Hi all,
I've been a type 1 since I was just shy of 24 y.o. I'm now 31 and havn't had any problems yet. My numbers used to be excellent, but within the past year they have spiked and I am still trying to figure out the solution.
I was the first one in my family diagnosed (with type 1), but since ALL of my aunts and uncles as well as my mom have been diagnosed with type 2. Share the wealth or something...my mother was trying to figure out where my diabetes came from in the family. Never mind that it isn't necessarily hereditary. She doesn't wonder so much now.
My job as a police officer is a little hard on the feet. After a shift my feet sometimes tingle a little, but that would probably happen without diabetes. Good boots are a must. Exercise helps keep things moving and feeling good too.
I do have a question....For those of you on pumps, what gauge is the catheter and how painful/difficult is it to change out. Might be a little difficult to use under my vest, but it may help with my control issues. It's something to look into.
A far as my modeling goes, again no problems. I don't need glasses to see the detail parts, and on my last eye exam I was still almost off the scale for vision. At least if it is ever effected, I have some breathing room before it becomes a problem. I do need to get some carpeting layed down in my basement though. Building a shelf layout attached directly to the walls so carpeting could wait, but I'm sure it would be more comfortable.
Hang in there everybody...If the pharmaceutical companies see a profit in it (greater than selling the medicines to control it) they may actually find a cure!
Marc
Those Dr. Scholes shoe inserts work pretty good. (don't get the cheap knock offs) Your whole family has it and your mom wondered where you got it from? My mom was the same way untill I pointed out all the relatives that had "sugar" in the family.3-4 generations ago doctors didn't really know what it was or what caused it. I worked with a guy that freaked out on me when he heard I gave blood. Said I was going to infect other people. He though you could catch it from somebody.
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tsgtbob wrote:For some reason, this subject has popped up on several forums lately, which is a good thing!
That would be my doing
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GAPPLEG wrote:Well just out of curiosity I scrolled through all seven pages, and using just my memory(LOL) I counted thirty of us, what a collection we have. I guess were not a large percentage , but a large group none the less.
There may be only 30 or so posters, but we've had over 2500 hits!!! If only 3% of the hits are from fellow diabetics that's 75 people! Add to this the number of modelers that do not participate in this forum & it becomes rather substantial! I've posted on the Diabetes Assoc board http://community.diabetes.org/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=index&webtag=amdiabetesz&redirCnt=1 and there seems to be some interest there as well. I'm sure our fellow diabetics number well into the thousands overall!
I heard that 30-40% of folks in the U.S. have some sort of diabetes and don't know it.
I had a real bad week last week. I was droping stuff left and right. I think I did more swearing than modeling.
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I try and stay away from the breads and pastas and other carbs. The sugar doesn't bother me that much. There's enough good tasting sugar free tea and lemonade out there that I don't miss soda.
Old Jarred talks about the low fat Subway subs. Wonder how many carbs they have with all that bread?
loathar wrote:I heard that 30-40% of folks in the U.S. have some sort of diabetes and don't know it.
Two years ago at a church festival we had an R.N. doing blood pressure screenings, and mine was 160/100 for the first time in my life. The family physician is an internal medicine specialist who said a full blood draw might show something helping to create the high blood pressure.
The sugar reading was at 125. The second blood draw a month later was 127. That just happened to be the tipping level where one has consistantly crossed over into Type II Diabetes territory.
Two years later, the blood pressure is controlled at 120/70, and; one Actos of 15mg/day takes care of my Type II Insulin Resistance, and in effect controls sugar similar to the way blood pressure is controlled by medication.
The result: Blood sugar has never been higher than that 127, and it has averaged 103-106 for the past couple of months.
Questions: What if I had not taken that initial blood pressure reading? What if I had not acted quickly after the discovering high blood pressure? What if we had not uncovered the Type II Diabetes so early in its spiraling development?
Like all of you, I don't know what the future holds, but I can certainly testify that the sooner you discover a medical problem and take care of it with what preventative action you can, the better off you will be in the long run!
P.S.: The Actos website is quite informative - http://actos.com/
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Just posted to the Diabetes forum on the Diabetes Association website.
My problem is I like juice orange and cranbery/grape but can not have much if any at all
I eat pizza and pasta in small amounts every now and then and I also have a colesteral problem from too much Beef mostly trying to fill that void with what I can have I have switched to a vegei burrito at Chipotle mexican grill has more flavor and is a once a week treat as there is a small amount of carbs in the beans, rice and shell. If I did this more often I would probably get sick.
I have a part time temp job referbuishing old computers and setting them up for those who are trying to reenter the work force after a bout with mental illness or substance abuse. And I am finding that handeling these big @$$ desktop/towers is wearing me out not to mention running up and down stairs from my work area and the IT office. I find it does not take much to work up a sweat and this can cause a drop in sugar levels.
And the word spreads 47 hits and one reply on the atlas forum.
I would like to thank the moderators for allowing this thread to exist and for posting links about diabetes in the ads.
I've already made a reply to this thread way back when it first started, but at that time I was feeling okay. After over four years of feeling well, Sunday night I started feeling bad after eating dinner. My legs became weak, I started feeling shaky, my head began to hurt, I got dizzy, queasy at my stomach, started having problems seeing and became real sleepy. Now here it is Tuesday and I'm still not feeling all that great. Until I start feeling normal again there's no way I'm going to be able to work on my layout, enjoy my trains or anything else for that matter.
Young people, please cut back on sodas and sweets in general while you can. Eat plenty of green vegetables and get lots of exercise and sleep. You don't want to end up sick like this. This stuff is no fun at all...
Tracklayer
I know that feeling. I went to Steak n Shake yesterday. I didn't even really pig out like I normally do. Got home and felt like total crap. Checked my sugar and it was 650. Felt bad enough that I almost went to the hospital. It seems like my diabetes has gotten worse over the past few weeks.
Hang in there Tracklayer.
loathar wrote: I know that feeling. I went to Steak n Shake yesterday. I didn't even really pig out like I normally do. Got home and felt like total crap. Checked my sugar and it was 650. Felt bad enough that I almost went to the hospital. It seems like my diabetes has gotten worse over the past few weeks.Hang in there Tracklayer.
Thanks loathar. I'm trying. On top of all else, I also have spring allergies along with a low grade body temp, but can't take any medication for it because it makes me feel depressed... It really sucks to be me right now.
You hang in there too man. I hope you get back to normal soon.