This is a digest of messages posted to: Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD.It's overIt's overMessage #2: It's over Posted by: davedsel57 Date: Sep 19, 2009.Thank you for the update, Missy. "P" being a believer does give more hope to his family, but they and you will miss him. You were God's minister when P and his wife needed you the most, and that is true friendship. My thoughts and prayers for you and the family at this time.It's overMessage #3: It's over Posted by: gabby1771 Date: Sep 19, 2009.Missy,
God Bless P's family and You.
The family is very lucky to have you as such a Wonderful friendView all discussions at Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDUse the unsubscribe form to cancel your email sub_script_ion.

This is a digest of messages posted to: Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD.It's overIt's overMessage #4: It's over Posted by: nixie99 Date: Sep 19, 2009.Missy, I firmly believe that the Holy Trinity is smiling kindly upon you too for your compassionate efforts on behalf of your friends... God bless you, P and his family...... NixieIt's overMessage #5: It's over Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 19, 2009.May he rest in peace, Missy! You were there for him.View all discussions at Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDUse the unsubscribe form to cancel your email sub_script_ion.

This is a digest of messages posted to: Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD.It's overIt's overMessage #4: It's over Posted by: nixie99 Date: Sep 19, 2009.Missy, I firmly believe that the Holy Trinity is smiling kindly upon you too for your compassionate efforts on behalf of your friends... God bless you, P and his family...... NixieIt's overMessage #5: It's over Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 19, 2009.May he rest in peace, Missy! You were there for him.View all discussions at Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDUse the unsubscribe form to cancel your email sub_script_ion.

This is a digest of messages posted to: Diabetes.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD@ Sun Fun DayInitial Message Posted by: arealgijoe Date: Sep 20, 2009.Sun Fun Day Hey Crew ..It think it's Sunday? ............. and time 4 Sun Fun Day s Next Person! You ole-timers know the routine, but we always have Newbies here so here is how it works. I will post a seed STATEMENT about the Next Person, who in turn responds TRUE or FALSE, and maybe elaborate a little, then makes a STATEMENT (that can be answered TRUE or FALSE) for the Next Person to respond. Of course we have no idea WHO(?) the Next Person will be, that s part of the FUN lol We can have a little fun, shed some stress, learn about each other (even ourselves) and even maybe learn
a bit about diabetes and living with the D Dragon along the way. Newbies can watch a bit, see how Next Person works and by all means JOIN-IN ..ALL are welcome! The next person got out and about and did /saw something special. (^?^( GOMER When it rain it POURS (even with the sun shinning)@ Sun Fun Day@ Sun Fun DayMessage #1: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: auriga1 Date: Sep 20, 2009.False, still in the house pondering what to do. There are many things to do, so little motivation for me this whole weekend. The next person is going to have a houseful of teenagers! (That will be me soon.)@ Sun Fun DayMessage #2: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: DianeR01 Date: Sep 20, 2009.False, Home alone this weekend. And rather enjo
ying it! The next person found a new food which fits well into their eating plan this past week.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #3: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.If I did, I can't think of it yet... The next person is going to help feed a crowd of folks today.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #4: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 20, 2009.Nope...I'm only feeding myself today. I saved my salmon from yesterday, so I'll cook that up for lunch with a salad. I'm invited out to dinner tonight, so I'd better use it before it spoils.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #5: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: DavidHueben Date: Sep 20, 2009.Since Photo didn't ask a question, I answer M
issy's. TRUE. I am smoking four pounds of salmon for my neighbors. They are having some friends and relatives over for dinner. I was happy to do it for them. I am having leftovers from yesterday. The next person counts and records their daily intake of total fat grams and saturated fat grams. David@ Sun Fun DayMessage #6: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: davedsel57 Date: Sep 20, 2009.True. I record everything I eat into Fitday.com. Very nice, free site. The next person is enjoying brilliant, sunny, salubrious weather like we are here in WNY.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #7: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.True - the leaves are changing and the ground is carpeted in gold...the wind is up so the leaves just sprinkle down. The temp is 55*
at present and I'm fixing the potatoes now...I'll get changed and then leave for the fellowship meal. The next person will collect leaves or autumn flowers to press.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #8: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: rubystar2 Date: Sep 20, 2009.Sort of true. My son is in a horticulture program in college and he needs to collect 50 different leaves and press them, then display and identify them. Sometimes we go to the forest preserves a park and walk around and collect leaves. The next person will go apple picking in the next week or two.Anyone not overweight?Anyone not overweight?Message #46: Anyone not overweight? Posted by: more2 Date: Sep 19, 2009.My grandmother (on father side) was a Type 1 adolescent o
nset diabetic.
