| Answers... Survey for Diabetics
1. What type of diabetes do you have? 2
2. At what age were you diagnosed? 41
3. What type of treatment are you using? Bayetta + Metformin + eating low carbs
4. Do you control it yourself (testing, insulin)? If not, who does? Test 4 times/day no insulin yet.
5. How many times a day do you test yourself? 4
6. Does it affect your confidence level at all? No.. I just get aggrivated when I am eating low carbs, excercising and spiking anyway. Does not happen all the time but it does happen.
7. Are you more careful with your diabetes when you are out with your peers? No. I do what I always do. I only test at home though.
8. How many times a week do you exercise? Every day
9. How many times a week does your blood glucose go low? Never below 104.
10. How many times a week does it go high? My highest
reading is at wakeup. ("thanks liver!"). 178-180 at least
twice a week at wakeup. Most of the time 145-160 at wakeup.
11. Have you ever been to some time of camp or a support group for diabetes?
Yes, a "diabetes class" during my first year. |