Diabetes Update etc

[RobLL]

My Internist who reluctently supports my goal of near normal blood sugar levels wrote me an Rx for long acting Insulin, Lantus. This means only one injection a day, and it seems to be working. I have been using 20 rather than the 16 units he recommends, and my numbers are moving close to where I want them.

I had an appointment with eye doc today. He doesn't have any doubts that I should be low carbing, and aiming for normal Blood Glucose levels. I have mentioned before that I have had two sessions of retinopathy (that is the cause of blindness amongst diabetics), but this time everything looks good. And he told me to come back in a year. Both great news and a little scary. He also thinks he has found an Endo guy who likes patients to have low, that is normal, BGs.

I also have started using Brad Pilon's Eat Stop Eat plan, two days a week fasting from after dinner until the next dinner time. I watch my BGs closely, and find it quite easy. I don't get hungry until about 3 or 4 the next afternoon. Allegedly research shows insulin resistence going down from intermittent fasting.

[Lost Dog]

good, Rob.

[LisaS]

well done Rob - glad it seems to be working for you -

[elda]

Diabetes mellitus, often simply diabetes is a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) resulting from either low levels of the hormone insulin or from abnormal resistance to insulin's effects coupled with inadequate levels of insulin secretion to compensate. The characteristic symptoms are excessive urine production (polyuria), excessive thirst and increased fluid intake (polydipsia), and blurred vision; these symptoms may be absent if the blood sugar is mildly elevated.