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Good news on the diabetes front
Mar. 19th, 2009 05:12 pmIt looks as if I should be able to manage my blood sugar without meds, after all!
It's been running under 10/180 most of the time the past few days, since I've been checking it regularly again. That includes after eating. The highest reading was 12.7/228.6, first thing in the morning. It's not swinging wildly, like it was.
This is lower--and far more consistent--than it was running, regularly, on metformin. (Not only did it make me sick, it just didn't work.) What's different? My nutritional status is the main variable that's changed. This would tend to support my speculations that being low on vitamins which are directly involved in glucose metabolism might screw up your blood sugar levels--further depleting thiamine in particular, for extra fun.
All the Maxercise (thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vatine!) lately probably hasn't hurt, but I was getting more exercise before when the blood sugar was really high and unstable. The main reason I became less active was dizziness, etc. And I haven't been needing to eat as carefully, since I've been off the metformin. One lower reading this afternoon came after I'd eaten a lunch with some brown rice, a banana, and diluted juice to wash it down! Lack of vitamin deficiency is the main factor that's left.
This is very encouraging. I'd wondered before why nothing I did seemed to make much difference in blood sugar levels, beyond the obvious like consuming huge quantities of concentrated sugar. It was frustrating and discouraging. Now, at least I've got a tentative explanation.
The Januvia didn't give me any noticeable side effects, while seeming to work, but I'd rather not take it if I don't have to.
Oh yes, and the depression is much better now, too. Some of that is probably also from correcting the deficiencies.
It's been running under 10/180 most of the time the past few days, since I've been checking it regularly again. That includes after eating. The highest reading was 12.7/228.6, first thing in the morning. It's not swinging wildly, like it was.
This is lower--and far more consistent--than it was running, regularly, on metformin. (Not only did it make me sick, it just didn't work.) What's different? My nutritional status is the main variable that's changed. This would tend to support my speculations that being low on vitamins which are directly involved in glucose metabolism might screw up your blood sugar levels--further depleting thiamine in particular, for extra fun.
All the Maxercise (thanks,
vatine!) lately probably hasn't hurt, but I was getting more exercise before when the blood sugar was really high and unstable. The main reason I became less active was dizziness, etc. And I haven't been needing to eat as carefully, since I've been off the metformin. One lower reading this afternoon came after I'd eaten a lunch with some brown rice, a banana, and diluted juice to wash it down! Lack of vitamin deficiency is the main factor that's left.This is very encouraging. I'd wondered before why nothing I did seemed to make much difference in blood sugar levels, beyond the obvious like consuming huge quantities of concentrated sugar. It was frustrating and discouraging. Now, at least I've got a tentative explanation.
The Januvia didn't give me any noticeable side effects, while seeming to work, but I'd rather not take it if I don't have to.
Oh yes, and the depression is much better now, too. Some of that is probably also from correcting the deficiencies.
