gobbly2100
03-01-2007, 08:45 PM
Well hello all,
I just wanted to give everyone who helped me an update on how am getting on now because things are very different now.
Well the past almost week now I think it is has been so different for me.
To briefly update anyone unaware of what am going on about, basicaly I have had diabetes for 8 years and for 5 of them I have seriously abused my body by running my blood at HBA1C's of between 13 - 15 and when I last took a visit to the hospital I was told my eyes were showing signs of damage and it was a major wake up call for me so that is when I found this forum, my previous diet was pretty much chocolate, penny sweets, pringles, chips, burgers, pizza and so on which if you add up all that sugar and carbs I was simply a ticking time bomb as another member on the forum said.
Now for the update, I have not seen a BS of over 15 for the whole week apart from once, I am having up to 2 lows a day and am averaging around 7 - 9 on my BS, I am also not really spiking too much either, I am finding things really stable.
Now what have I changed you may be wondering, well we did talk about going on more shots a day but that really was not for me as I have a phobia of needles as it is so I focused everything on diet and working out a little bit.
Each day I am slowly reducing my insulin also and in time I will have this petty ilness under full control, it is not gonna stop me doing what I want in life, I was a national karate champion in 2002 so heck to it, am feeling so good now with everything, it is so easy to let the big D get you down but don't.
My day is like this now
Carb intake: Around 200
Exercise: Between 10-15 minutes a day
Insulin: 2 shots of Humalog Mix25 (80 units)
Average BS: No real average right now because it is getting lower still but under 9 for sure
If anyone is wondering anything then am more than happy to keep you updated more.
Last thing I would like to say is a big thank you to all who helped me in getting on the road to better blood sugars, I really appreciate it and I wanna give an extra big thanks to SueM who was an awsome help.
Here is the original post
http://www.diabetesforums.com/forum/diabetes/16532-need-someone-with-experience.html
I shall be hanging around these forums now and hope I can help others like you have helped me :)
I just wanted to give everyone who helped me an update on how am getting on now because things are very different now.
Well the past almost week now I think it is has been so different for me.
To briefly update anyone unaware of what am going on about, basicaly I have had diabetes for 8 years and for 5 of them I have seriously abused my body by running my blood at HBA1C's of between 13 - 15 and when I last took a visit to the hospital I was told my eyes were showing signs of damage and it was a major wake up call for me so that is when I found this forum, my previous diet was pretty much chocolate, penny sweets, pringles, chips, burgers, pizza and so on which if you add up all that sugar and carbs I was simply a ticking time bomb as another member on the forum said.
Now for the update, I have not seen a BS of over 15 for the whole week apart from once, I am having up to 2 lows a day and am averaging around 7 - 9 on my BS, I am also not really spiking too much either, I am finding things really stable.
Now what have I changed you may be wondering, well we did talk about going on more shots a day but that really was not for me as I have a phobia of needles as it is so I focused everything on diet and working out a little bit.
Each day I am slowly reducing my insulin also and in time I will have this petty ilness under full control, it is not gonna stop me doing what I want in life, I was a national karate champion in 2002 so heck to it, am feeling so good now with everything, it is so easy to let the big D get you down but don't.
My day is like this now
Carb intake: Around 200
Exercise: Between 10-15 minutes a day
Insulin: 2 shots of Humalog Mix25 (80 units)
Average BS: No real average right now because it is getting lower still but under 9 for sure
If anyone is wondering anything then am more than happy to keep you updated more.
Last thing I would like to say is a big thank you to all who helped me in getting on the road to better blood sugars, I really appreciate it and I wanna give an extra big thanks to SueM who was an awsome help.
Here is the original post
http://www.diabetesforums.com/forum/diabetes/16532-need-someone-with-experience.html
I shall be hanging around these forums now and hope I can help others like you have helped me :)