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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Real Life
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Our kids with diabetes should get extra summer math credit for counting carbs. Cereal is quite tricky for a soon-to-be fourth grader.
Every morning begins at 6:30 am with Charlie hovering over us.
"I'm having a cup and a half of cereal and a yogurt. It's 25 carbs per serving for three quarters of a cup, so that's about 49 plus 13 for the yogurt, so that's (three-second pause) 62 carbs."
He starts plugging the numbers into his pump.
Susanne, still half-asleep, mumbles "wuhzse bluthugger?"
"I'm 88," he says.
"toktedadstllsleeephh."
"Dad. Â I'm having a cup and a half of cereal and a yogurt. It's 25 carbs per serving for three quarters of a cup, so that's about 49 plus 13 for the yogurt, so that's 62 carbs."
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: carb counting
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I don't remember worrying about sugar, except at Christmas time when my family would send sugar free candy that tasted horrible. However, I vividly remember the day I officially learned to count carbs. It was an "Insulin Intensive Management" class that focused on insulin to carb ratios, lowering A1c's, and reading labels correctly.
My dad and I both attended with several other kids and their parents. It was in the same office as my regular endo appointments. The nurse was new, different, not so exciting. I don't recall being thrilled to be there.
We started out with some "pretend" foods like pastas, vegetables, and pizza. We put together meals, counting the carbs and calculating our insulin needs. Reading labels was a breeze. Even calculating was easy. Carb counting was for the birds!
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: carb counting cooking frustrations
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I was reading through the dLife Viewpoints section today and saw a post that really hit home.
It's called "Bested by a Can of Tomato Soup" by Scott Johnson and I think it should be required reading for type 3's and other people without diabetes.
Counting carbs can sometimes be a difficult and maddening situation.
And we do it for virtually every meal every day. I mean, we are supposed to.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: 2007 highlights learning New Year
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2007 is behind us now. It blurred by and stamped in key moments that will surely be remembered. My past year with diabetes stacks upon only a few others since I was diagnosed. 2008 will mark four years since that day in the hospital and it seems like I'm always learning something new. Each highlighted moment in this year taught me a little more about how I successfully live with diabetes. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: carb counting carbs pizza
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I wish he didn’t love food so much. I wonder if it would be different if he wasn’t raised with so many food restrictions and limitations. I wonder if we created this monster. This monster that if given the green light would eat a whole penguin in one sitting if it was fried and could be dipped in some sort of sauce.
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Categories: Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Emotions Women's Issues
Tags: control hospital pregnancy
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Prior to the birth of my son, I'd never been in the hospital before. I know the nurses have experience treating diabetes, but I was still worried about how my blood sugar would be managed.
Every diabetic reacts differently to the same situations. And living with the disease day in and day out for a few years-and managing to keep my a1c under 6 the whole time-really makes me an expert in what works for me and what doesn't.
What doesn't work for me is white flour, white rice, white potatoes, sugar or corn syrup. What does work is lean protein, healthy fats, whole grains, vegetables and fresh fruit, and, most importantly, food combining. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Food Fitness Real Life
Tags: carb counting weight loss Weight Watchers
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Since becoming a "Weight Watcher," I have noticed the amount of stress in my life has increased. Having diabetes means I carry around a bunch of stuff with me where ever I go. I have my Glucose testing machine, strips, lancets, glucose tabs, and not to mention my carb counting book.
And now I have to add my Dining Out Guide which gives me the point values to restaurant food, my sliding scale for figuring point values, my tracker which I log my points in, and the Food Guide that has point values for all kinds of foods. So you see, I have more stuff to remember these days then I did before. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Complications Real Life
Tags: carb counting Endocronologist
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Last week I wrote about my experience with my new endo. Today marks a week from that first visit and the day I am supposed to fax over a weeks worth of BG readings and boluses from my pump.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps
Tags: basal testing carb counting strange patterns
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I haven't ACTUALLY basal tested in awhile (by that, I mean I haven't done it the right way, but surely I've watched my numbers fall in patterns). I usually eat the same things for breakfast, so to me basal testing for the morning hours seems a bit ridiculous. But the last few days of numbers have me thinking that a basal test is in demand.
I've been trying to check after meals more regularly so that I can see if I want to go on Symlin later. But these new numbers have me wondering what is going on inside this body of mine.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: averages carb counting daily life thinking
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Diabetes is hard work. Everyday I use my brain to survive and thrive. Every day I'm a mathematician, nutritionist and doctor.
I add carbs together, often so naturally I never give it a second thought (until three hours later when my levels leap up to 250). I subtract and add boluses to achieve an accurate dose. I figure percentages of basal rates to achieve a better A1c. I find the averages of blood sugars, insulin totals and daily carb counts (or let my high tech meter and pump do it for me). My brain is full of numbers and levels just waiting to be added, divided and analyzed. (READ MORE)
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