[cheryl]

Ok, I had the worst/best day of my life. I woke up at 4 am and felt awkward, I tested ok it was 75 so I went downstairs grabbed a coke, and just fell back to sleep cause I was leary of the 75 cause i didn't want a high sugar for my dr's appointment. Well, 45min later tested cause I woke up all sweaty, 50 ok so i just milked the soda like little tiny sips got up went on the forum and just decided I am fine I don't want to go high so I went or tried to go back to sleep well when i went to eat breakfast it was only 60, I was like great, so I just grabbed some coke drank a half a can because i was going to drive you know.........well, ok had my breakfast in the car tested I was 149 oh good now I can eat well.................


i got to the dr's office then, while I was waiting I tested my sugar 269 I was like no no no, but this was only 30 minutes after I ate was high but not sure what to do yet....went in the back told the nurse what went on she checked 267 well atleast I know my machine is accurate now I am pacing in the room trying anything to not get higher, the nurse comes in and asks about my life history yada yada yada.........well, when she leaves i check my sugar 350 so I use a correction bolus.....


Here comes the doctor he reads over my paper work and all, then I tell him I want the pump he is like oh good then he looks at my sugars for the last couple of weeks, OH MY your on too much Lantus......I am like I know I just can't get it right, He is like how long were you on 20 units I am like 3 weeks cause when i tried lowering it to 18 I got high, and then he is like how long were you on 18 units ummmmmmmm four days , he is like it takes 3 to 4 weeks for body to adjust to new Lantus dose, I am like ok but I want the pump so he is like your are too too low and then your body is rebounding eventually by dumping glucose in your blood and that is why your seeing the high's I see since Sunday you have been in the 50's almost every other reading and today your liver had enough and just over did it......ok makes sense, he says I am doing well cause I test an awful lot so he can see that I am trying my hardest for control. He told me he wanted me to go for a carb counting class and he said he wants me to count the total carbs don't minus anything I am like ok fine whatever and he said he will sign the script only if I promise to drop my Lantus to 16 units I am like oh no he is like ok 18 units and go to this carb counting class I don't want you to be really low like this when your on the pump.............ok deal, then he said I will see you back in two weeks.......and I have to go for my A1c that monday before so I am off to his office again on Wednesday Feb 7th and he said I will have your a1c results back if I go early on Monday so I am like cool. He said according to my last blood test I have good function yada yada yada and I had an under active thyroid which when I test again it is normal so he said we will watch that. He also said all that stress today and your blood pressure was only 100 over 70 well i guess your heart is good he was joking but he said that was a remarkable blood pressure considering......and my feet looked good and good reflexes all this and that so that was my visit. He said I shouldn't get down I was doing the best I could considering I did it on my own for months and months and such.........I really liked him he was so nice.......well hope all goes well for me the next couple of weeks wish me luck

Cheryl

[rzrbks]

1. Since I AM an English teacher at heart, and by profession, are there no punctuation keys on your computer?

2. if you like him, then hang on to him.

3. for me, coke or other high sugar stuff causes B/G spikes not just rebounds



Suggestion:

I use either carb tabs or food with protein andcarbs. That seems to level me out better.

[cheryl]

Well, I am sorry I started having kids at 19 bare foot and pregnant so I am a little stupid.

Secondly, I can drink a soda with a meal and have a bg of less then 120 2 hrs later..........

I am not rich. My husband is the only one working and the cost of all my supplies, dr's offices and feeding seven kids well, I just have what I have to use to fix a low.....no extra money period I cannot spend a dime extra......

Ok, and I had a really, really good day. I finally found a really, really good endo. After 16 years of a@#$. So I figured I'd share my joy. Not have some sarcastic english teacher make fun of me.

That in my opinion was childish and wrong. So even though my puncuation was not to your college educated liking, does not mean you are any better than me. Atleast I got a **** heart.........unlike your mean, unheard of comment about my grammer, I cannot believe you would try to ruin my day....

[seanmarr]

I want ur doctor!

[princesslinda]

On some days, it's all I can do to deal with diabetes.....much less punctuation!

