Diabetes Support Group

To add to rebbitzen’s question. Im curious what people think about a type 1 marrying another type 1. Some people arent so excited about it

but a type one marrying a non diabetic is not a risk at all, right? ( i mean not more that anyone else’s chance of getting it)

Allsgr8 – I’ll try and answer you now. Protein can be converted to sugar. I posted this before. This usually occurs during a fasting state, but doesn’t have to. Maybe when you eat chicken -your body digests it slowly and then uses the protein to build other protein. But, when you eat eggs, your body quickly digests it and all of a sudden you have a lot of protein in you -some of the protein is used for your metabolic protein needs and the extra is converted to sugar like I expained in previous posts.

health, interesting info. I always knew protein could sometimes raise BG, didn’t know how. My doc actually sees is a lot happening with chicken, he calls it the chicken effect…

Would you know why coffee could raise BG, even with a minimun amount of milk?

Dairy I guess has the same answer as protein…

what do you mean by hypoglycemic symptoms?

I’m going out for the first time, and i’m very nervous about my blood sugars. How should i take my glucose monitor, and a drink just in case….

Well, from what you’ve posted in the past i assume the boy knows your a type 1 so in that case its no biggy if you take something small and sweet along..I just make sure that im a bit higher than usual before i leave the house and like this i dont really havto worry..stress raises your bgl’s a bit so you prob wont go low unless you bolused too much beforefore ..Hatzlocha Rabba and may this be the right one! 🙂

Forever -Allsgr8 listed two. Here’s more: fast heart rate (first slow), high bp (first low), breathing fast, pale, palpitations, weakness, twitching, nausea & vomiting, air hunger. Possibly convulsions and/or coma later.

Allgr8- And I thought rebbitzen was talking about going out for the first time after she was diagnosed as a diabetic. I guess my mind is too much on medicine.

Tralala- Winkies are a bad idea. They sell glucose pills in the drug store; this way you know how much sugar you’re getting (mg/gm).

health- from what rebbetzen has posted in the past she was diagnosed at age 9 i think so shes a pro at that already..its just dating for the first time!

Also, most diabetics will probably tell you that they use winkies. theyre great because they are pure glucose as opposed to juice which is fructose and takes more time to raise BGL. They’re better than gulcose tablets simply becuase theyre cheaper 🙂 also, personally, when i go low i dont need to measure exactly how many miligrams of glucose i need i take a drink or eat something really sweet and then i feel better within 10 minutes usually.. i assume most other diabetics dont either measure exactly how much they need.. what does everyone else out there do?

Yes Totally! I feel like eating the house when im low! I think its because I know that I can eat anything and I dont have to feel guilty about it 🙂

that is very interesting that protein raises the bg. you eat n. i know for sure that is the case with vegetables. also to the rebetzin i am almost sure the boy your going out with knows. if he did his hw and asked people and you dont hide it like its a terrible crime than people have let him know. its fine and the chance that your kids will get it is 50 50 but you should really talk to a dr. sometimes people get it because hashem wanted it to be so and it has nothing to do with genetics. i personally know two people with diabetes , one just had their 6th child and the other her second and they are fine!!!!

Rebbetzin- if the boy doesnt know you should definitey ask a she’lah because I and lots of other people were told not to tell until the third date!

tralala- im not sure what you mean? could you explain what you wrote in your last post?? …what do you mean by i didnt have this problem about telling- did he know before you went out? or did you tell him on the first date? etc..

homework or not, i dont think he knows. And if he does, it would be a lot easier for him to say something straight out, so i dont need to keep running to the bathroom to take my blood sugar, and possibly stuff my mouth with winkies! i’m so not looking forward! Hashem help!!!!!!!

