Hi All!
They now have a self check at home thing from Bayer.
They give you two tests. Of course I screwed up the first one by not pressing down on the thing the right way and I got no reading.
Waiting one hour till the monitor cleared.
Did the second test.
7.8
I am a type 2, used to be morbidly obese, I'm 63 years old and I finally got my act together. I literally grow my own food and I don't chat.
I was in the Accord program at Cornell and did very well. Got my a1c down from 9.0 to 6.5.
I was on Lantus. At first only 20 units (nothing else), Just the Lantus. It was so hard losing the rest of the weight. Insulin stores in fat cells, this I know.
On September 21, my morning fasting level was 118 and my post prandial was 127. I spoke to my doctor (I was on 8 units of the Lantus), and I told him "I'd like to try this via diet alone". He agreed. I also told the people at Cornell what I was doing. They know the way I eat so if it could be done, I'd be the one to do it.
So since September 21, I am on no meds at all. If I didn't eat, my sugar would go up, but if I ate, it would go down.
It didn't go down good enough for me. Today I did the a1c and it said 7.8.
After I went off of Lantus, my sugar went up (in the a.m. ) to 187, and post prandial could be 170 and I even hit 140 one time.
But this 7.8 tells me what I need to know. I thought because I lost most of my weight, I would see an a1c of 6.
I was wrong. Oh, FYI, I went to eye doctor, have no signs of diabetes at all in my eyes. And I"ve been a diabetic for 23 years. He said "I have never seen this before, you have no signs of diabetes, so whatever you are doing, keep doing it". He also took one look at me and thought I had lap band surgery. I just said "No, I know how to eat and I grow my own food"
Oh, I read the back of the a1c box that this test came in. They have various degrees of how you should interpret the reading.
So when I looked at the back of the box it says 'WHAT DOES YOUR A1C NUMBER MEAN.?
Between a reading of 7 - 8 (mine was 7.8), it indicates MONITOR CLOSELY and it indicates the numbers as being 154 to 183. So on average (they say this is a 2 to 3 month indicator).
A reading of over 8, it indicates "elevated levels" So I'm not there yet.
So the day I went off of the lantus, I had gone down to 5 units which is virtually nothing. I have no idea why my body reacted the way it did. We are talking about 5 units of Lantus. The people at Cornell said "10 units is nothing". So if 10 is nothing, what the heck is 5 and how come my body did not cooperate.?
So I have a decision to make. The doctors at Cornell, when I asked them if I should take a pill or go back on Lantus, they said "oh, go back on Lantus and take it at bedtime". So of course, this is an option. And I have fresh bottles in my home so no problem there.
Now about going on orals. I have a multitude of them to choose from .
The only ones I would even consider is the one that won't make me gain weight. But they work differently on every one.
YEARS ago, I took metformin. The only think it did for me was affect my stomach.
The Lantus was the real deal.
But it's expensive.
I have a friend who is on a multitude of pills and also on Lantus.
She had extra pills and she just gave me 30 of the 4mg Glimepiride (Amaryl).
I have never taken this before. My primary care doctor had told me 'Any time you want to switch from Lantus to a pill, just tell me". Also Cornell had told me this a long time ago.
But I did well on the Lantus and ultimately tried to do it by diet alone.
But now that I have to do SOMETHING (I do have to do SOMETHING, right?, or can I wait a bit until I lose the last 10 or so pounds), I mean, I'm not going to go into a diabetic coma or anything right?
The other day I was down to 147 in the afternoon (after lunch), so my body DOES WORK a bit.
So I just googled Glimeperide and I read all the reviews that patients gave it.
Oh my goodness. 90% of the said "Severe weight gain", but it controls the sugar. Who the heck wants weight gain after all the hard work I have done?
And one person well, after she took this pill, the next morning her sugar was 29, she landed in the hospital. But she is on other meds also.
So I'm not going to be taking this pill, that's for sure.
I honestly don't know what I should do? I just don't want to screw up my health if I wait but I want to lose the last 10 or so pounds and get to a somewhat normal weight.
Do I have a shot?. I have no diabetes in my eyes so that's good. And I have no other complications. I was diagnosed with the beginning of neuropathy (in my toes) 3 years ago, but I take methyl B-12 and that took care of that. No numbness, no nothing.
I feel fine, so that's good.
I just want to weigh what I'm supposed to weigh.
I wonder if any of you out there have tried to manage type 2 by diet alone and if you were successful?
I am 63 years old (tomorrow actually) and I really wanted to give myself the birthday gift of not having to go back on any meds.
I don't think I'll achieve this.
I would like honest opinions.
thanks much
Mel
I have a big decision to make here.
