Hey Macophile,

Welcome to our group.

I have a couple of thoughts for you.

Its hard to give up bread but I was able to wean myself completley off bread and pasta and candy. I cut myself off slowly and it took a while but now I do dnot even crave it.

What med did your doc put you on? Do you have any of your test results?

Increasing my level of protetin helped me get through those sugar highs and lows. I always keep some nuts on hand as a snack...almonds, walnuts, peanuts and pine nuts. NOt too many but it helps keep your blood sugar from spiking.

I also added cinnamon to my diet. Got some cinnamon capsules from whole foods. Read some of the cinnamon threads in the vitamin forum or google cinnamon and diabetes. It helps cut my sugar cravings as well.

I also added in R-lipoic acid which helps my pancreas work more optimally. I think there are some threads about this supplement as well.

Definitely google fruits+glycemic index as well as veggies+glycemic index. Eating the right fruits and veggies will help that blood sugar not to spike. You know what I have found is buying fresh veggies and using those new ziploc steam bags in the microwave. In three minutes you have fresh steamed veggies and no hassle.

I did go to a nutritionist as well which helped with portion control for me.

You can do it macophile!

Just reading and trying to understand.

Going through testing for diabetes and other things. As usual. More
to close for comfort this time.

Just seeing what I can do to help myself.

Donna

Hi Shelley!

My Dr. put me on Janumet, and as for test results I am not sure which ones you mean... the fasting glucose tests he did on me all came back normal, which is why he is baffeled, but when he does the finger sticks my sugars are high... I have been tracking them for several months now on the Janumet and they are better. For example:

On No Medication:



and now it is:




So (even though there are 2 little "breakthroughs", which I consider severely over 120) it seems to be doing the trick, but I figured if I could figure out which foods are the worst for my blood sugar I could either avoid them or cut down.

I went to a nutritionist once before and it didn't do much for me, but maybe now I am in a better mindset. (I was 10 the first time and did not want to give up my juice, which I drank all the time (I don't anymore) and so I kind of rebelled against her.)

Hey Macophile,

Has you doc done a two hour (or more) glucose and insulin tolerance test?

Maybe its insulsin resistance or metabolic syndrome which are the beginning stages of diabetes?

Just a thought.

That is pretty much exactly what it is I think. My Dr. is hesitant to use the words "pre-diabetes" because my pain clinic dr and my neuro were waiting and hoping that I had diabetes and so he was a little worried that is he used that term they would stop looking for other answers to my PN and then I would be in trouble. But he does keep saying insulin resistance... All I know is that when he put me on the drug my blood sugar def. went down.

Hey all! I have not had time to check in but I am back!!!!
I have a question....can you guus tell me about PN in diabetics....does it affect your legs? If so in what way? I am having some serious issues with my legs...pain scale...esp at night...8 I would say....going to 10 at times. Fill me in so I can compare it to what I am experiencing...please and thanks!!!!!

Hi Dorrie:

When you say PAIN, do you mean BURNING, or stabbing, pins and needles. Diabetic neuropathy presents differently in people. You can just have numbness, or you can have numbness, burning, and/or stabbing.

I have numbness in some of my left toes. I would never have found this out except that my doctor at Cornell tested my feet. I then had my podiatrist work on my feet and when he used a vibrating thing on my feet, well forget about it. I almost killed him. It took several hours for my feet to stop buzzing.

I immediately went on Methyl B-12 (I take 5000 every morning). Best thing I ever did (in my case, and this might not work or anyone else), but I noticed immediate improvement.

That, and the fact that I eat the stuff I eat and manage my blood sugar religiously, well, my feet do not burn that much. It's very rare that they burn. It has to be a crazy weather thing outside, or a stressful thing in my life, but I watch my stress level and I don't sweat the small stuff.

The Methyl b-12 really made a BIG difference in the buzzing in my feet.

Take care,
Melody

Hi Melody!!!! I have missed you! Thanks for the reply! My legs sorta buzz..I have always assumed this was RLS. I have massive cramps from the thighs down to my ankles at night...and pain throughout them as well. Its a kinda queer feeling with underneath pain that is there all day...gets worse after a coule hours and is terrible at night. I really do not think I sleep a deep sleep at all...the worst thing is my hips....they pain terribly...if I lift my leg the wrong way example to put on my shoes or even my undies...ouuccchhh..it hits the 10 in pain!! I think I complain all day and night...my legs are like rocks..I feel like I have pinching pain throughout my legs...my feet are HOT and sensitive...no pins and needles....my muscles are very weak in my legs. I am exhausted,.It is so there all day every day...driving me crazy...Also have had problems in my joints in my hands and wrist paining...makes for bending my body realllly difficult!!.......whatcha think Doctor Melody??

And he has done 2 hr. glucose and insulin tolerance tests and they were normal. (I forgot to mention this before... oops! )

'eh mac....lol...are those FASTING sugars that you posted? the reason i ask is that fasting BS are no longer the "gold standard" for dx early diabetes...you want post prandial mearurement..(after eating) it shouldnt be above a certain point...i think 150.....googling will give you that info, i am sure