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Princess- You know, two things just occured to me. Your trying so hard and still seeing so many HIGHS so either:
1)your ratio of carbs to insulin might just be misproportioned
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2)Maybe your not counting carbs properly?….
Do you think any of these make sense??
Hi everyone! Numbers have been okay bh! Not great but pretty good. Only one low a couple of highs…
Dx3- sitting in one place and driving 1000 miles is definitely not the greatest thing for blood sugars… You need to do a mile run every couple of hours or….maybe just try the car dance that should get you moving 🙂
Have a great Yom tov everyone!!
coffee- I read the other thread too..I have no words. Just keep davening and remember that Hashem is our father and he put you in a certain situation/position and he’s the only one that can help you through it. He always listens to your tefillos. The reason Hashem gives us nisyonos is so that we can come close to him through tefilla. Use your nisayon as a stepping stone to form a deep bond with HKBH and you’ll see a yeshuah! Just keep davening and talking to him..HE listens.
Just wait it out and keep the carbs really low until youre back on track…not much else I can think of sorry 🙁
Mosh3- welcome back! we haven’t heard from you in a while! 🙂
coffee- are you coming down with something? Stress? hormones? Maybe its the not moving around too much…
sweet- Thanks 🙂 glad you enjoyed!
So cool that your friend is engaged to a D boy. Mazel tov! Did she call you to ask a million questions??
dx3- lol! I actually used to really really not like avocados but after I tried it a couple of times the taste grew on me. try the recipe its really good maybe that’ll help 🙂 If you like broccoli that also has a lot of potassium, winter squash do too!
thanks cofee!! Glad you enjoyed! Zucker is Yiddish for sugar so its just a play on words…it was actually my sister’s idea (or maybe my brother in law??!)As for “Rochelle” there’s a reason for that but I cant spill all my secrets here 🙂
GOQ- It’s not, Just turns out that majority of those who joined the forum are type 1.
You can stay here though dont worry 🙂
dx3- Iyh ad Me’ah Ve’esrim! May HKBH give you the strength and tools to overcome your D both physically and spiritualy!
Do you make a seudas hodaah in real life btw? We do! 🙂
princess- oy I cant believe it that must have been hard being in the hosp all shabbos. I cant imagine having to beg for insulin lol but Im glad you now see insulin as a blessing 🙂 although I an sorry you had to learn it the hard way 🙁 Are you feeling better now?
cofee- your attitude about your foot is amazing keep it up! Cant wait till your back on your feet! 🙂 My articles are “Why is this night different” and “An avocado a day”
sweetooth- lol I cant either believe I am still making this decision..truth is that I didnt have so much time to think about it this week so I sort of put it on hold but the pump companies are driving me up a wall calling me every day to see if I made a decision yet! whatever! Im keeping them waiting…
health- I think she meant bile
princess- Hey howd you guess it was me? Thanks for the compliment 🙂 I didnt even get my copy yet im starting to wonder whether I paid membership or not lol! ..I see your logic about the insulin technically making you gain the weight but how do you want to have energy if everything you take in goes right out without being utilized in your body???? Just keep going your doing great!!!! :))) Im really proud of you and you should know that I daven for you every day!
cofee- maybe you didnt pay membership..glad to hear your managing with your foot but I still feel bad for you it must hurt a lot! try to rest up!
dx3- back to that! yes it would be a good idea for me and that explains why I still havent made my decision about the pump! They keep calling me from the pump companies and I dont have an answer for them yet.. Should I go for the medtronic with cgm and be all tubed up or the omnipod and a seperate cgm..????!!! OY!
Reb- When I do vigorous exercise that makes me go really low -which btw doesnt happen too often, I eat a meal before without covering for it or only covering for lets say half of it. This way I avoid the low and at the same time avoid having to eat an “extra” snack and offset the exercise. Try it say, after breakfast??!
princess- The fact that your saying that you tend to go higher in evenings is a good sign cuz it means your numbers are better if your noticing the high now! 🙂 KEEP IT UP! If you have a fear of using insulin it means your thinking of insulin as the enemy! Dont think that way. Insulin is a wonderful tool that can and WILL help you live a normal, healthy, and iyh long life. It is in no way an enemy- not even for weight gain! Weight gain is from food not from insulin! Please, please cover your carbs with appropriate insulin and I think that once you have your D under control you’ll feel much better about yourself and you’ll have an easier time losing weight :)))
WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN DO IT!