They now have a self check at home thing from Bayer.
They give you two tests. Of course I screwed up the first one by not pressing down on the thing the right way and I got no reading.
Waiting one hour till the monitor cleared.
Did the second test.
7.8
I am a type 2, used to be morbidly obese, I'm 63 years old and I finally got my act together. I literally grow my own food and I don't chat.
I was in the Accord program at Cornell and did very well. Got my a1c down from 9.0 to 6.5.
I was on Lantus. At first only 20 units (nothing else), Just the Lantus. It was so hard losing the rest of the weight. Insulin stores in fat cells, this I know.
On September 21, my morning fasting level was 118 and my post prandial was 127. I spoke to my doctor (I was on 8 units of the Lantus), and I told him "I'd like to try this via diet alone". He agreed. I also told the people at Cornell what I was doing. They know the way I eat so if it could be done, I'd be the one to do it.
So since September 21, I am on no meds at all. If I didn't eat, my sugar would go up, but if I ate, it would go down.
It didn't go down good enough for me. Today I did the a1c and it said 7.8.
After I went off of Lantus, my sugar went up (in the a.m. ) to 187, and post prandial could be 170 and I even hit 140 one time.
But this 7.8 tells me what I need to know. I thought because I lost most of my weight, I would see an a1c of 6.
I was wrong. Oh, FYI, I went to eye doctor, have no signs of diabetes at all in my eyes. And I"ve been a diabetic for 23 years. He said "I have never seen this before, you have no signs of diabetes, so whatever you are doing, keep doing it". He also took one look at me and thought I had lap band surgery. I just said "No, I know how to eat and I grow my own food"
Oh, I read the back of the a1c box that this test came in. They have various degrees of how you should interpret the reading.
So when I looked at the back of the box it says 'WHAT DOES YOUR A1C NUMBER MEAN.?
Between a reading of 7 - 8 (mine was 7.8), it indicates MONITOR CLOSELY and it indicates the numbers as being 154 to 183. So on average (they say this is a 2 to 3 month indicator).
A reading of over 8, it indicates "elevated levels" So I'm not there yet.
So the day I went off of the lantus, I had gone down to 5 units which is virtually nothing. I have no idea why my body reacted the way it did. We are talking about 5 units of Lantus. The people at Cornell said "10 units is nothing". So if 10 is nothing, what the heck is 5 and how come my body did not cooperate.?
So I have a decision to make. The doctors at Cornell, when I asked them if I should take a pill or go back on Lantus, they said "oh, go back on Lantus and take it at bedtime". So of course, this is an option. And I have fresh bottles in my home so no problem there.
Now about going on orals. I have a multitude of them to choose from .
The only ones I would even consider is the one that won't make me gain weight. But they work differently on every one.
YEARS ago, I took metformin. The only think it did for me was affect my stomach.
The Lantus was the real deal.
But it's expensive.
I have a friend who is on a multitude of pills and also on Lantus.
She had extra pills and she just gave me 30 of the 4mg Glimepiride (Amaryl).
I have never taken this before. My primary care doctor had told me 'Any time you want to switch from Lantus to a pill, just tell me". Also Cornell had told me this a long time ago.
But I did well on the Lantus and ultimately tried to do it by diet alone.
But now that I have to do SOMETHING (I do have to do SOMETHING, right?, or can I wait a bit until I lose the last 10 or so pounds), I mean, I'm not going to go into a diabetic coma or anything right?
The other day I was down to 147 in the afternoon (after lunch), so my body DOES WORK a bit.
So I just googled Glimeperide and I read all the reviews that patients gave it.
Oh my goodness. 90% of the said "Severe weight gain", but it controls the sugar. Who the heck wants weight gain after all the hard work I have done?
And one person well, after she took this pill, the next morning her sugar was 29, she landed in the hospital. But she is on other meds also.
So I'm not going to be taking this pill, that's for sure.
I honestly don't know what I should do? I just don't want to screw up my health if I wait but I want to lose the last 10 or so pounds and get to a somewhat normal weight.
Do I have a shot?. I have no diabetes in my eyes so that's good. And I have no other complications. I was diagnosed with the beginning of neuropathy (in my toes) 3 years ago, but I take methyl B-12 and that took care of that. No numbness, no nothing.
I feel fine, so that's good.
I just want to weigh what I'm supposed to weigh.
I wonder if any of you out there have tried to manage type 2 by diet alone and if you were successful?
I am 63 years old (tomorrow actually) and I really wanted to give myself the birthday gift of not having to go back on any meds.
I don't think I'll achieve this.
I would like honest opinions.
thanks much
Mel
I have a big decision to make here.