When I was 32 I was pregnant with my last child. My weight went up to 160. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I had to watch my food, stopped working early as I did not feel that great, baby was 3 weeks late, weighed almost 10lbs at birth. The nutritionist at the time told me to eat like I was still diabetic just to be sure. When I was about 50 I started to work out at a gym 3x's a week. I am 5'3" tall and weighed 142 lbs at that time.. I tried to watch my food. At 56 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I had gotten married and was eating more food than before. I weighed 145 at the time.
I am now 62 and weigh 125lbs. My A1C is 6.4
Only 1 other person in my family developed diabetes. I know that I eat a much smaller amount of food now. I had watched the sugar but when I got married I ate a larger amount of food, also more carbs.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDblood glucoseInitial Message Posted by: Kaydbl Date: Sep 20, 2009.When I get up in the morning, if I don't eat and take my metformin my blood glucose level goes up, why?blood glucoseblood glucoseMessage #1: blood glucose Posted by: xring Date: Sep 20, 2009.Hi, Kaydbl, Your glucose goes up because you haven't eaten for several hours while sleeping & your liver prevents you from getting too low by releasing stored sugar. That's what
prevents lows while sleeping.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDExercisingInitial Message Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.I haven't been doing so great on exercise this past week...got some in, but nothing like I usually do... I just finished eating the other half of my IHOP vegetable omlet - SO GOOD!!! It had swiss cheese, thinly sliced tomatoes, onions and sliced mushrooms!!! Now I'm going to do some treadmill before I go to bed. Tomorrow after the fellowship meal at church, I'm stopping at our gym. It's a custom that DH & I do after each fellowship meal. I don't want to get out of the habit of exercising, because it's too hard to begin again if you allow yourself to get off routine. I kept up a little here and there, even if I could only do 10 mins, just to keep the habit alive. One da
y I did only 30 mins, 60 mins on another day, and 10 mins sprinkled here and there... Some days I could go directly fm the hosp, to get breakfast @ Windbreak Cafe, and then go to the gym before going home, other times, I came home and went directly to bed, then exercised later when I got up, other times I didn't get any in at all. I slept at the hosp fm Mon, til Sat...never did that before... What are YOU going to do for exercise???? You may have a good schedule, you may not, but ANYTHING is better than NOTHING and exercising WHENEVER you can during the day or night is better even if you don't have a regular schedule going on...your body & bg will remember whatever you did for it!ExercisingExercisingMessage #1: Exercising Posted by: xring Date: Sep 20, 2009.Hi Missy, I did a 30 minute walk earlier
& I'm going to do 15-20 minutes on my elliptical depending on how my legs feel. I wasn't really planning on another evening workout, but I could resist some watermelon & a slice of cornbread. ExercisingMessage #2: Exercising Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 20, 2009.I had a pre-birthday celebration with a friend, who took me shopping. We walked and walked all day from 11:00 to 6:00 with a break for coffee and lunch in between. So I can say we got a lot of walking in, plus some huge stair climbing, too.PhotoMessage #3: Photo Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.I certainly count all those hrs of walking!!! You got 'er done as Razorback says it!!! Did I tell you, the gym on post now has Zumba!?!? It's too far for me to come to do every day...we live quite a distance away. I thought of you right away when I saw their announcement!XringMessage #4: Xring Posted by: missy99687
