Good for you for experimenting, Andrew! I often do the same thing, running
little experiments to figure out how my body reacts to certain things.
Instructions and guidelines in books are really good as a starting place,
but in the end everyone should figure out what works and doesn’t work for
them individually.
Jen
I still want to slay the dawn dragon, but for the moment we seem to be
co-existing
I ran two experiments this past week.
A) waiting to eat until my morning rise ended
B) seeing if I have a predictable sugar spike, depending on what I ate
Initial facts.
1) My fasting sugar, before the morning rise starts, was 100-115.
2) My morning spike, without eating, tops out at 135-145, and there
does not seem to be anything I can do to prevent or interupt this
rise.
3) If I sleep late, my morning rise starts while I am still asleep.
4) My morning rise ends between 10 and 11 AM, leaving me about where I
was when I went to bed.
Results
1) I cat eat only 2 meals per day without ill effect.
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Just got my latest A1c and it has dropped from 7.7 or so to 6.4. I
expect the next one to be even lower, because I think I have finally
figured out a menu that does not cause cause huge spikes, and I have
upped my metformin dose. And I guess losing 50 pounds since April
hasn’t hurt either.
Andrew
Hi John,
The only reason Dave was put on moderated status is because of his numerous
replies to Robby that were cluttering up the list almost as much as Robby’s
messages were (as much as I did agree with their content!). I wanted to
completely stop the insults and flame wars. I do let relevent posts through,
though. He’ll likely be put back on regular status in the next little while.
As for Robby, yes, so far on this list he’s shown up with four different
IDs, hence why he still manages to post every once in a while. Rest assured
as soon as he posts with a new ID he’s banned immediately when I or the
other moderator see it. Hopefully he’ll get bored soon and leave for good.
Unfortunately I think Robby’s managed to scare many people away, as the list
is extremely quiet lately.
Hope everyone in North America had a nice long weekend!
Jen
List moderator
Thank you Jen for putting on monitor status Dave and Robby. Though I
disagree with puttting Dave on this status , I will defer to your
position as moderator. This should cut down on the number
of “frivolous” postings. I do know, however, that Robby has many
IDs so beware ….he will continue to “haunt” this board…..John
I have a question I been at the docters the last to days and found out I
am having brain surgery next week there is a clot causing havic from my
stroke any ways. i asked the sugion about my insulne and he siad the
hosptiel has apoolicy that once the patnit s awake and awre and and can
do it suclesfully the nurse will bring the meter your own metr pluss the
insulen and you chekc your own levle show it to them for them to mark
then you inject your self I thought this was realy cool the first day I
will be out of it in icu so then will be out but hopfefuly ont he seid
day. he said jsut from expericne they will have to give me ltos of
insulne ebcuse he said it is aproven factt that the stres on your body
will raise suger you add to it the super stress of brain suregy it makes
it sores he said it is comma in brain sugery to see blod levels of
aorund 500 pluss in dibtecs he said that the gass man or in this case
the gas women will poke my finger severl tiems through out sugery. and
see were I am at and give me isnulne or suger depding on which way I go
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Hi everyone,
I thought it would be good to get a “roll call” of all the members on the
list, so we could get to know each other a little better. You can introduce
yourself with how long you’ve had diabetes (and what type), and maybe a
little about yourself. I’ll start the ball rolling, even though I introduced
myself not so long ago…
I’m Jen, and I’m currently a 23-year-old college student from Canada. I’ve
had type 1 diabetes since I was 9, and just in the past few months have
really taken control of things (before that I had excellent control as a kid
when my parents did most of the work, but not so good control once I took
over). Once I’m done school I plan on going into teaching, not sure what age
group yet. When I have the time, I enjoy going for walks, reading, writing,
chat rooms and listservs, researching topics of interest online, and
spending time with friends.
I look forward to “meeting” the rest of you on the list. 
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been in contact with the moderator for this group and she has assigned
me to be a co-moderator. I’m hoping this group can become more useful and
more on-topic. Both Robby and Dave are on moderated status as of today, and
both have received e-mails warning that if they don’t start posting material
that is relevent, on-topic and a contribution to the members of this list,
they will be banned.
Feel free to start any topics of discussion related to the emotional aspects
of living with diabetes, or even just how you deal with it day-to-day. I’ll
be
posting a few new topics in the next few days to see if we can’t get this
group
moving in a more positive direction.
Jen
List moderator