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I have Diabetes :(
This past weekend while bending over to move my grill my back caught me again. I wound up in my bed looking at the ceiling for 3 days. Well it happened again yesterday so I called the spine doctor that I had been refereed to and he told me to come on in and he would figure out whats causing it. So I get there around 11:30am and the nurse begins all of the first time patient work such as my vitals, height, weight, etc. Well one of the things they a record of is your blood glucose level. When she took mine it was at 423. She checked it with a second meter just to be sure and it was at 418. They stopped the exam right there and advised me to get to the hospital ER ASAP. So we left there and headed strait to the ER. They took me strait back and took my blood glucose again, This time it read 410. I had not ate anything since 8am that morning so they decided to run a full blood workup on me.
So the final verdict is that I have Diabetes, I still have no idea why my back is catching me, and I have to change my whole lifestyle once again.
2 years ago I was told that I was boarder line hypertensive which means I was on the way to having high blood pressure. So I modified my diet greatly, cut out 99% of the bacon and fried foods I was eating. I got that under control in less than a year. The Dr I was under then was really great on advising me about what I needed to do.
The Dr. at the ER yesterday was very vague on the diet I needed to switch to. His only advice was to stop eating white bread and switch to whole grain wheat. I called and set up an appointment with my normal doc, but he will not be able to see me until July 15th. So does anyone here have Diabetes? What should I avoid eating other than high sugar foods which is a given.
I do still walk, Not every day but at least 3 times a week. Average is about 2.75 miles each session. I think I am going to go back to 3 miles a day 5 days a week and get my ass into the gym for more working out.
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I don't have diabetes myself but have worked at a camp where we do three weeks of camp for kids with diabetes. A great resource is the Canadian Diabetes Association website which has a great amount of intro info. If you need anything specific give me a PM as I have a number of contacts I can use.
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Sorry to hear that bud. All this time we thought you were avoiding us.
I know my dad had diabetes but he had gastic bypass surgury and that got rid of it mostly. I know my mom policed his diet like crazy.
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diabetes scares me.
good luck finding your new diet.
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Dude, that sucks. Did they tell you whether you're type I or type II? My dad is diabetic, and has been able to control his blood sugar rather well just by adjusting his diet.
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The ER doc said it was Type II but said that my normal doc would make the final judgement. I have a specialist I have to go to as well and a visit to the dietician will be in my future I bet.
Thank for the well wishes. I really think I will be able to keep things under control. I just have to lay off the waffles at breakfast and all the fast food I eat.
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Let's see where to start, cut out milk and orange juice, pretty much all carbs and starches because they turn to sugar, white lean meat since it seems red meat would be a no no, small meals with healthy snacks between meals. Big thing here will be somethings advertised for diabetics aren't really the best thing for you. If you can get a dietitian that isn't focused on just getting you skinny and is focused on making you healthy that would be best. The other big problem both my families have had with diabetes is eating when they didn't want to because they had to keep their sugar levels level.
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Sorry to hear about that, you're still young so it should be manageable by diet hopefully.
Everyone's said all there is really - it's carbs you need to avoid. No soda, no cakes, seriously limit bread (well everything made with white flour), seriously limit potatoes/white rice, don't go mad on anything too carbalicious. Oats in the morning are great for that actually.
And like Snowman says, portion size is really important to maintain blod sugar. Double your number of meals and halve the size. And yeah, definitely liquids are a proper hidden source of carbs - orange juice, soda, milk, all that stuff with turn straight into blood sugar.
The good news is, you'll probably lose a ton of weight and start feeling much better with dietary changes alone, and if you keep exercising, you'll probably be able to limit the effects considerably.
Good luck!
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I don't know if you drink but alcohol is another one that needs to be seriously managed. In my experience it's the one that most young diabetics ignore/forget about.
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Oh also I forgot. No matter what a stripper tells you, there is no sex in the champagne room.