[cheryl]

Ok decided to test what coke actually does to my own body in half hour incriments.....just so everyone understands I am not a looney case....

I ate a Sonic grilled chicken wrap with a Vanialla coke.
Now from past experiences with this meal I usually need 7 units of Humalog to cover this meal.....

Today since my stint and had to correct and what not and when I went to Sonic I wasn't sure if I was gonna eat out, but when I checked my bg, it was 83.

When I to home it was 60. So I corrected with a half of coke and spiked 15minutes later to 109.

Then I decided time to eat lunch.
I took only 5 units of Humalog figured, I still had the tail end running around my system
1:30--109
2:00--162
2:30--151
3:00--112
3:30--106
4:00--86
4:30--71

Now mind you this was with a coke sugarfied coke coke coke......and a fast food wrap and 2 units less then what I usually dose for and with a Bg of 350 at 9:30 this morning.

My conclusion my liver dumped when I was 60 this morning I probably didn't need to correct it......coke works fine as a fix for me


And my mom gave me some money to eat out today, I am still poor this was just a treat from her.

Cheryl

[rzrbks]

cheryl

Well, I am sorry I started having kids at 19 bare foot and pregnant so I am a little stupid.

If I gave offense, I do most humbly aplogize.

it's just hard for me to read a post when everything is all squashed together. I really do like to read all the posts because I often learn something new and useful.

I, apparently misread what you wrote. I thought you were complaining about how your B/G were bouncing around and I just posted what happens to me when I use regular coke to raise B/G---that is, I bounce around.

Again, sorry if I gave offense.

[cheryl]

It's ok, I was an emotional wreck yesterday, because I went from being low that early morning, to this really bad high "350", and then back down to the 60's and then later on that night in the 40's, yikes!!!!!!!!!! I was upset I hit 350, I was really, really pissed. The doctor explained to me my liver finally let out a ton of glucose to save me......because I was so low for two day prior to this visit.........for right now cokes do not bother me, but when I do get basal correct, I might not be able to drink them, I have no clue....but I guess I have been off for years.......Sorry for my anger...........I figured later on you were pulling my chain, just a little to sensitive yesterday.......

Cheryl

[rzrbks]

350/ 19.4 would be enough reason in itself to rip someone's head off

much less my tendency to be local smart@$$--well, me and duck

[JasonJayhawk]

Hi Cheryl,

Just noticed that you used soda pop to correct your low. Keep in mind that pop really isn't a good correction mechanism, and has no nutritional content. If you have a low, correct it with something fast acting (soda pop is supersaturated sucrose (table sugar), with phosphoric acid that doesn't help with your calcium absorption.

After I was dx'ed with Type 1, I never had a can of (sugar) pop again. After figuring that one unit of insulin was 25 cents, I figured out that I was paying more for the insulin than for the drink!

P.S. You had your breakfast in the car? Where do you drive so I can make sure to avoid you? *gulp*
P.P.S. I disagree with your endo. It takes 2-3 days, not weeks, to notice a change in Lantus.
P.P.P.S. I change my basal insulin (Levemir) and Lantus based on how much exercise and fat I've had in my diet by +/- 2 units. Yes, I adjust my basal insulin! I need less when I've been active, and more when I've consumed higher-fat meals. Once you get enough practice with it, you'll feel confident on making your own adjustments. After having T1 for two months, my endo trusted me to make my adjustments, with her feedback during our 3-month follow-ups.

[cheryl]

Hi Jayson,

Well, soda is the only thing I do wrong period end of discussion. I hate glucose tablets and juice believe it or not gives me heartburn yuck..........and soda doesn't.........I am already having to cut out the soda for a meal so am going nutso without caffeine in morning........


The endo told me that.........I was scared to drop my dose to 18 units cause previously I have spiked really high but I haven't since they dropped my dose......


