type II diabetes
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I know a lot of people who are diabetic, and I grew up around it. I do have a family history, so as soon as I have health insurance again, I will go and get tested. Major mood swings, wake up grumpy, if I don't eat regularly it gets really bad. I don't know if it's diabetes or hypoglycemia, I get wicked headaches if I miss a meal, and I have come close to passing out from it when I first started noticing it. I can't concentrate, loose coordination, etc. In the research I have done, though, it seems that hypoglycemia is really hard to diagnose and often overlooked, so I'll have to wait and see.
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Originally Posted by Ford_Six
I know a lot of people who are diabetic, and I grew up around it. I do have a family history, so as soon as I have health insurance again, I will go and get tested. Major mood swings, wake up grumpy, if I don't eat regularly it gets really bad. I don't know if it's diabetes or hypoglycemia, I get wicked headaches if I miss a meal, and I have come close to passing out from it when I first started noticing it. I can't concentrate, loose coordination, etc. In the research I have done, though, it seems that hypoglycemia is really hard to diagnose and often overlooked, so I'll have to wait and see.
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
be careful with your symptoms. my best friend eric died 2 monthes ago from something called flash diabetes. it is sudden. the signs are thurst extreme thurst headaches, being grumpy and kind of spacy in the head. we should have noticed the signs but it was to late. one day he showed up was very thirsty drank 6 glasses of water in 15 mins got a headache went home fell alseep and went into a coma died 5 hours later in the hospistal. they said signs of this could be subtle up to a month before.
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Originally Posted by VikingBabe
As I mentioned before, when my husband realized he had to drop all the heavy foods, he was shocked. Thought nothing else would give him the needed energy to work. "Rabbit food" just would not cut it...so he thought. He also had his favorite food cravings and he just plain 'steeled" himself from giving in. Quit cold turkey.
Talking about a "grumpy" bear for awhile. That and trying to figure out what he could eat from a diabetic list.
Talking about a "grumpy" bear for awhile. That and trying to figure out what he could eat from a diabetic list.
On the other hand, I grew up in a Scotish household where everything was fried and you had 'sweets' with every meal. I married a girl from Pennsylvania Dutch stock and the fried part of my diet went away real quick. But she took to the 'sweets' with every meal part of my culture.
Funny enough I can take or leave the sweets (mostly leave them now and not miss it). The two biggest threats from my cultural upbringing being bread and potatoes which we ate in abundance.
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I lost a nephew like that too. He was thirst, so the Mom gave him a six pack of 7-UP, which he drank and went into a coma.
She didn't notice that for awhile. He died at the hospital.
But keep dirinking water. That's never been proved to be a problem.
She didn't notice that for awhile. He died at the hospital.
But keep dirinking water. That's never been proved to be a problem.
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mmmmm fresh baked bread, butter and Strawberry jam.....
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We went grocery shopping and cleaned out the kitchen yesterday. She cried several times. Her BG isn't going down much, if any, and spikes alot. But then her doc only put her on a 10mg med. I would have figured as high as hers was, based on what I've seen in other diabetes forums, that he would put her on something stronger to get it down quickly and then lower the meds to control. She keeps telling me I don't have to watch what I eat, we checked my bg with her meter, it was 90. But when I tell her that I'm sticking with her, she starts crying saying I'm starving myself because of her. I'll admit that the diet ain't easy but I'm going to do it for her.
Sorry, had to vent a little. Don't have anyone IRL to talk to about this.
Sorry, had to vent a little. Don't have anyone IRL to talk to about this.
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Doc's dont want to change anything quickly. It can be affected by so many things.
She's lucky you are dieting with her. I dont have that Luxury around here. Her health is getting to where we both need to see the Dietitian though.
90's OK. If your healthy other wise, even lower is OK.
My lowest is 51. The Doc said "Dont let that BG get too low or you'll find your missing some segments of your Soap Opera"
Now I'm having trouble keeping the Fasting below 130. 185 isn't too unusual.
Spin, when our Farm went broke, we lived on Bisquits n' Gravy for a whole summer and part of a winter. I still love that stuff today.
