I have been looking for a good rheumatologist and unfortunately the ones In have contacted are not taking new patients. It's scary that this seems to be a scarce resource.
Did you ask about the Freestyle Libre
If I eat a small snack when I get up to pee in the middle of the night-my fbg is usually substantially lower in the morning. At the same time, I need to lose more weight. If I save 100 calories or so at the end of the day, for a small "middle of the night snack" I could still maintain my daily 1500 calorie allowance. (By eating only 1400 calories) Just not sure if it would be a healthy habit to continue.
My bloodsugar sits thru the whole day very normal now,like 111 was today's, when I go to bed I'm fine, within 5 hours of sleep it goes up alot, then right before I wake up,it drops back down. I'm lack… read more
So the past 2 weeks my routine has flipped since going back to work overnights (graveyard shift) I met with my diabetes educator/nutritionist and have learned that it is way harder on the pancreas and liver with this backwards schedule.
Does anyone else work graveyard shift and have any tips or tools to utilize
Get off of graves
We always get screwed on medications costs in the USA.
I'm told by federal politicians that receive huge donations from Big Pharma, that the development costs for new medications are justified… read more
May I just say MAGNESIUM. It took away my nerve pain. I no longer suffer the pain. I take 250mg or 500mg a day. Try it you can go to Walmart not expensive and just try it.
OK here goes. Aaron woke up early to a fbs Libre 6.3 (113) finger stick 6.1 (110), Angele gave him breakfast. I woke up and chating with them asking what time he ate, turns out it was 4 hrs, so I tried telling him he has to eat at least every 4 hrs or his sugar levels might drop, so seeing we have a Libre on him we checked and it was 5.0 (90), he tried getting up from bed but got dizzy. I told him yes 5.0 is good, but his body was above 50 (900) 5 weeks ago, while trying to convince him to eat… read more
Great tips shared hkc.
Will try remember them all.
This is actually from my dietitian... for an evening snack, pair a protein and a piece of fruit so my favorite is a few berries and some nuts.
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