[inkvisitor]

Rob, I think getting on some rapid acting insulin (Novolog or Humalog) like mentioned before will turn your life around...

Worth a shot, at least! (har, har)

[Rob43]

Hi, The reason I eat out is I'm staying with a friend in their house and I cann't use there stove. Another thing is this friend loves sweets and she has them everywhere in the house. She of course is not a diabetic so she can eat all she wants. She always making cakes over healthy food. This lady is 60 years old and still eats like a kid.

My new doctor will be seeing me Nov 14 and I will tell him what you all have told me about rapid acting insulin.


Thanks, Rob

[Rob43]

Almost forget another thing I don't eat fries at all and this has been years. Eat only a chicken or fish sandwich. I stopped eat hamburgers when someone told me they found a news article in newspaper that said some fast food resturants put worms in hamburgers to get more protein and even if this is not true I cann't get the tought out of my head so now I don't eat any hamburgers any more.

Rob

[Grunch]

Read the mutant laboratory meat claim. Maybe it will change your mind about eating hamburgers.

McDonald's urban legends - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[musique913]

I'm sure all of us can tell you that it's not good to eat at fast food restaurants, but it's kind of a given for us as diabetics. Sometimes you may need to do this, but you shouldn't do it every day.

If you must eat at a fast food, get a grilled chicken sandwich, toss the bun, no honey mustard(Wendy's is good for that).
They have a great side salad that you can eat with croutons and the salad dressing and get a grilled chicken sandwich with no bun and it's a really low carb and easier.

If you insist on eating at Taco Bell order from the Al Fresco menu, because it gives you lower carb, lower fat options. You still have to watch it, avoid too many carbs or big portions..and stay far away from regular sodas and the fatty stuff they offer there. It also has so much salt, even in the lower calorie options, so the best bet is to find a way to not eat there.

Even if the person you live with doesn't let you use the stove, look for lower fat, lower carb options so you can eat more food and not be hungry, be satisfied by the amount of food you eat, and not feel like you are constantly depriving yourself of the food you enjoy. I know a lot of stores around my area have rotisserie chicken, but you have to watch to not get the barbque or other mixes, just the plain ole kind. I know I can eat 2 or 3 days of meals off of those, with a salad, good carbs and so forth. It even tastes good cold, if you have to eat it that way.

If your blood sugar is as high as it was fasting you *need* to get to a doctor asap, before you do more damage to your body. It *is* that serious. You *will* get worse if you do nothing. I have seen family members who didn't control their diabetes pass away and also lose limbs at a young age, because they insisted on doing it their own way, and eating whatever they want.

Hang in there Rob, don't give up, and use the support here and a new doctor to get back on track.

Sorry for my long-windedness, but your post worried me!

Angela

[Rob43]

Yes even if it isn't true I still stay from hamburgers. I have a friend that works at a hamburger place and he said the grease that is fried right in the hamburger would my you sick if you seen it. After buying a George Foreman Grill I will never eat another resturant hamburger again.


Thanks, Rob

[Rob43]

Some more information about me,

My weight is 180 At one time my weight was 225 four years ago.
My height is 5-8

Rob

[georgepds]

At 5'8" , 180 lbs m, diagnosed type 2, and taking insulin I am surprised your BG is 400+ ( IIRC) . The reason i'm surprised is you are reasonably lean, and are already taking the "med of last resort" for type 2s.

Some thing is wrong here

Good luck on the changes that others have posted

[Russs]

Rob:

It's time to think beyond fast food.

Really.

Fast food, no matter what sort, including what has been talked about in this thread, is nutritionally e-m-p-t-y and acidic. No matter how much insulin or the variety of 'scripts you drop in your body, you will not get what you need which is enzymes, vitamins, complex nutrition, and a slightly alkaline body chemistry.

As a general rule, anything labeled as 'food' that comes from a factory should be very suspect. Take it in small quantities and as seldom as possible.

Start with raw almonds, keep them with you through the day and munch them at 2 hour intervals with water. And while you are at the store, get some vitamins (and take them). If you do this, when you go through the drive-thru you should be needing less from those sacred portals (I'm assuming you are checking BG before you order and adjusting quantities accordingly). The 'it's bad to wait 6 hours to eat' point made up-thread is very valid.

Also, get out for a brisk walk every other day. 1/2 hour is all I ask....15 mins out, 15 mins back.

Rob, I don't know about the others here, but I'd wager we would rather see you modify your behavior just a bit rather than wondering if you will be losing limbs through amputation, having a heart attack, or a stroke first because of the road you are on now. I really don't like being alarmist, but your vitals plus your frustration call for all the stops to be pulled out.....

I also realize that what I'm saying is pretty different from what others council and practice here, but I know from my personal experience that what I'm saying works.

Honest.

[Rob43]

This morning my BG was 358 and now it's 129 after taking 20 units this morning and my 1000 mg metformin pill. I wonder if my needles are not long enought? Or my Pancreas is stopped working? I've had a stress test on my heart and they found no problems. I take one 81 mg aspirin a day and starting multivitamin a day today.


Rob

[musique913]

Your fasting BS is too high..

You may need a longer acting insulin to balance your sugars, but you also *need* to change your diet.

I can't imagine you are feeling well with your sugars varying this much either.

[davef]

Originally Posted by Rob43

This morning my BG was 358 and now it's 129 after taking 20 units this morning and my 1000 mg metformin pill. I wonder if my needles are not long enought? Or my Pancreas is stopped working? I've had a stress test on my heart and they found no problems. I take one 81 mg aspirin a day and starting multivitamin a day today.


Rob

What did you eat for dinner? Do you take Metformin at night? How many units did you take last night?

[Lizzy]

Hey Rob, just jumping in to say, hang in there. Like everyone says, once you get on the right kinds of insulin you should start doing much better and be able to see much better numbers! I do enjoy reading your posts.

[lorilei]

Originally Posted by jenb

Rob -Then get either "Think Like a Pancreas" by Gary Scheiner or "Using Insulin" by John Walsh and follow the instructions for basal testing and setting. Either book can also assist you in understanding your insulin to carb ratio and will discuss carb counting.



Jen

Cheers jen..i think this book can really help you take control of your own care and feel confident in presenting your concerns to your doc...

also, eating what you want does not punish your doctors...and i know you know this.

take care of the one body you've got.

[Rob43]

I alway have taken 16 units at night and sometime more if BG is high in the 300's. My doctor in Nashville wanted me to take only 16 units a shot and no more. I will telling my new doctor about the longer acting insulin and see what he says. I'm also eating raw almonds also which I love anyway. What about eating fish over any other meats?


Thanks, Rob