. >in the summer i love to throw a rack of ribs on the bbq and slow cookem. >these pains and your posts have reuped my motivation and I am doing pretty >good. OOOHHH!!! BBQed ribs!! YUM! I am glad to help you with your motivation. That helps me, too. >> Youu are right. I ate a hot link on bread and cheese about 3 hours >> before. So I was a bad girl all day! :-( [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >not that I am perfect or anything but please o please dont forget about >all those low carb veggies out there. I didnt see any mention What's the matter with cheese? It's not full of carbs. Don't like avocados. But the rye crackers sound good. Oh, I eat veggies till I poop green! I just like a break from them once in awhile. At least when I backslide, I don't eat pasta. That is my biggest no-no. What is omega 3 bread spread? >> I plan on putting it in the living room with the rule that if I want >> to watch tv, I gotta pedal! > >right now I am studying something and have created power point presentation >that lets me study and ride the stationary bike at the same time. >one of my monitors is a 24 inch and it makes it very easy to read. I had not heard of such a large monitor. But my son says gamers like them. That size wouldn't fit on my desk! But it sure would be nice to read my PDF files without all the scrolling I have to do on my little monitor. >ide rather throw them away then feed them to my dogs. >I have the power to control what my dogs eat and they are >health freeks as best I can do. I am the same way with my diabetic cat. I watch her diet better than mine. Sometimes I think I need someone else to be in charge of my food. >the only reason i threw them out was because i was feeling a bit depressed >and wouldnt be able to eat them and enjoy them so figured whats the sence. I am sorry you were depressed. Have some dark chocolate! Or a margarita! ;-) >> Any time I have been bad and gotten a high number like that, I seen to >> eat like a diabetic fanatic for a few days. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I am not saying that you shouldnt, we are all different and will need to >follow a different path. I told my PCP in the beginning I had no intention of micro-managing my condition. Quality of life is just as important as physical health. So I limit myself to a single piece of chocolate now and then. Or a hot link with melted cheese. A little perk now and then makes the diabetic regimen all worthwhile. I don't want to feel deprived and frustrated, thinking of all the things I can no longer have. So I allow myself to have higher numbers once in awhile. >> Slowly but surely; with fewer and fewer backslidings as time goes by. > >yes diabetes is a lot like a war we may lose a battle from time to time >but the war must be won. Yes, we just pick ourselves up and start teh fight again. Never giving up. >>>Tom >>>Up Up and time to go to bed bed. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >i cant resist >down down thingies are pretty worthless. ROFL!! I guess i left myself wide open for that one! >yesterday i stepped on the scale and it showed >that I have gained 2 pounds back but today [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Tom >Up Up and onto my stationary bike. On a holiday, especially the end of the year and about to start a new year, it is OKAY to go all out and have a blast. It makes you feel better when you resume the good boy routine. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia "Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message >>no but i used it as an excuse to get several full body massages. > > ROFL!! You go, Tom! Now i wish i didnt. my wifes father died when she was very young. and now my wife is going to mexico because her diabetic mother is very il and needs an operation. there is no insurance that I know of and we are going to have to scrape together anything we can just so my wife can visit her. I will not be the reason my wife couldnt go see her mom for what might be her last chance. I have no choice but to wait until Feb to take start this doctor sh.t. all I can do is live as healthy as I can until that. but that does not include tomorrow. I am also at a breaking point and need to let loose a little steam. so after having a few drinks on New Years Eve. I am going to live as healthy as I can. scale shows a loss of 9lbs since I moved the scale to the bedroom. >>> And your sciatic area? >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > blood clot. And maybe the numbness in your feet is also due to > impaired circulation. gee thanks Dr. Jolanna :). im not really feeling very well and not really sure what i want to do. I dont feel like talking and I dont feel like really doing anything. I will reply to the rest in a couple of days. Tom > Sciatica is the nerve running down the back of the leg and heel, and > the whole length of it hurts. It is pinched in the upper sacral area [quoted text clipped - 119 lines] > Metformin > Avandia >"Jolanna" <jolanna@drop.me.fairpoint.net> wrote in message >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >healthy as I can. >scale shows a loss of 9lbs since I moved the scale to the bedroom. I am sorry for your MIL. I wonder if Mexico has indigent health plans like we do here?I hope so. I will be praying for your wife and MIL. And you do need to let off steam. Go for it. >> I don't think what you have is sciatica. I think you might have a >> blood clot. And maybe the numbness in your feet is also due to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Tom I didn't mean to come off sounding like an armchair dr. I accidentally left off "or something" after saying "blood clot". That was nice of you not to lambast me for it. I am sorry that you are feeling so down. I wish there was something I could do. Here is a virtual hug...