Archive for August, 2007
What Can I Eat?
If you’re like me, when you first got your diagnosis of diabetes, you were terrified to eat.
Suddenly, food was the enemy. Everything that went in your mouth had the potential to cause you to have your feet amputated and go blind. Sounds a bit extreme now, but at the time, that’s what went through my […]
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Diabetic Supplements
Many people find natural supplements a valuable aid in improving their control of Type 2 Diabetes. Other people find they are able to maintain good control with diet, exercise and supplements alone, without any prescription medications.
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Diabetes Medical Alerts
Without question, Type 1 Diabetics should wear some sort of medical alert bracelet or necklace at all times. Type 2’s on insulin should as well. The dangers of going low, or hypo, are just too great and you see news stories all the time of hypo diabetics being confused for a drunk and not given […]
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Diabetic Frozen Shoulder
A little known complication of diabetes is a condition called Frozen Shoulder (medical name: adhesive capsulitis.)
Frozen shoulder is a condition in which adhesions in your body’s joints (typically the shoulder) cause severe pain and restrictive movement.
Prior to my diagnosis, I spent several years with limited range of motion in my shoulder and a burning pain sensation […]
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HbA1c: Diabetic Blood Test
If you’ve been diagnosed as a diabetic you are, or soon will be, quite familiar with a blood test called the HbA1c, or A1c for short.
The HbA1c test is used to monitor your diabetes. It is an average of your blood glucose levels over time and gives you a good idea of how well you […]
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Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
Although Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are very different diseases, they share many of the same symptoms.
The classic symptoms are: extreme thirst, frequent urination, extreme weight loss and fatigue. These can come on quite quickly in a type 1 diabetic, but can develop slowly in a type 2.
The thirst and urination are obviously tied […]
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Fast Food Diabetic
How to eat at fast food joints when you have Type 2 Diabetes.
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When to Check Blood Sugar
Blood glucose monitoring is a way of life for the diabetic. When you are first diagnosed, it is very important that you get a glucometer as soon as possible.
How often should I check? At first, pretty much all the time. The only way to come to grips with your diabetes is to learn, as soon […]
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Medications
If you aren’t able to control your Type 2 diabetes through diet and exercise, there are numerous medications available to you.
Often considered the “last resort”, insulin is always an option. Sometimes a doctor will prescribe insulin for a newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic in order to get dangerously high levels down to a more normal […]
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Chicken or Egg?
Which came first, the extra weight or the Type 2 Diabetes?
There is a prevailing opinion that fat people get Type 2 Diabetes *because* they are fat.
At the same time, there’s plenty of evidence that Type 2 Diabetes is an inherited genetic disorder of the metabolic system that is progressive.
Why is it so […]
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