I missed my post last night. I'm getting a little lazy with this.
So, as for yesterday, I did indeed go to the doctor. My doctor thanked me for coming in - I guess I scared her. She increased the dosage on my meds, one by 8X and the other by 4X. I'll be ramping up to that level over the next week. We'll see how it goes.
As for food yesterday, well, I fasted before I went to the doctor so that she could run an A1C test. So, by the time I left the doctor, I was going to go find some food. Finding decent food Downtown before lunch isn't the easiest deal. So, I just went home. By the time I got back to my car in Kent, then did one errand for the wife, it was Noon. There is an Indian Buffet I have wanted to try for a while. I think I had some chicken, I know I lost a layer of skin due to the spiciness. I, unfortunately, was served some of the best Naan I have ever eaten! (I was hungrier than I was smart.)
After than I had some nuts and some sugar free Jell-o. Dinner was steak and salad.
I will go back to see the doctor in six weeks. I'm hoping the meds work and maybe I can start taking off the weight.
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Yay! You went to see the doctor. That is great. You are right....it is very rare for a doctor to thank a patient for coming! I think she could tell too that you really needed some changes. :) I would be interested to see what your A1c is...but regardless of the number, just know that you can get that number down with your knowledge.
I would highly recommend asking your doctor if your neighborhood hospital has a diabetes education program. Most do. They are great, and can teach you so much about how to eat in a way that keeps your blood sugar on an even keel.
You are far too young to throw your health away....you can get it back and be healthy again! :)
Keep up the good fight!
If it makes you feel any better, my doctor does not follow the ADA recommendations! She's a D.O., so she's used to going against the flow. And, she's a chubby chick! She knows our struggle. That's why my wife and I love her.
She recommended a low carb diet to me (and my wife) several years ago. She had been against them, until a colleague of hers informed her that not only are they beneficial for those trying to lower their blood sugar, but that your cholesterol levels are lowered as well. Counter intuitive, true, but my own tests proved it out years ago.
This blood sugar thing being this far gone is new for me. When I started really trying to diet four years ago, my blood sugar bounced in the high hundreds and dropped like a stone as soon as I got on the meds.
This past summer was really the last time I had checked my blood sugar and had an A1C. At the time I was being (mostly) good. My blood sugar was 96, if I remember correctly and my A1C was fine.
So, I'm pretty up to speed on how to control my blood sugar, although, as I said, I learned some new things today. (For example, I knew 100 was the fasting goal number, but I didn't know that 70 was the mildly hypo number!) Knowing how and actually doing it are two different things!
Having my blood sugar up as high as it was is the scary thing. It had never been nearly that high. I had topped 200 when I had gone off my meds and didn't watch what I ate. But 500? And, even there, I got from 500 to 300, with the blip when I had my cold - which can drive up blood sugar. My work just wasn't enough.
I think I'm good on education - no offense intended. I think what I need right now is a diabetic support group. This blog is teaching me that I need outside support to make this happen. Maybe a group would help me and maybe I can help someone else. We'll see.
I just hope all of this will go away WHEN - not if - I get the weight off. Since I'm not on insulin yet, I'm hoping that will be the case. I guess we'll see there, too.
Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I had to go in for a glucose test today. I just pray I don't have to go in for the 3 hour one... and that I don't have gestational diabetes. I'm a sugar-holic. I don't know how I'd survive without my donuts and snacky-cakes. Splenda gives me diarrhea.
In any case, I'm rooting for you, hun. I know you can do this if you really put your mind to it. I'll send you some White Castle patties if it'll make it easier for you. ;)
I love chubby doctors! :) They do, indeed, understand our struggles. And I hear ya on not needing the education. Having the knowledge and doing it are two different things, which explains why I was a 400 lb nurse. :)
I have insulin resistance and am pre-diabetic too. I have taken 1000 mg of Metformin every night for four years. I am hoping that helped to keep me from developing full-blown diabetes. Every once in a while, I check my sugars, just to be sure. Such a sneaky disease...it lays in wait and then pounces. (Heh...I just typed "lays in weight", by accident. But that is what it does.
I am rooting for you too! And for all of us who struggle with this horrible thing called fat.
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