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09-05-2007, 02:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 283
| | | Uh oh...1st illness with "D"
After 17months of living with Diabetes, I am getting my first illness, a cold or the flu... thanks to my daughter that went back to school and gathered some germs. I can feel it already in my head, throat and see it in my numbers! YIKES |
09-05-2007, 03:35 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,340
| | Sorry to hear your daughter shared her germs with you.  Hope it's not too bad. Drink lots of water and get some rest. Hope you feel better soon.
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Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
09-05-2007, 05:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ChicagoArea
Posts: 165
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Originally Posted by kel4han  After 17months of living with Diabetes, I am getting my first illness, a cold or the flu... thanks to my daughter that went back to school and gathered some germs. I can feel it already in my head, throat and see it in my numbers! YIKES | Yeah - I had tooth/sinus problem last week and did not wake up friday morning. Slept thursday nite thru Saturday morning. Even now, I am taking more humalog and lantus to cover for the continuing healing.
Be careful - sickness is baaaad mojo for us. |
09-05-2007, 06:52 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | test alot! be careful with decongestants-they MAY raise your bgs....and get sugar free cough syrup....lots of fluids and chicken soup....take care,trish |
09-06-2007, 05:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,687
| | | Sorry you're not feeling well and hope you get well soon. I do well with the Dayquil & Nyquil liqui-gels. They don't raise my blood sugar like the liquid form. Don't forget to drink plenty of fluids!
Karen |
09-06-2007, 05:11 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,886
| | | Hope you're feeling better soon! I've had a summer cold, compliments of my co-workers....finally, after about 10 days, it's ran its course. My blood sugars were definitely affected by it, esp since i've popped cough drops, cough syrup and antibiotics. Things have calmed somewhat now. Do drink plenty of liquids, have chicken noodle soup and get plenty of rest.
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Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
09-06-2007, 06:37 AM
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| | | I generally don't find the colds effect my diabetes much. It's the fevers and the pukey illnesses that kick my arse. |
09-06-2007, 07:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somerset, Pa
Posts: 696
| | | Load up on the Vitamin D-3. They say it has a profound affect. But at some of the doses I heard mentioned just sounds like a lot of D-3.
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09-06-2007, 08:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
Posts: 827
| | | hiya
Sorry to hear of your illness take plenty of fluids, check your bg more regularly than usual, and remember that some colds and flu can require you to increase your insulin dosage.
Get well soon
Azz |
09-15-2007, 10:36 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sweden
Posts: 209
| | | got the diagnose in december 06, still havent had a cold. And i live in sweden. cooold. Strange. I blame it on the diabetes, hehe.
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A1C 3/22/07: 5.2.
5/14/07: 4.7.
9/21/07: 5.2.
11/22/07: 5.2
4/11/08: 5.2 (again!)
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