http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=317x3751Oh my.
The pilgrim primitive, a professor self-admittedly undergoing psychiatric care:
HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-21-09 07:48 AM
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I'm thinking of shelving the still shiny new glucometer, it seems pointless, is it?
In 3 1/2 weeks since my presumptive diabetes diagnosis I lost 10 pounds and had my daytime BG readings averaging 106. I thought I was doing great. I actually felt like I had the BG wildcat more or less trained to stay in the corner of its cage during the day.
Then a stress test cut short because of a t-wave that looked like my grandson's scribbled crayon drawings...so they put me on metoprolol although it seems to usually counter indicated for diabetics (anyone know anything about that?), and my BG has rocketed way way up. Being a presumptive diabetic, and having been successful at controling the BG with diet and exercise, I've got no meds for the diabetes and now I can't walk the BG down, because I'm not supposed to do lengthy walking.
The BG is up, way up, generally higher than it was when they said I was running an A1C near 8. After several days with zero simple carbs and nothing with a glycemic index over 2, I can't get it back under 180 let alone near the 130 4-hour post-eating target.
I can and will stay on the low carb diet, but measuring BG while on this drug seems pretty pointless.
The sour dour theologian warped primitive, who thinks it's okay for people to lie if they might have contagious diseases:
Warpy (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-21-09 01:14 PM
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1. Keep measuring it and writing it down because unless your body adapts to the drug or you get it changed, you'll need to go on a drug to help you metabolize the carbos that are in everything you eat, even meat.
Heart disease will kill you rather quickly, though, so don't just decide to go off the beta blocker. Talk to the cardiologist about your increased blood glucose readings on it and see if there is another drug you could go on that wouldn't have that effect on you. Beta blockers are well known to raise blood sugar.
It could also be that you're not reacting to the drug, that your disease is simply progressing. It tends to do that. Other things that can raise blood glucose are extreme stress, injury and infection.
You've got two disease processes that need close watching and likely both of them will need medication. Your docs are your best friends now.
However, good show sticking to the low glycemic diet. It's tough to get used to in the beginning but it's been proven to be a life saver over time.
The above's the whole bonfire; both primitives by the way donated to Skins's island.