OMG cofeefan! How are you feeling? How in the world did you do that??!! The meds might affect your BG I guess it’ll b trial and error all over again! Ask your doc though… Oy I really feel bad for you REFUAH SHELEIMAH!!!
csilver- welcome! Sorry I dont have any advice for you as I was diagnosed at a later age (18. You should probably call the camp nurse and ask her if there are any other campers with type 1. There probably are… Just wanted to wish you Hatzlacha!! 🙂
dx3- I have heard of people getting headaches from artificial sweeteners…dont know much about it though.
princess- Yes you are correct that insulin is not really what makes you gain weight its the foods that are supposed to cause a rise in insulin that can potentialy cause weight gain. However, think about energy balance. In order to lose weight you have to use more energy that you are taking im- negative energy balance. This is the trick! Not taking insulin is only going to cause problems along with the weight loss and is TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT! I never even entertained that thought and PLEASE dont either its really a detrimental approach. I beg you not to!
I think im changing my motto to:
WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN DO IT! How does that sound since we’re all in this together ?
tralala- welcome back! We missed you here! I can feel for you for what your’ going through it must be so hard.. I sometimes feel the same about shidduchim…u have to have good A1cs while in shidduchim cuz ill havta give them to the other party and then once I get engaged its gotta be strict control till the wedd and then the kids Be’ezras hashem….Yup its b’h a never ending cycle for good things!! Keep tight (pum inteded 🙂 and you’ll see that hashem will help you because your showing him that you want to help yourself too!!
Coffee- beautiful perspective!!
forever1- ur right about basing my decision on the present thanks! i guess i shouldnt count the chickens before they hatch.
I dont have a deadline by which to make my decision ..prob not such a good thing cuz ill think about it forever now !!
cofee- besides the occlusions anything else negative about omni..anyting you miss that you had on the other pumps that you dont have with omni?
thanks everyone!!! I really really appreciate all of your input!! 🙂
cofee- she said that if i wear it on my leg it should be on the top/surface (dont know how to call it) part of my thigh. I liked it on the side…but its really not that noticeable on the surface of my thigh.. I was just playing around with the demo pod that I have and I realized that if I put it on my abdomen and I pull my tights over it it blends it and makes it hardly noticable!! I sound like such an inconsisten person here I keep changing my mind! lol
reb- sorry to hear it didnt work out 🙁 Iyh the right one in the right time! How did your numbers work out though?
cofee- Amen! (about making the right choice)… Your always so helpful with decisions!!
so i was thinking about it all shabbos and im leaning toward the omnipod now cuz i like that you dont havta pull anything from hidden places like you do with the pumps in order to bolus or anything… What do you girls do when you want to bolus if you keep it in your tights??
about the CGM I cld get the dexcom but it wont be integrated..i decided its really no biggy cuz im prob not gonna use it that often anyway and besides they are gonna integrate it with the omni soon (i think when they make the pod smalller)
I also like that the pdm is a glucose monitor so ur only carrying one thing..
Basically my only hesitation is hiding the pod…kinda weird cuz initially what pulled me toward the pod was that i thought hiding it was easier than the rest!
wow cofee ur good!! thanks for asking! yup she came today she was really nice ..All the pumps sound good I dont know what to do now !!! HELP!!! I’m basically jugling between medtronic and omnipod.
I like that medtronic has integrated CGM and the features sound great..
I like that omni is wireless . .but becuase im smallish i dont have that many places to put it cuz either itll show or not enough flesh.. they are coming out with a smaller pod but not till end of the year …
Omni has a 45 day return policy…medtronic is 30 day. Maybe is should start out with omni and if i dont like it ill go with medtronic
PLEASE HELP!!!!
sweet- If I didnt know better I’d say you work for Rabbi Meisels from the way you wrote about the cornflakes (Well maybe I dont know better!! hmmm??) 🙂
cofee- cornflakes are pretty high on the glycemic index. They dont have a lot of fiber and not too much overall nutrtion. Kashi, bran flakes, shredded wheat ..are all much better options. The carb count of cornflakes is pretty low but so is the nutritional value.
Happens to be that my doc doesnt really like that I eat cereal for breakfast even though I eat very high fiber, healthy cereals. She says im better off eating 2 slices of ww bread. I dont listen to her cuz i dont have time for that in the morn but I really should..
Dx3- I meant that 120 should be her highest number. SHe should have great control! 🙂
cornflakes? c’mon what happened to Bran Flakes at least?
Princess- I can write but not poems on the spot.
Shabbos- Yes it could definitely get tough and from the time I was diagnosed until I saw a good number after friday night meal was probably like almost a year! The main carb is challah so try to weigh a slice before on a food scale that counts carbs. This way you have that accounted for properly. THe rest isnt really that carby (at least in my house)…and yeah, basically the real way to have excellent control is to stay away from too much nosh and cake. Of course you can have some but just dont overdo it. Maybe tell yourself before shabbos that you’ll have X amount and try to stick to your commitment! Let me know how it feels to have a “controlled” shabbos!!!:) like I say YOU CAN DO IT!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Princess- AMAZING! Did you make that up on the spot? So cool!!!