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This is a digest of messages posted to: Diabetes.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD@ Sun Fun DayInitial Message Posted by: arealgijoe Date: Sep 20, 2009.Sun Fun Day Hey Crew ..It think it's Sunday? ............. and time 4 Sun Fun Day s Next Person! You ole-timers know the routine, but we always have Newbies here so here is how it works. I will post a seed STATEMENT about the Next Person, who in turn responds TRUE or FALSE, and maybe elaborate a little, then makes a STATEMENT (that can be answered TRUE or FALSE) for the Next Person to respond. Of course we have no idea WHO(?) the Next Person will be, that s part of the FUN lol We can have a little fun, shed some stress, learn about each other (even ourselves) and even maybe learn
a bit about diabetes and living with the D Dragon along the way. Newbies can watch a bit, see how Next Person works and by all means JOIN-IN ..ALL are welcome! The next person got out and about and did /saw something special. (^?^( GOMER When it rain it POURS (even with the sun shinning)@ Sun Fun Day@ Sun Fun DayMessage #1: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: auriga1 Date: Sep 20, 2009.False, still in the house pondering what to do. There are many things to do, so little motivation for me this whole weekend. The next person is going to have a houseful of teenagers! (That will be me soon.)@ Sun Fun DayMessage #2: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: DianeR01 Date: Sep 20, 2009.False, Home alone this weekend. And rather enjo
ying it! The next person found a new food which fits well into their eating plan this past week.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #3: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.If I did, I can't think of it yet... The next person is going to help feed a crowd of folks today.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #4: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 20, 2009.Nope...I'm only feeding myself today. I saved my salmon from yesterday, so I'll cook that up for lunch with a salad. I'm invited out to dinner tonight, so I'd better use it before it spoils.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #5: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: DavidHueben Date: Sep 20, 2009.Since Photo didn't ask a question, I answer M
issy's. TRUE. I am smoking four pounds of salmon for my neighbors. They are having some friends and relatives over for dinner. I was happy to do it for them. I am having leftovers from yesterday. The next person counts and records their daily intake of total fat grams and saturated fat grams. David@ Sun Fun DayMessage #6: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: davedsel57 Date: Sep 20, 2009.True. I record everything I eat into Fitday.com. Very nice, free site. The next person is enjoying brilliant, sunny, salubrious weather like we are here in WNY.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #7: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.True - the leaves are changing and the ground is carpeted in gold...the wind is up so the leaves just sprinkle down. The temp is 55*
at present and I'm fixing the potatoes now...I'll get changed and then leave for the fellowship meal. The next person will collect leaves or autumn flowers to press.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #8: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: rubystar2 Date: Sep 20, 2009.Sort of true. My son is in a horticulture program in college and he needs to collect 50 different leaves and press them, then display and identify them. Sometimes we go to the forest preserves a park and walk around and collect leaves. The next person will go apple picking in the next week or two.Anyone not overweight?Anyone not overweight?Message #46: Anyone not overweight? Posted by: more2 Date: Sep 19, 2009.My grandmother (on father side) was a Type 1 adolescent o
nset diabetic.
When I was 32 I was pregnant with my last child. My weight went up to 160. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I had to watch my food, stopped working early as I did not feel that great, baby was 3 weeks late, weighed almost 10lbs at birth. The nutritionist at the time told me to eat like I was still diabetic just to be sure. When I was about 50 I started to work out at a gym 3x's a week. I am 5'3" tall and weighed 142 lbs at that time.. I tried to watch my food. At 56 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I had gotten married and was eating more food than before. I weighed 145 at the time.
