About Me:
I'm a Midwestern gal that loves natural living. I follow a vegan lifestyle, practice yoga, and above all, love to have fun with friends and family. I've been a type 1 diabetic since I was 10. Please visit my blog, collegeveganista.wordpress.com to learn more about me.
Hi Veganlro, Coming down from a high is not a fun thing to do. During such times, have you thought to take a ketone reading. Clearing raised ketones from the blood takes much longer than bringing glucose levels to a normal setting. Urine testing has a lag time. It is my understanding that there are now two (2) different blood glucose meters which can take blood ketone readings. The bigger question is what can be done to bring blood ketone levels to an acceptable value? Hmmmm. Believe...
View full commentHi Veganlro,
Coming down from a high is not a fun thing to do. During such times, have you thought to take a ketone reading. Clearing raised ketones from the blood takes much longer than bringing glucose levels to a normal setting. Urine testing has a lag time. It is my understanding that there are now two (2) different blood glucose meters which can take blood ketone readings. The bigger question is what can be done to bring blood ketone levels to an acceptable value? Hmmmm. Believe me the faster I clear ketones the better I feel. There are solutions. Hope this comment helps and as always have a great day.
Dan
Hi VeganLro, Keep up the good work. Yes, normal is normal.... on a dryer too! Winston Churchill put it best....Never give up, NEVER give up, NEVER GIVE UP. As always have a great day. Dan
View full commentHi VeganLro, Keep up the good work. Yes, normal is normal.... on a dryer too! Winston Churchill put it best....Never give up, NEVER give up, NEVER GIVE UP. As always have a great day.
Dan
Thank you for sharing and I loved your photos. You definitely have a right and obligation to feel good about yourself. Congratulations. Sally
View full commentThank you for sharing and I loved your photos. You definitely have a right and obligation to feel good about yourself. Congratulations.
Hi Leanne, The true beauty of a women can be seen in her eyes, with an excitement for life and smile on her face and a realization that you have been created in the image of our creator. You are blessed with a special touch and you have it!! Next point. How often during your exercise pattern do you stop and check your blood glucose. Meaning try having set points and time for measuring the values and follow them over time for an ability to change your insulin flow. Hope this helps and as...
View full commentHi Leanne,
The true beauty of a women can be seen in her eyes, with an excitement for life and smile on her face and a realization that you have been created in the image of our creator. You are blessed with a special touch and you have it!! Next point. How often during your exercise pattern do you stop and check your blood glucose. Meaning try having set points and time for measuring the values and follow them over time for an ability to change your insulin flow. Hope this helps and as always have a great day.
PS...have a different suggestion. Go to www.metopera.org, hit HD and checkout where you can view the rebroadcast of the opera which was perfomred at the movieshow on October 13th. I believe the rebroadcast is November 7th. It was developed as a love story and not a comedy. There are some great thoughts.
Dan
Hi Veganlro, Caught the song very good. Question - saw that you use insulin shots, ? multiple daily ? Have used a insulin pump for some time. Setup three (3) different bolus settings. It is easier to adjust and or stop insulin flow rather than attempting to balance too much insulin with... ?how much food. One is set for a lazy day, one for a "typical day" and one for a very active day. Have rolled through all three on the same day. What it did require at the beginning was taking...
View full commentHi Veganlro,
Caught the song very good. Question - saw that you use insulin shots, ? multiple daily ? Have used a insulin pump for some time. Setup three (3) different bolus settings. It is easier to adjust and or stop insulin flow rather than attempting to balance too much insulin with... ?how much food. One is set for a lazy day, one for a "typical day" and one for a very active day. Have rolled through all three on the same day. What it did require at the beginning was taking blood glucose reading for some fifteen to tweny times for each of the 24 hour days described to set the basal settings on the pump. It is the morning that is the challenge. My first ten years with a pump I was blessed with a puppy that grew to respond to my morning lows. Right on the spot and she would get me up. PBS ran a two part program on dogs and they talk abount the success that a young child had when a trained dog entered the family. It makes a big difference. As always have a great day.