Dx3- Happy Birthday! Ad Me’ah Ve’esrim in years and in max BG lol!
DX3 and princess- Great Poems!! Really really nice! Keep em coming!
I dont know what I’d do without this forum 🙂 Thanks everyone you’re the best!!
Reb- Just to let you know that im thinking about you…. Hatzlacha and may this be the right one and the right time! 🙂
Princess- sounds like your fighting “The battle of the bulge” lol. Im so happy that your seeing some good numbers these days..keep it up and pride yourself on your efforts!!! You’ll see that once you get really into it itll get much easier and you’ll WANT to have good control and you’ll feel better about yourself and also physically better!!
Keep us updated ..prayin for ya!
reb- I’m rooting for you!! Hatzlacha Rabba!!!! and have a great time:)))))
I think stress does raise my blood sugars but it depends on the type fo stress…too much work doesnt raise mine but if im nervous about something/going somewhere (ie date) than I think it does go up… part of the excitement!
Woah! All I did was not check yeshiva world for like 5 hours and i have like an hours work of reading to do lol!
Rebb- I am so excited for you im gonna start prayin… hello its totally not pretending. Just like you dont tell a guy e/t about urself on the first date you dont have to tell him this either!
Princess- admitting that you ate is not a sin..in order to survive you need to eat..and in order to eat you need to give urself insulin- simple as that! You sound like your working at it now so im proud of you!!! 🙂 keep it up!
about staying positive- Its definitely something that I have worked on but I think its also something I was born with to an extent bh!
btw princess and sweetooth do u know eachother?
Reb- that’s a wise decision!! hatzlacha!
cofee- The rep’s name is sharon ..she actually sounds Jewish so that would be cute! I’ll ask about occlusions. THanks!
forever1- Thanks for the advice:) oh and welcome back we missed you here!
cofeefan- That’s a cute story… ur insurance had no problem letting you switch? im afraid that if i dont like it Ill havta wait 5 yrs to switch.
U wear you pod on ur abdomen you said right? On me its totally obvious there so I think my leg is the best place. when the rep comes ill ask her if its fine over there. I had the demo on for two days and it was really fine. It felt a bit heavy but thats prob s/t u get used to. It was also a bit annoying when I sat down but nu nu
thanks cofeefan and Dx3!! I really appreciate your helping me make this decision..
The thing is like this. Everyone is telling me that the pod is so hard to hide cuz its bulky but the way I look at it is that the site for the others may be easier to hide but the actual pump is NOT!
cofeffan- btw you’re amazing yourself! What you wrote before was beautiful !!! what made you switch from the other pump to omni?
Also, if I do go with the animas or medtronic any ideas of where to hide it? (we totall discussed this a million times btw.sorry everyone)
princessEagle- I think it is so uncool that im not on the pump I feel so left out here! lol
But im actually working on getting onto the pump. I had someone from animas come to my house today and someone from medtronic comin tomorrow, friday is omnipods turn!!!
But I really need everyones help here with making the decision im already so confused!!!!!
Wow! I leave my computer for a couple of hours and I miss everything!!! 🙂
Coffefan- totally remember those days..glad we dont have to struggle to make conversation anymore lol..Its really amazing whats happening here and im so happy cuz we have more people to learn from 🙂
sweetooth- You are too amazing for me! I wish I could have such an A1c..my last one was 7.1 but its usually in the 6’s. We’re you using Neesha at Maimo? Im using kazachkova starting to get annoyed with her so I want to find an adult endo soon..
PrincessEagle- I didnt go to the shabbatons cuz I keep my D secret and I only got it when I was 18 and soon to be in shidduchim so I just never went… Bh I discovered this support group..dont know what I’d do without it.
about me being this way in real life, I’m pretty much the same but I dont express myself so much in real life..I’d probably have a hard time saying all the things I say here in person. That’s why I like this place so much :)))
btw everyone I decided that as soon as one of us gets engaged we have to find a way to invite e/o to the vort so we can finally meet!!!!
I was never at the shabbatons…
Also, dont forget to tell the boy that you want this to remain between you, him and only the people he needs to discuss it with..you dont want it getting around the whole world
Great idea coffefan! Princess- I think you should try that way
Dx3- that’s a great idea!!!! Maybe ill try that one next time around (and hopefully the right time around!!)
didnt she notice that you drank diet soda on the other dates though? lol
PrincessEagle- Congrats on having a good day! If you did it today you can for sure do it again tomorrow c’mon!!
YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT!!!
cofeefan- I just brought it up out of the blue pretty much..well not totally cuz we had discussed why I am going for the degree that I am going for (in health field) and I sort of gave a vague answer “just cuz i like it”- same answer I give everyone else..So I said remember you asked me why im becoming a ___ well now I have to tell you the real reason…and then I told him…and the story of how, when, what, where was just for interest sake..He didnt ask to many questions I think he didnt want to pry cuz he was afraid I didnt want to talk about it.
About the black dots- mine arent really noticeable. Maybe you should lower the lancing number. I do it on #2.
kedem makes a “light grape juice” its basically watered down with 1/3 the amount of sugar..u can buy it in any grocery
dx3- that’s right!!
Once when I was going out I was so nervous about telling on the third date cuz I didnt feel i was ready for that so we asked and were told that I should only tell when I feel that “this can go somewhere” as long as its not tooo late. knowing that I wasnt pressured to tell at a certain # date was a relief … 3-4 is usually the right time though depending on the situation
Welcome Sweetooth! (love ur screename!)
Wow your A1c is awesome!! How’d you do that?
Do you keep your D a secret or are you open about it? ..sorry for all the q’s 🙂 I’m 21, type 1 and also in shidduchim 🙂 You should read back a bit so u can get to know us..btw Rebbitzen is a girl too! lol
Glad you joined!
DX3- I feel the same way about being accepted for who I am. I also feel and hope that the boy that will be willing to “sacrifice” so to speak will be a mature, good hearted, and caring person who looks beyond the surface. These are the things that count in life and this gives me chizuk!
princessEagle- glad my attitude is rubbing off 🙂 I still say the tehillim I dont know if the others do. .. Its perakim 20 and 130. (sorry dont know how to write hebrew letters)
I really wish you would take control of yourself again princessEagle. Diabetes is not easy but its also something that b’h today we are able to control. Hashem gave us the means to control the disease and we have to do our best at using those tools to keep healthy.
I also have those moments when I feel like giving up but I tell myself that for every fingerstick and every injection that I do I get a mitzva of “vnishmartem me’od l’nafshoseichem.” This really keeps me going because I feel like I have an extra mitzva that other “healthy” people dont have. Think about it…and Try it!
On the humorous side of things think of it like this: Aside from just being an ordinary human being you’re also a walking talking pancreas!!! Now that is COOL! 🙂
Rebbitzen- Yay!! I am so excited for you!! Please don’t be nervous it’ll all work out iyh. This is what I do (I think i said this once before but dont mind me if i repeat myself)
Firstly, I eat a supper that I know the exact amount of carbs-not one of those guess and test type.
I dont cover for the whole supper but almost all of it this way Im a little bit high so I dont have to worry about going low. Of course I always feel low before I leave the house becuase Im nervous but I know that its not a real low.
I’ve done it quite a few times and it worked out well every time bh! Try it! And may this be the right one iyh and it should go smoothly and clearly!!
Someone once told me, “If its the right one it should go quick and if its the wrong one ch’v it should go quicker!”
And btw for all of you out there that are nervous about telling a boy about your D dont worry so much its not that bad. Not that its easy but … I did it once on a forth date and the boy was totally shocked he almost didnt believe me lol He did not say no because of it. Actually him and his mother/fam said it was a reason to say yes not no! In the end it didnt work out for other reasons but it was all bashert and I got my practice so next time around I’ll really know what to say.
coffeefan- lol where do you live? im from BP!! Also, I wrote under a pen name so its not gonna give me away ha ha :)-
princessEagle- I dont generally write, except for college ..essay type stuff. The articles I wrote for FWD arent THAT great. Theyre not personal, inspirational type theyre pretty factual and some tips and advice … I dont like the first one but the second one is pretty good I think. I think its coming out in like 2 weeks or something.
So, why do you find yourself slacking with ur numbers is it because your burnt out? were you always like this? are you going through a hard time? etc (dont havta answer if its personal!)
princessEagle- Rabbi Meisels sent around an email a while ago looking for writers so I emailed him that Id like to try it..he told me what to write about ..pretty vague though- write about Pesach and Type 1! SO I did and then they asked me to do another one they gave me the topic and a lot of the research for it and I put it together.. They’re both in the newsletter he showed me a preview 🙂
What did you write in there cuz i save all the newsletters 🙂
I never heard of an insurance wanting to take away the pump becuase someone is not in good control. That’s usually the reason they give it to begin with!
What was your last HgA1c?
I decided I dont think its fair or nice to do this to anyone! i am sorry that I responded to the question albeit my answer was not negative