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Can't take it any more
I have been low carbing for over 6 months and I just can't take it any more. This is almost as bad as trying to quit smoking except I only lasted 3 weeks on trying to quit smoking. Last week I started drinking Coke Zero and tonight I broke down and walked to the gas station and bought 2 Ranchero Cheese & Beef, I have never heard of them either but they were where the polish dogs use to be in my previous life as a "I just don't care anymore diabetic, before I got PAD and Neuropathy", and the hypos from medication were much worse than the diabetes back then. ( Can you say "run on sentence?
). My blood sugar is now 166 mg/dl so I guess I need another shot of Novolog. This is also the first time in a year that I ate anything "carb" not in my apartment.
This 90+ degree weather without a functional Air Conditioner is not helping any.
But I thought maybe I saw glimmer of light from the very far end (if any) of this diabetes tunnel. After tripling my insulin sensitivity from 5 to 15 mg/dl per unit insulin using the Budwig Protocol, I dropped my 36 IU of basal insulin per day to 0 and my blood sugar just kind of sits there and doesn't go crazy but it doesn't come down after I eat carbs either. Well maybe if I get my insulin sensitivity up to 30 mg/dl in another 4 months or so things might work out better, the projected target date was 7 to 12 months, and being I have been a flaming diabetic for 13 years and used Glyburide for years I am lucky this works at all.
EDIT: 4 hours later: So far I have used 17 units of novolog to try to get back near 100 mg/dl. That would indicate that those two Rancheros contained at least 50 carbs or else my insulin is not effective at that high level. Never again, i will now keep some cheese around now to satiate my urges.
ColaJim . :violin:
I have been low carbing for over 6 months and I just can't take it any more. This is almost as bad as trying to quit smoking except I only lasted 3 weeks on trying to quit smoking. Last week I started drinking Coke Zero and tonight I broke down and walked to the gas station and bought 2 Ranchero Cheese & Beef, I have never heard of them either but they were where the polish dogs use to be in my previous life as a "I just don't care anymore diabetic, before I got PAD and Neuropathy", and the hypos from medication were much worse than the diabetes back then. ( Can you say "run on sentence?
This 90+ degree weather without a functional Air Conditioner is not helping any.
But I thought maybe I saw glimmer of light from the very far end (if any) of this diabetes tunnel. After tripling my insulin sensitivity from 5 to 15 mg/dl per unit insulin using the Budwig Protocol, I dropped my 36 IU of basal insulin per day to 0 and my blood sugar just kind of sits there and doesn't go crazy but it doesn't come down after I eat carbs either. Well maybe if I get my insulin sensitivity up to 30 mg/dl in another 4 months or so things might work out better, the projected target date was 7 to 12 months, and being I have been a flaming diabetic for 13 years and used Glyburide for years I am lucky this works at all.
EDIT: 4 hours later: So far I have used 17 units of novolog to try to get back near 100 mg/dl. That would indicate that those two Rancheros contained at least 50 carbs or else my insulin is not effective at that high level. Never again, i will now keep some cheese around now to satiate my urges.
ColaJim . :violin: