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Alergic Reactions to Medications

My sister was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a year or two ago. This past January she was prescribed Victoza...

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I have a dumb question -

If someone has their sugar controlled to the point of the perfect A1c of 4.8% why would they need to keep...

Posted by Anon_999

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Diabetic macular edema

Hi, I'm new here, so this is my first post. I had a vitrectomy done in my right eye on Jan 22, and about 3 or 4...

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Insulin Intolerance vs Insulin Resistance

Hi, I just wanted to know if Insulin Intolerance and Insulin Resistance is the same thing? Also, if you have...

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Insulin Intolerance vs Insulin Resistance

Hi, I just wanted to know if Insulin Intolerance and Insulin Resistance is the same thing? Also, if you have...

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A1C

My last A1C in Feb ( after the holidays) was 7.5. Is that all that bad? My endo seems to think so and started...

Posted by barb10562

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A1C Number and Daily BG Readings In Conflict.........

Hi, I am new here. I just came from my annual physical and my A1C was 6.6. It was 6.5 three months ago, so...

Posted by labbydog

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Wk. #3 Glucose Boot Camp

I've cut my carbs down as much a I care to right now, so am excited about getting back to exercise sessions...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

Posted by flutetooter

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Testing for Sleep Apnea

If you are overweight, your chances for having sleep apnea increase, dramatically. This is a serious...

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Diabetes Treatment

Update - three months later after getting told by doctor I had better do something because I had diabetes...

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childhood diabetes

our 5 yr. old has had few days of frequent urinating. when he goes it seems he stops abruptly, then a short...

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Diabetics/medication

My husband is type 2 diabetic. A few months ago his dr. put him on gabapentin for pain in his side. Since he...

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Week #2, Low Carb Boot Camp

Already I have more stable glucose numbers - 80s up to 121 throughout the day. Some days stay completely in...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

Posted by flutetooter

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Help! I Think I Have Diabetes

hi my nameis kelly & i might be a diabetic & i'm just wondering what r some of the symptoms of a...

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aspartame high blood sugar

Does anyone have experience with high blood sugar after drinking caffeine free diet coke with aspartame? My...

Posted by JohnHK

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3 hr GCTT

I am not really getting help from my doctor and need advice on my tolerance test readings. Glucose 1/2...

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High glucose reading in insulin dependent type 2 d...

My glucose reading is 319 after having a cortisone injection this afternoon. Do I need to take more insulin?

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Diabetic meds

I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes about 2 years ago. At that time as now, I am walking at least 5 miles per...

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i need help

I was wondering if anyone could help. My son is a 22 year old diabetic and his insurance has a $2000...

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Hypoglycemic and insulin resistant

Hi everyone! I was seeing a gyno for my horrible periods and pmdd and some blood works showed that i'm...

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Diabetic Metabolic Mystery

Background: My grandfather is 88 years old with diabetes and advanced Alzheimer's and otherwise happy and...

Posted by Root16

Background: My grandfather is 88 years old with diabetes and advanced Alzheimer's and otherwise happy and healthy and perfectly mobile. He can climb stairs no problem etc. He can still shovel the deck of moderate snow for a solid amount of time. He gets his blood sugar levels tested before lunch and dinner every day. Before dinner he takes 38 ml of Lantis by injection (slow release of insulin). Before lunch and dinner he takes between 0 and 8 ml of Humulin by injection (fast release of insulin), dependent on what his test is. If he tests below 130 blood sugar then he gets no Humulin. Otherwise the amount increases up to 8ml depending on how high his test is, but never to exceed 8ml. He typically tests between 100 and 280 depending on his diet and exercise. If he gets a test well over 300 then we call the doctor. I think he's Type 1 diabetes.

A couple days ago he had a seizure that seemed to be related to low blood sugar level because a tablespoon of maple syrup stopped the seizure almost immediately and shortly after eating a few tablespoons of maple syrup he tested
33 at 1am. More syrup administered and he tested
58 at 1:30am. More syrup and applesauce administered a reading of 53 at 1:45am. More of the same fed to him and he tested
81 at 1:58am. Cottage cheese and applesauce with a little syrup were now given to him for a test of
101 at 2:13am. Bread with cheese and jam were next administered: 119 at 2:30am. I don't believe anymore food was given him the rest of the night and he had the following tests:

2:30am 119
2:47am 127
3:07am 187
4:40am 209
8:04am 135

As you can see continually feeding him maple syrup, applesauce, cottage cheese, bread and cheese did not skyrocket his blood sugar levels as one might expect. It took awhile before his blood sugar levels stayed up on their own without anymore sugar/food. Normally a tablespoon of maple syrup might be expected to raise my grandfather's blood glucose level by 50 or more. Instead, during the wee hours of Feb 12 it took all that sugar and food to raise it to safe levels.

Last night (technically this morning) Feb. 15, my grandfather had another seizure at 12:20am. I noticed the seizure a little earlier this time and got him maple syrup before the seizure had gotten bad, but he went into a full blown seizure anyway. 5 minutes or so later the seizures stopped as I kept giving him many tablespoons of maple syrup. When I tested him at about 12:30am he had a reading of 48 blood glucose level. Here is a breakdown of the food given and the blood glucose tests:

Note, the food descriptions are what he ate before the test. So leading up to the 12:28am test he ate many tablespoons of maple syrup and apple sauce and some nuts.

