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By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:55:04 +0000

Thanks for getting back with me. It helps to know
that this is something that is usual and not
abnormal. said he wasn’t worried about my sugars being high
since I was sick and under stress. He said he would
worry if they were around 500 or if they don’t come
back down a few days after stopping the Preventol.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:13:19 +0000

Yes, it is normal, especially with some of the
cortico steroids. Asthma meds are notorious for raising
BG levels and the illness itself will also make
yours go up. a day. Try to ‘volunteer’ an extra check of the BGs
or two. Especially if you feel oddly and wonder. You
can sit and worry for half an hour or just check it
and know what it is in a few seconds.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:26:46 +0000

You are correct that if you are sick your bs’ can
really go sky high. I think that is very common. If you
end up in the hospital most likely your bs’ will be
wackey high. Please do remember that stress can also
make your bs’ high. it seems that many other things
besides what we eat effects our bs’. company here.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 07:15:43 +0000

Is it normal for blood sugar to be high when
you’re sick and taking a new medication because of being
sick? Doctor, Monday, that I was having brochial spasms (I had
shortness of breath and a funny feeling in my chest). I’ve
been put on a medication that is normally used for
asthma. Since being on this medication my blood sugar has
been running over 180 on every. I have to check three
times a day. tomorrow with the doctor, but I was just wondering if this
was normal or what.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:31:39 +0000

Hiya Jenny! but you really do have us figured out! :o) You should
teach a course at the local communtiy college on how to
“train your man”. with Sandra Dee along those same lines. In the movie
when Sandra got married her mother gave her a book on
how to train your dog, and told her that she had used
the same techniques on her father. Worked like a
charm - positive reinforcement and all
that!

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:56:07 +0000

“my husband says he’ll support my learning about
controlling my diabetes but he’s not going to follow the same
diet because he doesn’t have diabetes.” PUTZ!!! I think once you get better at cooking the meals
you need you can just serve up to everyone. If he
complains send him to Mc Donald’s….What an complete
ASS! and poultry. beans and grains. farther down on the list of ingrediants in a
food. and they have one as well exchange lists for wieght
management. Look for these lists on the diabetes.org site
listed below. get him to see that it’s important that he help me,

not just saying he’s supporting me?’ can’t force him. I found it almost counter- productive
by shoving info at mine, I now treat it almost like
a secret; as though it’s “Something he wouldn’t
understand” and when I go to my pump support meetings; “Oh
nothing you’d be into. Just stuff I like”… My BF does
care, and I know he does. But men are almost from
another planet. to suit them. Hints don’t work. I tell him to do
something straight out, and he does it. THEN I thank him
and treat him like SUPERMAN! “Gosh, I’m glad you did
that! Now I know it’s done RIGHT!” A couple of hints
from child psychology. make them feel really big when
he does do something. They really do need to be
‘petted, fed and watered’ often. he can read- called “Diabetes is Not A Piece Of
Cake”. It is written specifically for the families of
diabetics and also for yourself; “Caring For the Diabetic
Soul” Association at: killer selection of cookbooks and those exchange lists
you could use. dinner, you eat or go hungry. Oh yeah he DOES do the dishes.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:09:34 +0000

I am very lucky when it comes to my diabetes. I’v
had it now for 22+ years and was 23 when it hit me. I
was also married at the time(still am) and my wife
was a dietician. This made the diet part easy. She
understood the exchange stuff very well but I never did. Now
she says she would never use exchanges but would carb
count. Thats what we do now. think he will come around. My wife and I share cooking
duties although I have to admit she does most of it, and
we decided that we would cook to the most
restrictive diet( mine). We have since had kids and they
follow the same diet I/we do, since neither one of us is
a short order cook. They are 16 and 20 years old
now and I don’t think they had a very restrictive
diet.
shopping then you can pretty much control the diet anyway.
luck and good health

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:34:03 +0000

Hi, that exchange stuff, I never figured it out. Too
complicated for me. But I seem to be doing OK with just my
interpretation of what the Nutritionist told me. I just
visualise the sizes of portions she showed me in the
lessons and just eye-ball everything. I figure that if my
pre-meal and post meal-testings are all within range, then
I must be doing OK. If I get a high reading after a
few meals, then I just rearrange things until the
readings are back to where they should be. Even with just
“eye-balling” my diet and not using exchanges I’ve still lost
70 lbs. and have decreased my Diabetes medicines by
1/3. He sounds like a real yutz! At least during the
first few months, when you are first learning how to

eat to control the disease, for him not to eat the
same meals at home that you do is thoughless and
selfish. If he needs foods you can’t have, he can just
jolly well them at lunch when you aren’t
around. insists on eating things you shouldn’t, I hope you
suggest to him that since he is eating different foods,
he can cook his own meals too. postitive outlook. I know it seems very overwhelming at
first, what with all the rules and restrictions, but it
really does get easier as you get used to
it.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 01:58:32 +0000

I’ve been through the nutrition Diabetic
Education that my doctor recommended. There was lots of
information given in 4 sessions and I’m having a difficult
time sorting it all out. can help. you plan a meal when you have to increase the fiber,
lower the fat, cholesterol and sugar, keep to 15g Carbs
per exchange and keep the calories low? been reading the labels on the food containers but
it’s getting all confusing. harder is that my husband says he’ll support my learning
about controlling my diabetes but he’s not going to
follow the same diet because he doesn’t have
diabetes. that it’s important that he help me, not just saying

he’s supporting me?

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:02:53 +0000

Any information is better than none. I haven’t
been under any more stress than normal. I haven’t been
diagnosed with migraines yet, it might be something
else…which I doubt, too many classic symptoms. Thank you
John for sharing. Thank you Cheryl for
helping.