We also ate about 100 old laying hens. I couldn't force down another piece a boiled Chicken to this very day. D'ja ever eat Chickens Feet? Good lord, I hope to high heaven I never get to the place where I have to eat like that again.
She's lucky you are dieting with her. I dont have that Luxury around here. Her health is getting to where we both need to see the Dietitian though.
90's OK. If your healthy other wise, even lower is OK.
My lowest is 51. The Doc said "Dont let that BG get too low or you'll find your missing some segments of your Soap Opera"
Now I'm having trouble keeping the Fasting below 130. 185 isn't too unusual.
Spin, when our Farm went broke, we lived on Bisquits n' Gravy for a whole summer and part of a winter. I still love that stuff today.
We also ate about 100 old laying hens. I couldn't force down another piece a boiled Chicken to this very day. D'ja ever eat Chickens Feet? Good lord, I hope to high heaven I never get to the place where I have to eat like that again.
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Originally Posted by Thudpucker
Spin, when our Farm went broke, we lived on Bisquits n' Gravy for a whole summer and part of a winter. I still love that stuff today.
We also ate about 100 old laying hens. I couldn't force down another piece a boiled Chicken to this very day. D'ja ever eat Chickens Feet? Good lord, I hope to high heaven I never get to the place where I have to eat like that again.
We also ate about 100 old laying hens. I couldn't force down another piece a boiled Chicken to this very day. D'ja ever eat Chickens Feet? Good lord, I hope to high heaven I never get to the place where I have to eat like that again.
Lots of fried or scrambled eggs for dinner and a dish my mom called mince that was fried up hamburger meat and chopped carrots and onions. I know my parents went through some hard times in the late 50's but I was too young to notice.
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Mothers all deserve a big hand for feeding us as well as they did. I cannot ever remember a bad meal or going hungry.
Sometimes it wasn't something I wanted or could even stand to put in my mouth, but I've eaten good all my life. Thanks Mom!
My old Irish Grandmother was the one who knew what we could eat out of the woods, and what time of year we could eat that stuff .
With an outhouse, you just didn't need a physic in the middle of the night.
No electricity, no flash light, and not enough time to light a lantern.
So when she started bringing in Dandelion tops, and the leaves off certain trees, I started getting skinny.
We had whole milk, Hog's and all the meat that comes with them. Head cheese, blood pudding, Oysters and all of it salted because we had no refridgeraton.
Just a root celler.
Chickens, and once she waited up three nights to get the 'whatever' that was raiding the eggs in the henhouse.
It was a Weasel, and when she shot the little SOB, we ate that too.
Somehow I learned to eat what I had and when I had it. I think it's something I just cant un-learn.
Sometimes it wasn't something I wanted or could even stand to put in my mouth, but I've eaten good all my life. Thanks Mom!
My old Irish Grandmother was the one who knew what we could eat out of the woods, and what time of year we could eat that stuff .
With an outhouse, you just didn't need a physic in the middle of the night.
No electricity, no flash light, and not enough time to light a lantern.
So when she started bringing in Dandelion tops, and the leaves off certain trees, I started getting skinny.
We had whole milk, Hog's and all the meat that comes with them. Head cheese, blood pudding, Oysters and all of it salted because we had no refridgeraton.
Just a root celler.
Chickens, and once she waited up three nights to get the 'whatever' that was raiding the eggs in the henhouse.
It was a Weasel, and when she shot the little SOB, we ate that too.
Somehow I learned to eat what I had and when I had it. I think it's something I just cant un-learn.
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Originally Posted by Thudpucker
Somehow I learned to eat what I had and when I had it. I think it's something I just cant un-learn.
After my Dad died and mom came to live with us, not only was I required to clean my plate but she dumped any of her leftovers on too, drove my wife nuts.
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After my Dad died and mom came to live with us, not only was I required to clean my plate but she dumped any of her leftovers on too,[I] drove my wife nuts.
LOL, boy that was another day and time wasn't it?
By the time we left that old Irish woman's farm, I wasn't amazed at anything any more.
LOL, boy that was another day and time wasn't it?
By the time we left that old Irish woman's farm, I wasn't amazed at anything any more.