Rebetzin- do you normally go to the bathrooom every half hour to check your sugar..i assume and hope not! so why should it be any different when your on a date? just be normal check your blood sugar before you leave the house (i mean before he comes) and then you should be fine..if you do feel yourself getting low and you dont wanna tell the boy just excuse yourself to the bathroom and eat a candy or something..its going to fine dont worry hashem will help you just like he helps everyone else!

cofeefan- welcome to our forum here! im also 20 and in shidduchim..does anyone know that you have diabetes?

cofeefan- Yes that makes perfect sense!! Happens to be that i was only diagnosed when I was 18 years old so at that point my parents felt it was best if we kept it just between our family.. a couple of reasons for this, firstly, for shidduchim! there is nothing “wrong” with me..its just a nisayon from hashem and there’s no reason that i only need to be redt to boys with “problems”. Secondly, because I wasnt a child anymore it was not imperitive that others know about the diabetes in case of emergency. When a young child is diagnosed its important for others to know in case something chas veshalom happens but i was already an adult- with hashems help i baruch hashem was never in a situation that anyone needed to know about my diabetes.!

So, basically boys dont know about my diabetes until i tell them (which i will only do after a third date iyh!)

allsgr8- i totally agree with you i’m glad to know someone else shares the same view as me… just one question.. what do you do on a date with your meter etc? i am on the omnipod system that has a meter and control device that is the size of a blackberry that i MUST have on me at all times… i don’t know what to dowith it when i go out… last few dates were BH either in the winter or when it was rainy that i had to bring a coat/jacket but now in the summer i don’t know what to do with it and winkies if i need them?

1.3 should be abt 25 mg/dl, that’s quite low, BH you caught it on time. Cofeefan- maybe a cute little wristlet, or just wearing something with pockets??? Winkies you can get away by tucking it in somewhere, but the PDM is more of a challenge.

So were a bunch of 20 yr T1 girls here, how cool is that:) yos11- you can send em here 😉

the truth is we probably know each other! did any of you go to the diabetes shabbaton?!

forever 1-that is cool!

yos11- when was the person diagnosed? was it at a younger or more mature age? My way of coping in the beginning (I was 18 yrs old) was that I felt that hashem was watching over me more than any other person in the world because he has to keep my blood sugars under control at every second of the day (of course i gotta do my part to keep them under control but you get the picture!). So i felt a special closeness to hashem. I also told myself that i was getting more mitzvos than any other “healthy” person beauese every time i checked my blood sugar i was getting a mitzva of vnishmartem meod l’nafshosechem. .btw i am totally not the rebetzin type of person this was just my way of dealing with the nisayon!

cofeefan- im still on injections because like i mentioned before i keep it quiet, so i dont have a cgm etc. i just dont take my meter along with me ..i check my numbers before i leave the house and take along some small candies in a purse or whatever..

health…. i think that’s a great idea except for the fact that we can’t just pick a boy who works in medicine like there is hundreds of them to chose from… especially because we are all young… but if you can find me one i definately agree it’s a good idea

and it still doesn’t solve the problem of whether to tell or not (at least for me) because i don’t need every boy knowing about it… doesn’t matter that he is in the medical feild he still might not be the one for me and i don’t need him knowing about my diabetes. it’s a complicated decsion that each person has to make on their own

hi again does anyone know if there are any Jewish books on diabetes type 1

cofeefan- my doctor who’s trying to get me onto the pump claims that there’s some type of band that you can put aroung your thigh and place your pump on it and it just stays there. that might be an ideal solution to hiding your omnipod if it fits..

btw does anyone know of an adult endocrine in the brooklyn area or manhattan who’s good cuz im still using a pediatric endocrine.

Also, i was thinking that maybe we should each daven for each other for shidduchim..how does that sound?

or and as far as endocronogist (spelling?) i use dr. elizabeth wallach in mount sini medical center in manhattan. she is great! she is technically a pediatric doctor but she takes people until 22 i think

hey i use Dr zwickler in Pomona he happens to be excellent diabetes doctor hes a frum guy and has semicha does anyone know him