Posted on 03/19/2019 8:52:42 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Yesterday I measured my blood glucose when I was experiencing ravenous thirst. I would drink a quart of water, then on the last gulp, experience an intense thirst. I knew something was wrong.
I measured on the meter and it said "HIGH, OVER 600 mg/dL". It was too high for the meter.
I took 40 units of long-acting insulin and 50 units of a sliding-scale immediate-acting insulin, and in 4 hours I was at 460 mg/dL b/g. Based on how insulin is processed in my body, I extrapolate that at one point I was at 1,100 mg/dL b/g.
I felt death close by me.
I am so concerned about a thug or a government killing me, but the reality is I will die from disease. All my guns won't protect me from diabetes.
Yeah, I’ve been type I for almost 20 years, and I rarely get over 240 (like one time every 50 tests).
Quitting drinking, exercise, and intermittent fasting makes both diabetes much more controllable.
Stop eating carbs. Today.
Walk. Or at least move. Every day.
We don’t want to lose you.
I over shot the other day and woke up at 44.
A ketogenic diet has regulated mine well.
I don't know nothin' about nothin', but in addition to whatever else you're doing for that bad glucose, please get out and walk.
With every step pretend you are crushing the skulls of evil, ugly but strangely fragile Orcs, each cracked skull marked "G" for Glucose.
Crush many skulls.
Also ask God to send angels to hold you up and keep you walking 50% further than you thought you could.
This always helped me bring my numbers down significantly.
If you're afraid of passing out on a long walk, just go around and around your own block, or pace up and down in your own home.
I added the part about Orcs because I knew I could appeal to your irascibility. Kick the beans outta that glucose.
Write back and let us know how it goes.
Best wishes to you, Laz. :)
You don’t have blood. That’s corn syrup.
Seriously, I hope you are doing OK and getting excellent treatment.
I was heading for type 2 land back in 2017. I started going ketogenic in my diet and my weight came way down. My A1C also came way down.
The modern carbohydrate seems to be different than the ones we grew up with. Type 2 is an epidemic, and Childhood Type 1 is worse.
Whacked out the carbs, and replaced the foods I could not do without with carb free, or carb neutral (fiber) substitutes.
Huge improvement on everything. I recommend the book Simply Keto. By a woman who was morbidly obese her whole life and used Keto to turn it around. First part of the book was her story, which is excellent and meant to show in detail that anybody can do it, and the second is recipes and meal plans that are actually realistic and practical.
The guy I run several Scout units with has lost over 100 and came off Metformin for good. He has an interesting story about it too. Apparently, doctors don’t have a protocol for getting people off Metformin.
The expectation is you’ll be on it for life. His doc had no protocol. Guy passed out from Metformin OD. Very interesting story.
Praying for you brother!
Take care. This disease has taken too many of my friends.
Prayers here too.
I was battling 250-350 for the last couple of years. My doctor sent me to an endocrinologist who told me to count my carbs—to keep them between 150-200 per day.
For the last five months my waking sugar is around 90-110 and my measure at night is generally around 150.
Carbs are killers.
Metformin OD has the exact same symptoms as a heart attack, by the way. Insidious and absolutely horrible the way that drug is marketed.
Prayers up for you, big guy. Hang in there.
Bragging about the size of your glucose reading? Leave it to Laz... Seriously, get better soon, dude.
A Paleo regime might help. Good luck!
You HAVE to stop this carb addiction.
You’ve been truly a fun and knowledgeable person to know here for many years.
Please don’t let it all end in short order. Each person here has many quality years left, if they first manage themselves.
You can do this. You have to do this.
Laz
Get Alpha Lipoid Acid at sprouts, take one twice a day and watch everything level off. Don’t tell your Dr. he will be amazed. I have a friend on 2 hots a day for 40 years. Gave him a bottle. 3 months and Dr took hime off his shots.
It’s a generic..how much marketing is there?
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