NEW YEARS: MONITOR BLOODSUGAR & WEIGHT

Scotley said:
The new drugs I mentioned above (Januvia and Galvus along with the injection only Byetta) are the ones made from synthetic lizard spit enzimes.

Mmmmm...lizard spit. :D

Scotley said:
Metformin/Glucophage can curb appetite as well and is a popular choice for pre-diabetics. I lost about 15 pounds taking it. Then I started on Actos as well and gained 40. Needless to say I have high hopes for the new drugs.

I'm on metformin and Actos; they've done the trick for me.
 

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megamania said:
The scale I am using is at work and designed for frieght so I'm sure it will not be accurate but I am curious about the weight gain.

We recently picked up a digital scale. Figured if the little ones are good for food scales, the ones of checking weight at home should perform more accurately and consistantly than mechanical scales. Plus the ones at the gym are used a lot and have to be re-balanced often. Nothing sucks more than being the first person to use the re-balanced scale at the gym and realize that you didn't really lose 5 pounds. :(

It may help if you only weigh yourself once a week and under the same conditions (the same time of day wearing the same clothes, etc.). Weight fluxuates a lot (more so with women, but also for men), so I use the scale as a guideline to progress (Am I going in the right direction?) in conjunction with the daily bloodsugar checks.

I use to weigh myself every day in the morning and quite frankly it drove me nuts. :) I found once a week was enough feedback to encourage good habits while also catching bad ones.

-Suzi
 



megamania said:
Sigh... I guess the 10 inch BarBQ Pork sandwich I had earlier was a bad idea....

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Out of curiousity, how many times per day do you check your blood sugar, and when in relation to meals? I tend to test mine around 8 times a day, though it's probably not necessary (sans meals and exercise, it really might wobble only 10 points either direction over 24 hours. I've got it pretty stable in conjunction with insulin dosage as far as basal rates go).
 

megamania said:
Sigh... I guess the 10 inch BarBQ Pork sandwich I had earlier was a bad idea....

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Yeah, BBQ is a killer if you like lots of brown sugar and molasses based sauce. Down in Memphis we do like our 'Que.
 


I am asked to check it daily at random times.

For awhile I was checking it once every 4-6 weeks. NOT good. When I try to be random I bring my stuff to work then misplace it.

I work two fulltime jobs so doing this randomly is not easy. Most of the recent tests I have done here are once I get home for the day (night) around midnight.
 

Has anyone ever heard of a bodily smell of alcohol if Sugar level is low?

I have heard of this on two occations. Tonight, I did not have my meter with me at work but I felt low (light headed, "slowed" vision) but was okay after I ate a bunch of food including some hostess stuff from the vending machine.

A co-worker asked if I was okay. She has an aunt whom is diabetic and when her sugars are real low she smells of alcohol. The coworker said I smelt the same way at lunch.

Just curious.
 

megamania said:
I am asked to check it daily at random times.

For awhile I was checking it once every 4-6 weeks. NOT good. When I try to be random I bring my stuff to work then misplace it.

I work two fulltime jobs so doing this randomly is not easy. Most of the recent tests I have done here are once I get home for the day (night) around midnight.

Interesting.

My doc has me test once daily*, alternating between two different times:
- Fasting (i.e., first thing in the morning)
- Post-meal (i.e., two hours after beginning a meal)

I'm not your doc, so perhaps he has a good reason for having you do it that way, but I know that the generally-published guidelines for glucose levels are based on those two "times".

* - I'm also considered to be in "tight control", and my numbers are almost always way below the guidelines, so this is apparently sufficient for me, for now.
 
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