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07-20-2009, 08:19 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia
Posts: 234
| | | Good Numbers This Morning
I'm continuing to figure things out-- at least what seems to work for me.
Last night my 2-hr post meal BG was 116. Not bad, but I took an extra 1/2 pill (250g metformin) anyway.
This morning my fasting BG was 77. Since this was lower than usual (I'm typically around 90 to 100), I decided to slurge and go just a bit more on carbs for breakfast than I usually do. 
I had a boiled egg, some cheese, 2 "pigs in a blanket", and about a cup and half of milk. Total was about 35 to 40 carbs.
Two hrs post meal I'm at 116.  An increase of 50% but I'm not "spiked".
The key for me seems to be going low-carb at breakfast. This has tended to keep me manageable all day unless I go overboard with lunch-- which I seldom do (lunch is typically less than 30-40 carbs). If my morning fasting number is real good, I can get away with a little more at breakfast. 
__________________ Diagnosed 09/2003
BG at diag 324
A1c at diag 9.7
Most recent A1c 6.0 (08/09)
Glyburide-Metformin 2.5-500mg 3x daily
Enalapril
Norvasc
Crestor
Fish Oil 1000 mg 2x daily
Levitra ....  |
07-20-2009, 08:28 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | Nice numbers, deer! Keep up the hard work!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
07-20-2009, 08:33 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia
Posts: 234
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Originally Posted by foxl  Nice numbers, deer! Keep up the hard work! | Thanks Linda. Best regards.
Your conservative-Republican friend--
DC
__________________ Diagnosed 09/2003
BG at diag 324
A1c at diag 9.7
Most recent A1c 6.0 (08/09)
Glyburide-Metformin 2.5-500mg 3x daily
Enalapril
Norvasc
Crestor
Fish Oil 1000 mg 2x daily
Levitra .... |
07-20-2009, 08:47 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,886
| | Well done, DC! You're on a roll!
(from your - fiscally conservative
- socially slightly less conservative
- and lifelong registered Independent friend)
__________________  "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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07-20-2009, 09:06 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: upstate NY
Posts: 316
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Originally Posted by deercotn I'm continuing to figure things out-- at least what seems to work for me.
Last night my 2-hr post meal BG was 116. Not bad, but I took an extra 1/2 pill (250g metformin) anyway.
This morning my fasting BG was 77. Since this was lower than usual (I'm typically around 90 to 100), I decided to slurge and go just a bit more on carbs for breakfast than I usually do.
I had a boiled egg, some cheese, 2 "pigs in a blanket", and about a cup and half of milk. Total was about 35 to 40 carbs.
Two hrs post meal I'm at 116. An increase of 50% but I'm not "spiked".
The key for me seems to be going low-carb at breakfast. This has tended to keep me manageable all day unless I go overboard with lunch-- which I seldom do (lunch is typically less than 30-40 carbs). If my morning fasting number is real good, I can get away with a little more at breakfast. | definite improvement...NOICE!
~your left leaning Independent diabetic bud,
~William S. |
07-20-2009, 09:33 AM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greater San Diego area
Posts: 1,426
| | | Good numbers!
One suggestion--and only a suggestion: your meds include a sulfonylurea drug (the Glip), which works by stimulating your beta cells to produce more insulin. There is some concern that, by doing so, sulfonylureas can overwork them to the point where they fail. There could be some benefit to working to manage your BGs through diet to the point where the Glip is no longer necessary. You might consider talking to your doctor about it.
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Dx prediabetic 02/08 (FBG 127 and 123)
A1c 02/08: 6.5; A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5; A1c 03/09: 5.3
A1c 09/09: 5.4
No meds
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07-20-2009, 09:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 782
| | | Very nice. People seem to have the most difficulty with breakfast, but those are pretty good numbers. Keep on experimenting and see what's happening. Stick to it and you'll find a personalized menu that works great for you. And then you'll start feeling like a champ physically.
Pigs in a blanket.. is that a pancake wrapped around a sausage?
__________________ "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche |
07-20-2009, 10:09 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia
Posts: 234
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Originally Posted by jps Very nice. People seem to have the most difficulty with breakfast, but those are pretty good numbers. Keep on experimenting and see what's happening. Stick to it and you'll find a personalized menu that works great for you. And then you'll start feeling like a champ physically.
Pigs in a blanket.. is that a pancake wrapped around a sausage? | It's a small piece of biscuit dough wrapped around a small link type sausage.
__________________ Diagnosed 09/2003
BG at diag 324
A1c at diag 9.7
Most recent A1c 6.0 (08/09)
Glyburide-Metformin 2.5-500mg 3x daily
Enalapril
Norvasc
Crestor
Fish Oil 1000 mg 2x daily
Levitra .... |
07-20-2009, 10:10 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia
Posts: 234
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Originally Posted by ShottleBop Good numbers!
One suggestion--and only a suggestion: your meds include a sulfonylurea drug (the Glip), which works by stimulating your beta cells to produce more insulin. There is some concern that, by doing so, sulfonylureas can overwork them to the point where they fail. There could be some benefit to working to manage your BGs through diet to the point where the Glip is no longer necessary. You might consider talking to your doctor about it. | Thanks. Good suggestion. I'll follow-up with my PCP.
__________________ Diagnosed 09/2003
BG at diag 324
A1c at diag 9.7
Most recent A1c 6.0 (08/09)
Glyburide-Metformin 2.5-500mg 3x daily
Enalapril
Norvasc
Crestor
Fish Oil 1000 mg 2x daily
Levitra .... |
07-20-2009, 10:57 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth (I think)
Posts: 1,441
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Originally Posted by jps
Pigs in a blanket.. is that a pancake wrapped around a sausage?
| Yes, that is what they call it at the International House of Pancakes.(IHOP). I know because years ago, that is what I always ordered when I went there.
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Presently taking: Hyzaar for blood pressure:
Byetta and Lantus for diabetes.
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07-20-2009, 03:38 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northern VA
Posts: 424
| | | Can I ask why you take extra metformin after a meal? Metformin is not like glip or insulin - it does not have an immediate affect on blood glucose levels. Its primary function is to lower the amount of glucose dumped by your liver, not to bring your present glucose levels down. It also tends to have a cumulative effect, which is why some people need to take it for a few weeks before they really notice a difference.
__________________ *Jill* Diagnosed Type 2 May 21, 2008, A1C 9.5, Fasting Glucose 214
Had DS surgery to resolve diabetes on March 27, 2009.
3/27/09: 308.5 pounds
9/29/09: 221 pounds
A1C on July 10, 2009: 5.4
A1C on September 29, 2009: 5.1 |
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