Diabetics of RFC unite!!! Was : Andy's diagnosis

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We can do it. Wanna be a team, we can have a group of us here that keep
each other honest about what we are and aren't doing. Remember there is
strength in numbers. There is a good book on the subject by Gretchen
Becker called 'The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes'...I started to read it and
it has a lot of good stuff in. You go, guy. Keep the faith. We're here
for you.

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years ago
the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication free,
cholesterol problem free and

Thanks Ginny for bringing up the fellowship since it seems there are lots of
us here.

Cindi

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-ginny

<<snippage>>

Quoted message said:

We can do it. Wanna be a team, we can have a group of us here that keep
each other honest about what we are and aren't doing. Remember there is
strength in numbers. There is a good book on the subject by Gretchen
Becker called 'The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes'...I started to read it and
it has a lot of good stuff in. You go, guy. Keep the faith. We're here
for you.

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years ago
the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication free,
cholesterol problem free and

Thanks Ginny for bringing up the fellowship since it seems there are lots of
us here.

Cindi

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-ginny

Cindi - HappyMamatoThree said:

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years ago
the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication free,
cholesterol problem free and

Over the past 10 years the number gets lower and lower.

Cindi - HappyMamatoThree said:

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years ago
the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication free,
cholesterol problem free and

Over the past 10 years the number gets lower and lower.

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what is
entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You don't have
to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt was diagnosed back
in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a darned fine cook, too 🙂

Jill

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what is
entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You don't have
to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt was diagnosed back
in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a darned fine cook, too 🙂

Jill

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<<snippage>>

Quoted message said:

We can do it. Wanna be a team, we can have a group of us here that keep
each other honest about what we are and aren't doing. Remember there is
strength in numbers. There is a good book on the subject by Gretchen
Becker called 'The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes'...I started to read it
and it has a lot of good stuff in. You go, guy. Keep the faith. We're
here for you.

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years
ago the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication
free, cholesterol problem free and

Thanks Ginny for bringing up the fellowship since it seems there are lots
of us here.

In my real life, I know just about as many diabetics as I do non-diabetics.
That's just friends, family and people I happen to meet. I am no longer in
a diabetes support group. Seems like every week or so I learn of a new one.

"Cindi - HappyMamatoThree" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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<<snippage>>

Quoted message said:

We can do it. Wanna be a team, we can have a group of us here that keep
each other honest about what we are and aren't doing. Remember there is
strength in numbers. There is a good book on the subject by Gretchen
Becker called 'The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes'...I started to read it
and it has a lot of good stuff in. You go, guy. Keep the faith. We're
here for you.

Until Andy's discussion, I did not realize how many diabetics there are on
this board. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. When it was at its worst I
had several episodes where my sugar got to 600 because I also had to take
steroids and was having. My doctor does not diagnose at 120, that's just a
watch it number. If fact, when I worked for an internist about 10 years
ago the normal range went all the way to 120. Now I am diabetic medication
free, cholesterol problem free and

Thanks Ginny for bringing up the fellowship since it seems there are lots
of us here.

In my real life, I know just about as many diabetics as I do non-diabetics.
That's just friends, family and people I happen to meet. I am no longer in
a diabetes support group. Seems like every week or so I learn of a new one.

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what is
entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You don't have
to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt was diagnosed back
in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a darned fine cook, too 🙂

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of desserts in
them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with. Most all of the
recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat, and many of the recipes
called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally buy. Like canned biscuits!

I find most any of the newer cookbooks have nutritional information and that
works just fine for me. I might have to make some substitutions to make it
less carby. I also get a lot of recipes from allrecipes.com. Not only does
it give me nutritional information, but the recipes are rated.

In the beginning, for many things, I put the food in a square or rectangular
baking dish and baked it. I simply added up all the carbs for the recipe
and then figured out how many portions to cut it into to get the amount I
needed to eat.

If I made soup, I cooked the starchy stuff separately so I could add as much
or as little as I needed to my portion.

Mostly, I ate a lot of salads, making them more substantial by adding kidney
or black beans, and maybe some cheese or eggs.

It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That really
complicates things!

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what is
entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You don't have
to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt was diagnosed back
in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a darned fine cook, too 🙂

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of desserts in
them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with. Most all of the
recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat, and many of the recipes
called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally buy. Like canned biscuits!

I find most any of the newer cookbooks have nutritional information and that
works just fine for me. I might have to make some substitutions to make it
less carby. I also get a lot of recipes from allrecipes.com. Not only does
it give me nutritional information, but the recipes are rated.

In the beginning, for many things, I put the food in a square or rectangular
baking dish and baked it. I simply added up all the carbs for the recipe
and then figured out how many portions to cut it into to get the amount I
needed to eat.

If I made soup, I cooked the starchy stuff separately so I could add as much
or as little as I needed to my portion.

Mostly, I ate a lot of salads, making them more substantial by adding kidney
or black beans, and maybe some cheese or eggs.

It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That really
complicates things!

Julie Bove said:

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what
is entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You
don't have to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt
was diagnosed back in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a
darned fine cook, too 🙂

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of
desserts in them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with.
Most all of the recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat,
and many of the recipes called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally
buy. Like canned biscuits!

Okay, I'll grant you that. For some reason almost all diabetics seem to
want to eat sugar and carbs. Hello, you're not supposed to do that! But
then, you aren't supposed to make that your regular meal plan, diabetic or
not. Mostly it's common sense cooking. Lower fat, lower carbs but none of
that eat nothing but meat all day every day stuff. My cookbooks date back
to the 1950's and while they didn't specifically spell out grams of fat,
carbs, calories, etc. the ones from the 1970's certainly started adding
that.

