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06-17-2007, 04:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 113
| | | Alcohol
Do any of you drink alcohol even though your diabetic |
06-17-2007, 05:08 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,523
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__________________ Michael Pollan on CBC
In Defense of Food with Michael Pollan T1 1975, MM 722 pump
A1C 7/08 5.9%
HDL - 1.55 (59.9)
LDL - 1.76 (68.1)
Triglicerides - 0.44 (40.0)
Called John, plus many other things
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John's Troll Meter - current level: Iffy, iffy |
06-17-2007, 05:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,338
| | | Yup....just not to an excess. Well most of the time. |
06-17-2007, 05:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,686
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Originally Posted by notme  Yup....just not to an excess. Well most of the time. | Yeah i do, but i just drink for the taste rather than getting drunk also whatch that your BG don't go too low.
So the whole idea of if you were to have a drink then have somthing to eat too as this will bolster you BG level rather going too low.  
__________________ We inject to stay alive!!! So that i can enjoy what you enjoy!!!  A1C for July '08 5.9 MMOL/L
Peter... Insulins Novorapid and Levemir. 
So I am well armed to enjoy food of any kind!!!  |
06-18-2007, 11:00 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Up in the Rockies
Posts: 242
| | | I don't - I quit altogether right after dx. I'm barely smart enough to count carbs, figure ratios, calculate a dual wave bolus, grok the Glycemic Index, etc. I'd have a **** of a time after a drink or two...
Joe
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"Quod me nutruit me destruit"
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06-18-2007, 02:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 691
| | | I am drinking right now...
If you search for alcohol I'm sure you'll come up with lots of discussions about what "fun" alcohol and diabetes can be...
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
- Dorothy Parker
T1 18 years
26 years old
Minimed Paradigm 522... yay!
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06-18-2007, 03:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Oh
Posts: 2,097
| |  I'm a rubbing alcoholic....
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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
- George Eliot (1819-1880)
Here's my pet, Godzilla  Time to switch to decaf, eh?
Isaiah 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal...
Better to remain silent and assumed a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Socrates
A wise man speaks cuz he has something to say, a fool speaks cuz he has to say something.
-Plato
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06-18-2007, 04:19 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 166
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Because of the heart problem, my cardiologist recommended to have one glass of red wine every day. Although it is hard to have even one glass a week (because of travel) I claim that I am a couple of years ahead of myself. Being diabetic doesn't mean that you have to give up everything!
Dx'd in Dec. 1983, on insulin for 1 year. Never felt better! A1c 5. What more can one ask for! |
06-18-2007, 07:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Medford Massachusetts
Posts: 320
| | Yes I drink but I watch my blood sugars because they go either low or high. I wouldn't want to give up having a few here and there. |
06-19-2007, 01:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dubai, UAE
Posts: 3,004
| | | Of course. Having diabetes has nothing to do with my ability to drink and it's perfectly ok for people with diabetes to drink - provided you know what you're doing.
My drinks of choice are absinthe and Eastern European lagers. |
06-19-2007, 05:29 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 611
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Originally Posted by kidvid I don't - I quit altogether right after dx. I'm barely smart enough to count carbs, figure ratios, calculate a dual wave bolus, grok the Glycemic Index, etc. I'd have a **** of a time after a drink or two...
Joe | It takes a few trial and errors. You don't have to know straight away how you react to all kinds of alcohol. Just experiment with one favourite at first. It's really not so difficult, but try to err on the high side initially. Quote:
Originally Posted by DeusXM My drinks of choice are absinthe and Eastern European lagers. | Hear, hear!  |
06-19-2007, 05:31 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,213
| | | Mmmmmmm, booze...........
sorry, what was the question?
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06-19-2007, 02:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 803
| | Yup. You need to be aware of the carb content of certain drinks, but yes you can drink alcohol. If you cannot handle your drink, keep in mind that you still need enough sense to be able to blood test and sort yourself out if required....
Following on from the 'is type 1 a disability' thread and lots of people saying that type 1 has never stopped them doing anything, I can happily say that it stops me getting absolutely blind drunk in the company of complete strangers as I like the idea of waking up again But perhaps that is no bad thing... |
06-19-2007, 03:08 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK, Hampshire
Posts: 595
| | | yep...
HIC! (",) |
06-19-2007, 06:36 PM
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Posts: 413
| | | I drink alcohol, I don't get blind drunk anymore, but thats a good thing.
I have to watch that my blood sugars don't go too low as alcohol tends to drop me quite significantly. i drink a couple of alcopops or regular coke, to prevent any lows.
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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