12:28am, 48: many tablespoons of maple syrup and apple sauce and some nuts.
12:41am, 47,
12:53am, 63, nuts, syrup, applesauce
1:06am, 83, cottage cheese, honey, apple sauce, syrup
1:21am, 163, nuts, cottage cheese, honey, apple sauce, syrup
2:23am, 122, slice of ezekiel bread with mayo and slices of cheddar cheese and the last couple bites of the cottage cheese, honey, apple sauce with syrup.
3:22am, 138,
4:22am, 106, a cookie and a some nuts
6:07am 191, another good sized bowl of apple sauce, syrup, cottage cheese and another cookie and probably some nuts, too.

As you can see, his blood sugar was even more reluctant to stay up this night than the first night. Even though he had all that sugar and food his blood sugar was still dropping when I backed off between 2:23am and 3:22am. Between 3:22am and 4:22am I gave him a cookie and some nuts and yet his blood sugar still dropped from 138 to 106 during that hour. Whatever was nosediving his blood sugar levels only finally quit at around 5 or 6 am, when it finally jumped to 191 as it normally would with this sort of sugary intake.

Can exercise or some other factor explain this nosedive in blood sugar level? My father is adamant that he did not accidentally swap the Lantis with the Humulin, which fits scenario perfectlyView Thread

Posted by Root16

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swift kick

I am in desperate need of a swift kick in the you-know-what. I am a 30 year diabetic. I have been on an...

Posted by An_250420

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Metformin-

Ive been taking Metformin ER for a year now 500 mg 2 pills morning and night.Ive switched to plain Metformin...

Posted by barb10562

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One month low carb boot camp

I have a month between travels and events which would tempt me to overdo the carbs, so I am taking data and...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

Posted by flutetooter

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diet and supplements for elevated blood sugar

I here so many conflicting theories on proper diet for blood sugar, some say no carbs others say 20gm carb/day...

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Diabetes

EMT's came last night because my husband couldn't keep himself up and kept falling (3 times). He originally got...

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Comments wanted on sex advice

A few years ago I wrote a blog post (copied below) about the health benefits of having sex, and...

Posted by Michael Dansinger, MD

A few years ago I wrote a blog post (copied below) about the health benefits of having sex, and that doctors rarely bring up the subject.

Please provide comments and/or suggestions for doctors on this subject. I know we doctors can do much better:

http://blogs.webmd.com/life-with-diabetes-2/2010/03/sleep-sex-and-diabetes.html

What if doctors prescribed having more sex to treat diabetes?
Sound crazy? I don't know any doctors who prescribe sex to treat diabetes, but after hearing a recent lecture I'm starting to wonder, "Why not?"

There's a general notion that sex is favorable to good health, but most doctors don't specifically encourage their patients to have more sex. Naturally, we don't want to encourage unprotected or unsafe sex associated with sexually transmitted diseases, or sex that leads to unwanted pregnancies. Also, we don't want to encourage reckless sex that leads to car accidents or dislocated hips or other unforeseen injuries, and the last thing we want is for someone to have a heart attack during sex and blame us for it.

However, I can't think of a single patient I treat who is likely to have any of those "bad outcomes" from having more sex. Having a heart attack during sex is very rare, and, in fact, increased sexual frequency is associated with reduced risk of heart disease , and is encouraged after recovering from a heart attack .

Sex is one form of exercise that most people like! It's good for the heart and circulation, and helps maintain good blood flow to the sex organs. "Use it or lose it " is a fair statement, particularly in older people and those with diabetes.

Erectile dysfunction occurs in over half of men with diabetes, especially after several years of poor blood sugar control, and maintaining sexual frequency may potentially help delay or avoid erectile dysfunction. Not surprisingly, eating right and exercising can help partially reverse erectile dysfunction in men, by improving blood pressure , blood flow, body fat and hormone levels. Women with diabetes may also be at increased risk for sexual problems and it stands to reason that maintaining an active sex life may help prevent such problems.

Healthy sleep habits are very important for diabetes management — and sex and sleep are closely related, (enough to be considered "bedfellows" perhaps). Sex improves sleep, and vice versa . Similarly, problems with sleep can interfere with sex . Sex releases hormones that help promote sleep (especially in men), and sleep promotes hormones that favor good blood sugar control and appetite control. By the same token, inadequate sleep quality or quantity promotes hormones that worsen blood sugar control, appetite, weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.

So here we have a cycle of gradually decreasing health, sleep and sex over time. As one aspect worsens, the others may too, on and on it goes. The shame of it is that people generally like sex and sleep and feeling good.

Can we break the cycle? Is it as simple as turning off the TV an hour earlier and having more sex ? Unfortunately, it's not always so simple.
Doctors are in a great position to help patients recognize and reverse this cycle, and should embrace the power of healthy sexuality to fight chronic illness, but most are not doing so. It is not because doctors are unaware of the health benefits of sex. It is not that doctors are afraid of the remote negative outcomes mentioned above. Doctors don't bring up sex because it's so easy not to, and because patients don't typically bring it up on their own.

This mirrors the reasons doctors and patients often don't bring up obesity and weight loss during the course of a routine health visit. Because visits are often rushed, the problem is not acute, there are lots of other priorities and starting the discussion seems risky.
I know we can do much better.
- Michael Dansinger, MDView Thread

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Diet and the insulin pump

If I wear an insulin pump and I religiously bolus insulin whenwver I consume a carb (even if it only 2...

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Blood Sugar and stress

Besides living in a bubble, what can I do to keep my blood sugar from spiking when I get into an argument? A...

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Confided

I am a Type 2 diabetic and have been taking Metformin 150 mg for around two years. Recently I had bloodworm...

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