August 18 2013: Changing Medicine Regime, Still Anxious and Fearful but the Support Groups are Truly Helping: I Can Laugh Again!

August 18 at 7:19am

Switched from Levemir back to Novolog 70/30 last night, waking BG is 98. Had a cup of cottage cheese and a clementine just after I took the Novolog 70/30 - those foods don't seem to bother my numbers.

I was a bit anxious about switching back but seems ok for now.

August 18 at 1:06pm

Positive studies supporting cinnamon for diabetics - these are short and show the results, you have to pay to see the entire complicated study:

1) http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/6/1552.short

2) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01629.x/abstract;jsessionid=E74CFA717B284E1D072DC7219C2C165D.d04t04?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage&userIsAuthenticated=false

3) http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/12/3215.short

Not sure:

1) http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/Y07-080#.UhEK05LVArU

Not positive has to do with postmenopausal Type II's and Type I's:

1) http://jn.nutrition.org/content/136/4/977.short

2) http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/4/813.short

And this is probably most useful showing it is a supportive herb:

http://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227(03)00173-6/abstract

There are tons of studies available and it will take several studies and trials to come to a conclusion. Use the google scholar search engine and search fr diabetes and whatever herb you wish to know about.

August 18 1:42pm  

I am still in "I am going to be one of those to reverse my disease" mode but I am getting closer to "lowering insulin dose and maybe going on an oral med" - my diabetes is weight related and I still have a lot to lose. Type II runs in the family (only when very much overweight) and I am the first to have been put on insulin (although it may have saved my dad's life in the 1960's) and with weight loss is managed by diet alone. I am seeing that I am not the only one who has a hard time accepting their disease or have a terrible fear of dying in their sleep. Today my am fasting was 98, at noon was 100, we'll see what the 2 hour pp is at 2:30 now that I am not bolusing (I am not on Levemir and bolusing anymore, I went back to Novolog 70/30 am & pm)

August 18 at 2:03pm

I was *** (Novolin 22U am 15Upm) in January switched doctors and am on a more realistic dose of Novolog started losing weight without changing anything and I weighed *** August 1st, I see the doc again next week. I go to the garden everyday! My goal is to be able to walk my dog in the park, right now because of my sciatica I can only manage sitting on the park bench - my pup is a year old chocolate lab and its kinda like torture to her. She enjoys the extended time in the fenced yard and helping me in the garden lol.