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Low Carb Cooking
Pretty sure I didn’t invent much but I thought up the ingredients for having low carbs. I watch my carbs like a hawk and this soup followed the suit. Here goes . Low Carb Barley Vegetable Soup in a Crockpot … Continue reading
Posted in carbs, diabetes, diabetes management
Tagged carbs, carbs counting, cooking, diabetes, diabetes management, low carbs, low carbs soup, soup
What happened to my morning fasting BG
Lately it’s been around 100, give or take. I however found out that the variations have to do with sleeping or not for the full 8 hours at night. Yesterday someone texted me at 4 am which woke me up, … Continue reading
Posted in diabetes, diabetes management, Uncategorized
Tagged BG, diabetes, diabetes management, morning fasting BG, postaweek
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The Journey of a Test Strip
I am of course talking about diabetic test strips that I use on a daily basis. First off, a bit of history. Test strips and meters likewise are an important part of managing diabetes at home. Nowadays we take them … Continue reading
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Tagged BG, diabetes, diabetes management, expiration date, postaweek, test strips, testing at home, type 2 diabetes
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What happened when I went off my meds
Remember the day when the meds prices skyrocketed? I called Walgreens for a refill and was shocked to hear the price of a tube of psoriasis ointment, as far as I remember it was well over $100. At the time … Continue reading
Posted in complications, diabetes management, Short story, Uncategorized
Tagged A1C, diabetes, diabetes management, medications, medications prices, neuropathy, postaweek, side effects, type 2
The faces of neuropathy
Turned out, there are plenty with the new ones emerging every now and then. Remember when I blogged about my first day on the job about a week ago? The neuropathy hit shortly afterwards and left me wondering why. No really. … Continue reading
Posted in complications, diabetes, diabetes management, neuropathy, Uncategorized
Tagged A1C, diabetes, diabetes management, nerve damage, neuropathy, postaweek
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Post-meal blood sugar spikes
Contrary to the popular belief, a spike in blood sugar after eating also known as postprandial hyperglycemia is not uncommon and typically not dangerous. Unless advised otherwise, most folks with diabetes don’t even have to check their blood sugar after … Continue reading
Flying with type 2 diabetes
This involves some advance planning. While traveling by car allows for more flexibility with food, it is not so should you choose to fly. The airline food is not necessarily the healthiest. BuzzFeed website provides information of airline meals for … Continue reading
How often to check blood sugar?
Checking blood sugar is an important part of diabetes management. But how often to do so is a good question. In this context, I am talking about type 2 diabetes. Ever since I was first diagnosed, I was instructed to … Continue reading
Posted in diabetes, diabetes management, Uncategorized
Tagged BG, blood sugar, diabetes, diabetes management, fasting, how often, postaweek, postprandial
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Type 2 diabetes, an invisible disease
Another morning I wake up and my legs are killing me. I knew immediately what it was, a nerve pain, diabetes complication. I tried walking around, massage, elevating them, all to no avail. Then I succumbed to the pain pills … Continue reading
Posted in complications, diabetes, diabetes management, Uncategorized
Tagged complications, diabetes, diabetes management, invisible, neuropathy, postaweek, type 2
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