Dan
Hi Veganlro, I can appreciate your feelings. The title is bad, however, what about the depth of the article? Did you find the fashion items to be cool? A a guy my pump is in a back pocket. Many people will comment to me that: do you still have a pager? I use the personal moment to throw out some info about diabetes. As always have a great day. Dan
View full commentHi Veganlro,
I can appreciate your feelings. The title is bad, however, what about the depth of the article? Did you find the fashion items to be cool? A a guy my pump is in a back pocket. Many people will comment to me that: do you still have a pager? I use the personal moment to throw out some info about diabetes. As always have a great day.
Dan
I have a problem with being treated as a sick, unhealthy, dying, stupid, diabetic...and that's by the people who "treat" me! The old concept of a diabetic was a frail old lady, or an old man without part of his leg, or a frail kid in a wheel chair. The new concept of a diabetic is a waddling fat person who has brought this on themselves. Unfortunately, all can be accurate, but it is not the whole picture. But I hope I change the minds of the people around me by being frank, but brief, about my...
View full commentI have a problem with being treated as a sick, unhealthy, dying, stupid, diabetic...and that's by the people who "treat" me! The old concept of a diabetic was a frail old lady, or an old man without part of his leg, or a frail kid in a wheel chair. The new concept of a diabetic is a waddling fat person who has brought this on themselves. Unfortunately, all can be accurate, but it is not the whole picture. But I hope I change the minds of the people around me by being frank, but brief, about my diabetes. Usually people say "oh, you can't have that" and I tell them that I can, but I have to cut back on something else...it's about balance, like many people should be doing anyway.
I don't consider the phrase "physically challenged" an insult. It isn't exactly accurate for diabetes, but then I haven't noticed writers of internet articles being particularly accurate. But maybe we should be tolerant of such a category. We are challenged to deal with that which has afflicted our pancreases. It is better than being called "disabled" or a "victim of diabetes". I am not "battling" diabetes either, but managing it, since it is a chronic disease that cannot be won, but can be lost. Now, battling breast cancer seemed more like a battle.
I understand your point and thanks for your comment. I never said anything about people with type 2 being out of shape or not thin. I believe I was accurate in saying that type 2 does have links to poor diet as being overweight is a common precursor to developing the disease. That doesn't mean everyone with type 2 is in that situation. Sorry if this seems defensive but I have a hard time agreeing with what you said about type 2 being pretty much the same as type 1. In my experience, I'd say they...
View full commentI understand your point and thanks for your comment. I never said anything about people with type 2 being out of shape or not thin. I believe I was accurate in saying that type 2 does have links to poor diet as being overweight is a common precursor to developing the disease. That doesn't mean everyone with type 2 is in that situation. Sorry if this seems defensive but I have a hard time agreeing with what you said about type 2 being pretty much the same as type 1. In my experience, I'd say they are very much different diseases even though we share the name.
Also, as a side note I'd hardly consider myself an expert on anything :)
I want to apologize for appearing rude to you. We have very many similiarities of symptoms such as Common symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes include: •Fatigue, constantly tired: In diabetes, the body is inefficient and sometimes unable to use glucose for fuel. The body switches over to metabolizing fat, partially or completely, as a fuel source. This process requires the body to use more energy. The end result is feeling fatigued or constantly tired. •Unexplained weight...
View full commentI want to apologize for appearing rude to you. We have very many similiarities of symptoms such as
Common symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes include:
•Fatigue, constantly tired: In diabetes, the body is inefficient and sometimes unable to use glucose for fuel. The body switches over to metabolizing fat, partially or completely, as a fuel source. This process requires the body to use more energy. The end result is feeling fatigued or constantly tired.
•Unexplained weight loss: People with diabetes are unable to process many of the calories in the foods they eat. Thus, they may lose weight even though they eat an apparently appropriate or even an excessive amount of food. Losing sugar and water in the urine and the accompanying dehydration also contributes to weight loss.
•Excessive thirst (polydipsia): A person with diabetes develops high blood sugar levels, which overwhelms the kidney's ability to reabsorb the sugar as the blood is filtered to make urine. Excessive urine is made as the kidney spills the excess sugar. The body tries to counteract this by sending a signal to the brain to dilute the blood, which translates into thirst. The body encourages more water consumption to dilute the high blood sugar back to normal levels and to compensate for the water lost by excessive urination.