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It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That
really complicates things!

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Jill

Julie Bove said:

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what
is entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You
don't have to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt
was diagnosed back in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a
darned fine cook, too 🙂

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of
desserts in them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with.
Most all of the recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat,
and many of the recipes called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally
buy. Like canned biscuits!

Okay, I'll grant you that. For some reason almost all diabetics seem to
want to eat sugar and carbs. Hello, you're not supposed to do that! But
then, you aren't supposed to make that your regular meal plan, diabetic or
not. Mostly it's common sense cooking. Lower fat, lower carbs but none of
that eat nothing but meat all day every day stuff. My cookbooks date back
to the 1950's and while they didn't specifically spell out grams of fat,
carbs, calories, etc. the ones from the 1970's certainly started adding
that.

Quoted message said:

It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That
really complicates things!

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Jill

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I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Jill

In my case, several slices a day. I love bread and eat plenty of it.
However, I do say to myself EVERY time I get a gnawing in my stomach, do not
eat bread, and will eat something more complex.

Probably I use bread as a substitute for dessert for the sugar content it
does turn into, which is probably the reason that I don't eat dessert too
often -- is ice cream a dessert?

Dee Dee

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I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Jill

In my case, several slices a day. I love bread and eat plenty of it.
However, I do say to myself EVERY time I get a gnawing in my stomach, do not
eat bread, and will eat something more complex.

Probably I use bread as a substitute for dessert for the sugar content it
does turn into, which is probably the reason that I don't eat dessert too
often -- is ice cream a dessert?

Dee Dee

jmcquown said:

Julie Bove said:

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Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
> diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
> wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
> right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what
> is entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You
don't have to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt
was diagnosed back in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a
darned fine cook, too 🙂

Quoted message said:

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of
desserts in them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with.
Most all of the recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat,
and many of the recipes called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally
buy. Like canned biscuits!

Okay, I'll grant you that. For some reason almost all diabetics seem to
want to eat sugar and carbs. Hello, you're not supposed to do that! But
then, you aren't supposed to make that your regular meal plan, diabetic or
not. Mostly it's common sense cooking. Lower fat, lower carbs but none of
that eat nothing but meat all day every day stuff. My cookbooks date back
to the 1950's and while they didn't specifically spell out grams of fat,
carbs, calories, etc. the ones from the 1970's certainly started adding
that.

Quoted message said:

It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That
really complicates things!

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Thinking of carbs like bread as a treat, not a staple, is all most
people need to stay within normal papameters.

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Jill

--Bryan

jmcquown said:

Julie Bove said:

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Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> Andy, shock, denial and acceptance. All part of the game.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Now, get down to business. If you have any doubts about your
> diagnosis, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. There are
> wonderful ones in Philly, and I know once you get hooked up with the
> right one (the right fit so to speak) and you understand just what
> is entailed with living with this disease you will be just fine.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There are a lot of wonderful diabetic cookbooks available. You
don't have to live "without", just make some adjustments. My aunt
was diagnosed back in the 1940's and she did just fine. She was a
darned fine cook, too 🙂

Quoted message said:

I've yet to find one. All the ones I bought had all sorts of
desserts in them. I generally don't eat desserts to begin with.
Most all of the recipes have far more carbs than I can safely eat,
and many of the recipes called for weird stuff I wouldn't normally
buy. Like canned biscuits!

Okay, I'll grant you that. For some reason almost all diabetics seem to
want to eat sugar and carbs. Hello, you're not supposed to do that! But
then, you aren't supposed to make that your regular meal plan, diabetic or
not. Mostly it's common sense cooking. Lower fat, lower carbs but none of
that eat nothing but meat all day every day stuff. My cookbooks date back
to the 1950's and while they didn't specifically spell out grams of fat,
carbs, calories, etc. the ones from the 1970's certainly started adding
that.

Quoted message said:

It gets easier with time. Now we have food allergies too. That
really complicates things!

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Thinking of carbs like bread as a treat, not a staple, is all most
people need to stay within normal papameters.

Quoted message said:

Jill

--Bryan

Dee.Dee said:

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Quoted message said:

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Quoted message said:

Jill

In my case, several slices a day. I love bread and eat plenty of it.
However, I do say to myself EVERY time I get a gnawing in my stomach, do not
eat bread, and will eat something more complex.

Probably I use bread as a substitute for dessert for the sugar content it
does turn into, which is probably the reason that I don't eat dessert too
often -- is ice cream a dessert?

Yes, and given the choice between bread and ice cream, I'd choose ice
cream every time.

Quoted message said:

Dee Dee

--Bryan

Dee.Dee said:

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Quoted message said:

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Quoted message said:

Jill

In my case, several slices a day. I love bread and eat plenty of it.
However, I do say to myself EVERY time I get a gnawing in my stomach, do not
eat bread, and will eat something more complex.

Probably I use bread as a substitute for dessert for the sugar content it
does turn into, which is probably the reason that I don't eat dessert too
often -- is ice cream a dessert?

Yes, and given the choice between bread and ice cream, I'd choose ice
cream every time.

Quoted message said:

Dee Dee

--Bryan

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Dee.Dee said:

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Quoted message said:

I thank the lord I'm not allergic to anything. I cannot imagine life
without a slice of bread once a week.

Quoted message said:

Jill

In my case, several slices a day. I love bread and eat plenty of it.
However, I do say to myself EVERY time I get a gnawing in my stomach, do
not
eat bread, and will eat something more complex.

Probably I use bread as a substitute for dessert for the sugar content it
does turn into, which is probably the reason that I don't eat dessert too
often -- is ice cream a dessert?

Yes, and given the choice between bread and ice cream, I'd choose ice
cream every time.

Not me. I never liked ice cream.