I am now 62 and weigh 125lbs. My A1C is 6.4
Only 1 other person in my family developed diabetes. I know that I eat a much smaller amount of food now. I had watched the sugar but when I got married I ate a larger amount of food, also more carbs.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDblood glucoseInitial Message Posted by: Kaydbl Date: Sep 20, 2009.When I get up in the morning, if I don't eat and take my metformin my blood glucose level goes up, why?blood glucoseblood glucoseMessage #1: blood glucose Posted by: xring Date: Sep 20, 2009.Hi, Kaydbl, Your glucose goes up because you haven't eaten for several hours while sleeping & your liver prevents you from getting too low by releasing stored sugar. That's what
prevents lows while sleeping.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDExercisingInitial Message Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.I haven't been doing so great on exercise this past week...got some in, but nothing like I usually do... I just finished eating the other half of my IHOP vegetable omlet - SO GOOD!!! It had swiss cheese, thinly sliced tomatoes, onions and sliced mushrooms!!! Now I'm going to do some treadmill before I go to bed. Tomorrow after the fellowship meal at church, I'm stopping at our gym. It's a custom that DH & I do after each fellowship meal. I don't want to get out of the habit of exercising, because it's too hard to begin again if you allow yourself to get off routine. I kept up a little here and there, even if I could only do 10 mins, just to keep the habit alive. One da
y I did only 30 mins, 60 mins on another day, and 10 mins sprinkled here and there... Some days I could go directly fm the hosp, to get breakfast @ Windbreak Cafe, and then go to the gym before going home, other times, I came home and went directly to bed, then exercised later when I got up, other times I didn't get any in at all. I slept at the hosp fm Mon, til Sat...never did that before... What are YOU going to do for exercise???? You may have a good schedule, you may not, but ANYTHING is better than NOTHING and exercising WHENEVER you can during the day or night is better even if you don't have a regular schedule going on...your body & bg will remember whatever you did for it!ExercisingExercisingMessage #1: Exercising Posted by: xring Date: Sep 20, 2009.Hi Missy, I did a 30 minute walk earlier
& I'm going to do 15-20 minutes on my elliptical depending on how my legs feel. I wasn't really planning on another evening workout, but I could resist some watermelon & a slice of cornbread. ExercisingMessage #2: Exercising Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 20, 2009.I had a pre-birthday celebration with a friend, who took me shopping. We walked and walked all day from 11:00 to 6:00 with a break for coffee and lunch in between. So I can say we got a lot of walking in, plus some huge stair climbing, too.PhotoMessage #3: Photo Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 20, 2009.I certainly count all those hrs of walking!!! You got 'er done as Razorback says it!!! Did I tell you, the gym on post now has Zumba!?!? It's too far for me to come to do every day...we live quite a distance away. I thought of you right away when I saw their announcement!XringMessage #4: Xring Posted by: missy99687
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This is a digest of messages posted to: Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MD.@ Sun Fun Day@ Sun Fun DayMessage #9: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: xring Date: Sep 21, 2009.Well, sorta true. Funny you should mention apple picking, Rubystar. Does picking apples in the market count? If I recall, in an earlier post, you mentioned an apple I'd never heard of - "Honey Crisp." Well, today, while shopping, I found them.......for $3.99/pound! It must cost a fortune to bring these apples here from whatever distant planet they come from. After tasting one, I went back & bought 10. They're REEEELY good! After reading this, the next person will be looking for "honey crisp" apples.@ Sun Fun DayMessage #10: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 21, 2009.OK - Ya got me!!! Now, where are those apples!!!??? I love finding new foods... The next person will eat salmon sometime this week...@ Sun Fun DayMessage #11: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: xring Date: Sep 21, 2009.Well, Missy, I doubt you'll find a "Gelson's" or "Whole Foods" market where you are, but if you do, or if you find a similar market, they might carry them. They might also be found at one of those "Farmer's Market" types of produce stands if there are any there. I'd say they're well worth looking for. @ Sun Fun DayMessage #12: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: rubystar2
Date: Sep 21, 2009.Honey Crisp apples are much cheaper here. I know the local apple orchards grow them so maybe that's why they are cheaper. I go right to the orchards and buy a 3# bag of Honey Crisp apples. They are absolutely wonderful. A 3# bag is about $6.00. They are my favorite apple, followed closely by Gala apples. Yum, yum, yum!@ Sun Fun DayMessage #13: @ Sun Fun Day Posted by: 06deluxerider Date: Sep 21, 2009.False - Hubby doesn't like salmon so I only eat it when he's going to be gone. The next person will go to a lake this week and enjoy the wonderful weather. Debbieblood glucoseblood glucoseMessage #2: blood glucose Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 21, 2009.Your liver's delivery of stor