Diabetes has taken every joy I can imagine food wise out of my life. I am feeling very sorry for myself right now. If I drink coffee, it gives me an anxiety attack. I can't consume aspertame, splenda, sacchrine, nothing, I get anxiety attacks period it's a long story but they are a big no no, so besides water does anyone have any suggestions on what to drink...........no of course not..........i bought some club soda and put some lemon in it with Stevia, it was ok, not something I would enjoy all the time.......the only thing that I did not want to give up period I am going to have too.........

The dieticians and what not put me on 60 carbs per meal.......well great......now I have to replace with food with lunch, dinner I got taken care of but, lunch I eat a sandwhich and salad, so soda works and adds up to 60 good deal.....and I hate it, I have had this problem on another forum oh drink diet soda, crystal light, blah blah blah,,,,,,,,, well I can't it doesn't agree with me. For years I drank diet soda........then I was doing so awful with these panik attacks and brain freezes.....my mom found something on the internet about about aspertame. Well, I stopped drinking it and boom bam, I was better. I went to coffee in the morning. I did fine. Then I got bad and started to slowly drink soda.......then it became a habit. A bad habit.

I had no choice but to eat and drive. Long story, but I wouldn't normally do that, of course, I do not know of most people that actually keep both hands on the steering wheel at all times. I see more people swerving with cell phones, then me eating my breakfast....not a big deal......

I am having bad withdrawls from this. I am mad at the world for it. I kind of feel bad about witching about it, but I am.....people have it a lot worse than I do. Call me a spoiled whatever you want to call me. I look at my life and see we are broke beyond compare. My body is shot from having kids. Really shot like yuck, well not that bad but considering four kids........and then to have some walking around without a mark on them and gaining 100 pounds, ticks me off. I gained forty with my third, that was the highest, the other less and the least I gained was 20, so wtf, is that all about. Ok I deal with that. I deal with the fact, I have to test and count and take my blood sugars and deal with the fact I am broke. But now everyone is going way to far, taking the only thing I like to drink. I don't smoke, or do drugs or drink alcohol. I don't eat junk food. I don't eat red meat. I don't eat nothing white. I eat fruits and veggies and tofu and nuts and grains and plain plain plain. Unless I go out to eat, then I indulge in the bad. I work out........**** and now everyone wants me to give up my one bad vice..........


Ok, I feel better now......I am having withdrawls don't mind me......

Cheryl

[JasonJayhawk]

Hi Cheryl,

Have you had your thyroid levels checked? I used to feel anxiety at the slightest thing (such as shopping in the store) until discovering a severe case of hyperthyroidism (Graves' Disease). Let your doctor know what you're feeling, and ask if it could potentially be the thyroid.

A sensitivity to aspartame is plausable (perhaps it's the phenylalanine?) , but Splenda (sucralose) is biologically inactive. It would be interesting to do a double-blind study with you to see if you can detect the Splenda. There's a brand of cola that uses Splenda that I prefer. Aspartame used to give me headaches, or so I thought, but then I discovered that pop that had been stored in high heat was the cause of the headaches (from a breakdown of the aspartame in high temperatures). Thank goodness, or I'd really be limited!

Frustration is probably a reason many of us are on this forum. It's important that we become the health leader on our team, and use the doctor(s) as a resource. Your limitation of 60 CHO per meal was probably given to you to make it easier for you to dose your insulin -- after all, if you eat the same, you can then get an idea of how insulin works, and then start eating and dosing as you feel fit.

You might check your library for a copy of "The Diabetes Solution" by Richard Bernstein. I don't subscribe to all of his principles, but you'll probably find some of his advice useful. I rarely recommend books, but it might be helpful.

[cheryl]

i have no clue about my thyroid. In June it was a little underactive but then it had come up fine again with another test. i don't know what it is this year. Dr. Bernstein wouldn't like me, I eat fruit . He does have interesting info, I think though, i couldn't live on fat and meat, my artieries feel like they clog . It's an ok book. Like I said I eat quite healthy, except for the cokes, most don't even eat like I do. I knew deep down I have to give them up it is just in my own time. Cokes usually do ok with my sugar. I just was low for 2 and half days that, my liver finally dumped..............Thanks for the advice...


Cheryl