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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 3, 2009, 4:56 am
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> But you'll be keeping a close eye on the GMNT, right?
Not particularly... He's only 10% more likely to develop Type 1
diabetes than someone who doesn't have a parent or sibling with it.
Being aware of the symptoms will help us spot it sooner should he do so.
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on August 3, 2009, 12:03 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Pogonip wrote:
>
>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> At this point, the notion is to prevent diabetes. DH's blood sugar
>>>> is high, but not so high as to be diabetic....yet. If he can ward
>>>> it off, that's all to the good. It's in his family, his
>>>> great-grandfather had it. Just as glaucoma is in his family. There
>>>> was "blind granny" and one of his sisters has it. He really should
>>>> have been more selective about his parents, shouldn't he?
>>> Indeed. Himself is Type 1, though, not Type 2. I think it's easier
>>> to manage Type 1 diabetes in most cases.
>> Type 1 is what we call juvenile diabetes, isn't it? The kind you're
>> born with?
>
>
> A misnomer and inaccurate. It *usually* develops when the subject is in
> their early teens, but every dinosaur curve has a far end... Himself
> was 42, and there is no known history of diabetes of either sort in his
> family.
>
My dh developed his Type 11 when he was close to retirement!! There was
none on either side of his family, and after much research and
questioning, it turned out that it was almost certainly brought on by
the ACE inhibitor he had been prescribed for hypertension some years
before, and which he was no longer taking. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Apparently it only happens with a few people, but there is a definite risk.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
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Posted by Ron Anderson on August 3, 2009, 1:50 pm
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> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>> As I understand our doc's thinking, he wants to try this for three
>>>>> months to see what changes show up in the next blood test. I sure
>>>>> hope he doesn't have any notions of a life-long program like this.
>>>>> I'd have to pack DH's bags before I shove him out the door. ;-)
>>>> I had friends whose mom managed her diabetes (not sure if it was type 1
>>>> or type 2) totally with diet and exercise. She had a (non-electric)
>>>> treadmill at home and when her BS's were high, she had some formula to
>>>> walk on it for so long in order to get them to drop. It was a lot of
>>>> work for her because she had a full-time job, but it was worth it.
>>> Diabetics have to be very careful not to push their blood glucose too
>>> low. My DH went into convulsions, and ended up in the ER, after a
>>> normal dose of insulin, followed by not quite enough food, and then more
>>> exercise than he was accustomed to. The doctors told us that he could
>>> have died, it (hypoglycemia) was actually much more acutely dangerous
>>> than moderately high glucose.
>>> I'm not advocating against exercise, but I AM advocating Joanne and her
>>> DH get some really expert advice, preferably from an endocrinologist and
>>> dietitian.
>> Quite. Himself has need the care of the lovely paramedics and their bags
>> of magic several times. We've had blood sugar readings off the bottom of
>> the scale... Never QUITE need the hospital, but it's been close.
>> On the other hand, he hasn't suffered any of the long-tem effects of HIGH
>> blood sugar, such as the circulatory problems, blindness and gangrene
>> that afflicted my father's stepmother. It's a tightrope that you need to
>> learn to manage, but with the supervision of experts. And that means
>> experts in the management of diabetes, not your general practitioner.
> At this point, the notion is to prevent diabetes. DH's blood sugar is
> high, but not so high as to be diabetic....yet. If he can ward it off,
> that's all to the good. It's in his family, his great-grandfather had it.
> Just as glaucoma is in his family. There was "blind granny" and one of
> his sisters has it. He really should have been more selective about his
> parents, shouldn't he?
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
Joanne,
I too was in your husbands position not long ago. Cholesterol 278 Sugar 116.
90 days of sensible portioning, Whole grained breads, brown rice, whole
grain pasta where acceptable, Cheerios every morning for breakfast and 40-60
minutes of Vigorous walking per day.
I was over weight.
90 days later Cholesterol 168, sugar (glucose) 91
Diet and exercise was key, also considerable reduction in alcohol intake.
I just did not do I want to take their meds. I think it is a plot to get all
humans on their drugs as early as they can. Huge profits there.
Just my $.02
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Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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Posted by Pogonip on August 3, 2009, 2:22 pm
Ron Anderson wrote:
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> Joanne,
> I too was in your husbands position not long ago. Cholesterol 278 Sugar 116.
> 90 days of sensible portioning, Whole grained breads, brown rice, whole
> grain pasta where acceptable, Cheerios every morning for breakfast and 40-60
> minutes of Vigorous walking per day.
> I was over weight.
> 90 days later Cholesterol 168, sugar (glucose) 91
> Diet and exercise was key, also considerable reduction in alcohol intake.
>
> I just did not do I want to take their meds. I think it is a plot to get all
> humans on their drugs as early as they can. Huge profits there.
> Just my $.02
>
Thanks, Ron. Congratulations, too, on avoiding the medication
merry-go-round! DH has the cholesterol down now, and he's already thin,
so I hope the diet knocks the blood sugar level down without making him
a wraith. He doesn't drink at all, hasn't for some years now, which I'm
sure is a help.
The man doesn't smoke, drink, avoids sugar, exercises like a fiend,
follows doctor's orders, and gets all these problems. I, on the other
hand, smoke (nearly 3 packs a week), drink (as much as a liter in merely
a month), eat what I want, don't exercise, question everything the
doctor says and ignore half of it, and don't have any problems. It's
injustice, isn't it?
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Ron Anderson on August 3, 2009, 7:19 pm
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> Ron Anderson wrote:
>> Joanne,
>> I too was in your husbands position not long ago. Cholesterol 278 Sugar
>> 116.
>> 90 days of sensible portioning, Whole grained breads, brown rice, whole
>> grain pasta where acceptable, Cheerios every morning for breakfast and
>> 40-60 minutes of Vigorous walking per day.
>> I was over weight.
>> 90 days later Cholesterol 168, sugar (glucose) 91
>> Diet and exercise was key, also considerable reduction in alcohol intake.
>> I just did not do I want to take their meds. I think it is a plot to get
>> all humans on their drugs as early as they can. Huge profits there.
>> Just my $.02
> Thanks, Ron. Congratulations, too, on avoiding the medication
> merry-go-round! DH has the cholesterol down now, and he's already thin,
> so I hope the diet knocks the blood sugar level down without making him a
> wraith. He doesn't drink at all, hasn't for some years now, which I'm
> sure is a help.
> The man doesn't smoke, drink, avoids sugar, exercises like a fiend,
> follows doctor's orders, and gets all these problems. I, on the other
> hand, smoke (nearly 3 packs a week), drink (as much as a liter in merely a
> month), eat what I want, don't exercise, question everything the doctor
> says and ignore half of it, and don't have any problems. It's injustice,
> isn't it?
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
I guess some things just have no answers.
It is mind boggling that some of us can do most anything and live long with
little or no medial problems then others even ones that go above and beyond
the rules have medical issues.
When all else fails go with the professionals I always say.
--
Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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