ed glucose also is what wakes you up in the morning.... you simply can NOT skip meals either or the same thing will happen. Your body needs you to keep it balanced, since it is having a problem in that area now...that's what is going on, our pancreas are out of balance, the cells can't recognize the insulin so getting "food" (glucose) into one's cells is more difficult. Cells NEED glucose - it's their MAIN food source. It'll burn something else, but you REALLY don't want for THAT to happen.blood glucoseMessage #3: blood glucose Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 21, 2009.That happened to me for a very long time. I find if I take some snack around 9:00, like 1/2 apple with almonds, a piece of chicken, Cherrios and Soymilk, it helps to bring my numbers down in the morning. Try it and experiment. It might help.Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDBlood Gucose testingInitial Message Posted by: mlbaco Date: Sep 21, 2009.Normally I test one of my fingers on my left hand this morning I did it on the right hand and got a 251. I immeadately did it on one my left hand and got a 169. Does this make sense??Blood Gucose testingBlood Gucose testingMessage #1: Blood Gucose testing Posted by: rubystar2 Date: Sep 21, 2009.Did you wash your hands right before testing? That is always recommended. Sometimes there could be something on your hands that may interfere with the testing. Maybe from handling foods, lotion, etc. I'm assuming your are right handed so maybe you handled something with your right hand that had something that interfered with the
testing. If that happens again, I would try washing my hands, drying thoroughly and retesting in the same general area as the first test.Blood Gucose testingMessage #2: Blood Gucose testing Posted by: xring Date: Sep 21, 2009.As Rubystar said, washing your hands is very important to eliminate false readings from everything you touch between testings. When I'm not near soap & water, I use alcohol pads on all fingertips before testing. (fingers must dry completely before testing so the alcohol doesn't interfere with the test. Before putting alcohol pads in my test kit, I once started feeling hungry while driving & pulled over & tested - 188. Since I was close to home, I washed my hands & tested 5 minutes later - 86. I remembered eating an apple before leaving the house & just wiping my hands with a napkin. I read about an interesting ex
periment a non-diabetic CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) did. First, she washed her hands & tested - at 88. Then, she tested after handling various foods without washing her hands & just wiping her hands with a napkin. The results were readings that ranged from 160-450.Blood Gucose testingMessage #3: Blood Gucose testing Posted by: phototaker Date: Sep 21, 2009.That is very interesting. I have soap and water right where I test and always wash my hands before testing. Sometimes, they're a little too wet and I have to dry them better, though.ExercisingExercising - JDMessage #11: Exercising - JD Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 21, 2009.Giggle - JD, that's nothing more than aerobics for the fingers!!! RubyMessage #12: Ruby Posted by: missy99687 Date: Sep 21, 2009.COUNT IT girlfriend!!!! I'm going to treadmill in a min....I'm planning on doing 30 mins, so at the end of my day, I'll have 60 mins total in exercise. 30 mins bike and 30 mins treadmill. You should see the colorful trees - I ran around the yard about 20 mins ago collecting leaves to press in my book - I'll use it for the collage that I'm going to make - "P" passed away in the autumn and I'm going to use the pressed leaves as a mat for around the inside of the collage. Oooo - or maybe I'll cover the whole inside with the leaves and put the mementos all around on top...that'd be pretty also.ExercisingMessage #13: Exercising Posted
by: phototaker Date: Sep 21, 2009.Sounds like you're getting back in the groove again, Missy! Everyone is doing great! Tomorrow is Zumba and working on the machines at the gym a bit.
What are you going to do for exercise on Monday?Type 2 Diabetes: Michael Dansinger, MDhubby new diabeticInitial Message Posted by: lucy1958 Date: Sep 21, 2009.my husband was diagnosed about 2 wks ago with type 2 diabetes and his bs was over 500 when diagnosed, not overweight at all so doctor has him on meformin 500 mg morning and then evening and on a dosage of levemier of 18 bedtime. His daytime bs are running between 100-200 but seems his bedtime sugar is around 200. He is watching his carbs and I myself am type 1 diabetic for over 30 years so we know the routine unfortunately. My question is I have heard that it takes the body a few weeks to adjust to the metformin and today calling doctor to see if he needs to increase the levemir.hubby new diabetic<
/ahubby new diabeticMessage #1: hubby new diabetic Posted by: DavidHueben Date: Sep 21, 2009.Lucy: It can take a couple of weeks to a couple of months for the Metformin to be fully effective. Davidhubby new diabeticMessage #2: hubby new diabetic Posted by: nixie99 Date: Sep 21, 2009.Yes,, sometimes the metformin can take up to several weeks to reach full potential depending on individual response to the medication...Also, levemir is often given initially in a lower dosage that may be increased or decreased as the metformin dosage becomes more effective.... Always good to contact his Doc for further info and keep him in the loop also.... Nixie
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