{{{{{{{Tom}}}}}}}} I will look forward to hearing from you when you feel better. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia > I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed > that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? GOOD for you, Jolanna! Gaining control in leaps and bounds all over the place! Nicky. SignatureA1c 10.5/5.5/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 100ug Thyroxine 95/72/72Kg >> I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed >> that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Nicky. Hey, it would be nice to be able to leap and bound like I did when I was young and weighed 120. But the weight coming off is letting me be more active. And I am very glad I now have more of the control over my DM. Now I can fine-tune the treatment. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia > Hey, it would be nice to be able to leap and bound like I did when I > was young and weighed 120. I got back to the 120, but I still can't leap & bound like I could when I was young. Bummer. :-) & :-( bj >> Hey, it would be nice to be able to leap and bound like I did when I >> was young and weighed 120. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >:-) & :-( >bj I hear ya!! But I am sure I would have a lot more energy and stamina, etc. if I ever managed to lose that much. Right now I would be happy as a lark to lose another 20 pounds! -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia : Last week I saw my PCP again, and this time we talked about the : effects of my meds and my numbers. She again told me how proud she is : of me taking control of my health and reading reports, etc. : I told her about how I often get a bellyache of an evening and have to : take Tums. I was wondering if it was due to the overlap of the two : 1000mg Metformin doses which are not 12 hours apart. I take them with : breakfast and supper, usually about 9-10 hours apart. : And I discussed my concerns of the Lantus wearing off before I even : have supper and often get high numbers. : So she told me she trusted me and to just play around with my meds : carefully. : So I thought about it extensively. I have decided to take only half a : Metformin of a morning when I eat eggs; but a whole one when i eat : cereal. And do the same for supper. Like with fish and a salad I don't : need a whole one. : And I changed the Lantus to a morning dose instead of bedtime. And, Lo : and Behold! My FBG was only 101 with no Lantus in me! And now I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : Tomorrow I am having roast chicken and a salad. I should have a nice : low number, even with sweet and spicy dressing. : I have also conquered the big hurdle! I weigh 198! I haven't weighed : that low in more than 20 years! Hurray!! Can you tell I am excited? : -- : Jolanna : DM TYPE II : Dx May 31, 2006 : Lantus : Metformin : Avandia Jolanna, Couple of thoughts here. If all you get is a Tums fixable tummy ache with your metformin tht is mild. I had the running runs any place , anytime. until I went on the extended release form and then, like magic, it stopped!!! doesn't work for everyone, but is worth a try. I said a couple of thoughts so here is thought 2-Playing around with dose sizes of metformin depending on your meal content is not likely to work. metfromin s a rather slower acting med than many others (I am not familiar with the acting speed of Avandia). changes in dosage are not seen immediately, but rather in several days, so your breakfast whoudl not be the issue here. Only the short acting beta cll pushers, like Starlix and Priandid have this kind of fast action so you can take them with a carbier meal to keep the bg's down. Fast actin insulins can also, so some extent do this too, although you, apparantly , have to know how fast they act in your own case. I am not one to advise on any insulins. OK, that's it for now. Keep u the good work. Wendy >Jolanna, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Wendy That is what Julie Bove said, too. So maybe I should just try to spread my pills a bit farther apart between breakfast and supper. I have heard about some people getting the runs; but had forgotten it. I should be grateful all I get is a bit of a bellyache and heartburn. But the gas moving around is unconfortable. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia Many congrats on the weight loss, Jolanna! Woo-hoo! And it sounds like you are on the right track with the meds. Just keep tweaking til you're satisfied. SignatureMichelle, T2 diet & exercise > Last week I saw my PCP again, and this time we talked about the > effects of my meds and my numbers. She again told me how proud she is [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Metformin > Avandia >Many congrats on the weight loss, Jolanna! Woo-hoo! And it sounds like you >are on the right track with the meds. Just keep tweaking til you're >satisfied. Thanks. And since I have delayed stomach emptying, I am starting to do my PP later now. @ hours is just the glucose peak.; but 3 hours I am back down close to normal. I need to remember to tell my PCP about that. -- Jolanna DM TYPE II Dx May 31, 2006 Lantus Metformin Avandia |
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