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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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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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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.  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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I have two eyes. 

 

I have ten fingers. 

 

I have two legs.  And two thighs. 

 

I have one insulin pump.   

 

I have about fifteen blood glucose meters.  

 

When I was a little kid, my mother used to tell my brothers and me to stop counting.  What she meant was to stop looking at how many cookies someone else got, or how many toys someone else had, or how much money someone else got in their allowance - and comparing it to what we had.  She would say "when you count what others have, and compare, it's easy to forget what YOU DO have."  

 

Sound advice.

 

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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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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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Each Saturday morning I head over to our local Weight Watchers office to weigh in and attend the meetings. The week was not good for yours truly. I gained and of course was not happy but what made it worse was my attitude all week and frankly for the last several weeks.
I am tired of counting. I feel like the Count on Sesame Street. "9! AH AH AH. 9 Points! AH AH AH! And 27 CARBS! AH AH AH!" (READ MORE)

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The only thing I really remember about eating sugar free after I was first diagnosed in 1993 is sugar free Christmas chocolates and sugar free wafers. The chocolates were sent every year by my loving aunt who was just trying to be helpful. Little did she know that they were incredibly disgusting and no kid was going to devour them happily. The wafers were a different story. My grandma would buy them for me and to me, you couldn't even tell they were sugar free. They were crunchy, airy, and just delicious.

 

I don't really remember feeling like I wasn't getting certain foods or like I was so different from the other kids. Maybe I did and I've blocked it out. I do remember my mother always trying to make me feel included. Sugar free easter bunnies if my brothers got the real kind. Yogurt with a small amount of sprinkles. Little things to supplement the sugar free life.

 

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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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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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