•Excessive urination (polyuria): Another way the body tries to rid the body of the extra sugar in the blood is to excrete it in the urine. This can also lead to dehydration because a large amount of water is necessary to excrete the sugar.
•Excessive eating (polyphagia): If the body is able, it will secrete more insulin in order to try to manage the excessive blood sugar levels. Moreover, the body is resistant to the action of insulin in type 2 diabetes. One of the functions of insulin is to stimulate hunger. Therefore, higher insulin levels lead to increased hunger. Despite increased caloric intake, the person may gain very little weight and may even lose weight.
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Hi VeganIro, Thanks for the video and the poems. Very good. Your right about the gun, however, what are the options? Oh it has been 46 years as a type 1. You can do it and stay the course. As always have a great day. Patrick
View full commentHi VeganIro, Thanks for the video and the poems. Very good. Your right about the gun, however, what are the options? Oh it has been 46 years as a type 1. You can do it and stay the course. As always have a great day.
Hi VeganIro, Keep on keeping on and do not get down on yourself. A song in your heart and a smile can do wonders. As always have a great day. Patrick
View full commentHi VeganIro, Keep on keeping on and do not get down on yourself. A song in your heart and a smile can do wonders. As always have a great day.
Patrick
Congrats on teh poem! Are they trying to publish another book of poetry? I wrote the intro for the first book which is a beautiful collection of poems. I'll have to check out the poems being submitted now. We always learned to always wear shoes at my camp too, and it's stuck with me. I rarely walk around my own house barefoot, and I'm very particular about buying practical footwear, partly because of diabetes, and partly because I have some other issues with my feet. Thankfully, I'm...
View full commentCongrats on teh poem! Are they trying to publish another book of poetry? I wrote the intro for the first book which is a beautiful collection of poems. I'll have to check out the poems being submitted now.
We always learned to always wear shoes at my camp too, and it's stuck with me. I rarely walk around my own house barefoot, and I'm very particular about buying practical footwear, partly because of diabetes, and partly because I have some other issues with my feet. Thankfully, I'm not especially concerned with being fashionable... I might be out-of-style when it comes to shoes, but at least my feet are in good shape!
I know it's been a couple months since you both commented but I seriously haven't checked back until now (life got busy!). Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!
Great blog and to prove I read it all...cowboy cookies took me down a totally different route. Your blog is not only education for the non-diabetes world, but people with Diabetes can learn too. I think I said it before, but saying it again...I truly enjoy your writing.
Hi Veganlro, To sum it up for me, it's just not worth it. I'm well within the drinking range limit, I was never a real drinker anyway -and right now, I figure it's just not worth the risk. If you can't have fun and enjoy your friends without a drink, someone in the crowd wasn't any fun anyway ;). I really enjoyed your writing an hope to see a lot more. Make the most of your last year of college -you will never have years like your college year again, speaking from experience. ;)
To sum it up for me, it's just not worth it. I'm well within the drinking range limit, I was never a real drinker anyway -and right now, I figure it's just not worth the risk. If you can't have fun and enjoy your friends without a drink, someone in the crowd wasn't any fun anyway ;).
I really enjoyed your writing an hope to see a lot more. Make the most of your last year of college -you will never have years like your college year again, speaking from experience. ;)
I had a really hard time in my teens and 20's, partly because I also thought I'd be cured, and as the years started to add up and I wasn't cured, I was very resentful and angry. I think it's wonderful that you're moving to the "next stage" and working towards accepting diabetes. I've had it for 33 years, and accepting it has been the most freeing thing I even did. Your post made me think you might appreciate a blog post I wrote recently: ...
View full commentI had a really hard time in my teens and 20's, partly because I also thought I'd be cured, and as the years started to add up and I wasn't cured, I was very resentful and angry. I think it's wonderful that you're moving to the "next stage" and working towards accepting diabetes. I've had it for 33 years, and accepting it has been the most freeing thing I even did. Your post made me think you might appreciate a blog post I wrote recently: www.thebuttercompartment.com/?p=6691
And I wrote the Intro to the No Sugar Added book, so I was thrilled to see that you've found the poetry inspiring. Keep creating because there might not be a cure, but I believe that through creative self-expression, we can all find healing :)
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