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I have Type 1 Diabetes and I struggle to get it under control. Does anyone have any recipes for healthy eating w/ diabetes or tips to managing and controlling your diabetes.
Any examples of foods high in fiber?
I’ve been diabetic (type II) for thirteen years. Based on my experiences, may I suggest the following.
1. Make sure you are seeing an Endocrinologist. MDs and DOs refuse to conceed their lack of expertise in the treatment of diabetes. A GOOD, well informed, Physicians Assistant is also a great help. They can spend the necessary time to talk to you.
2. Traditionally, the prescribed diet is 60% Carbs, 25% Protein and 10-15% fat. It NEVER worked for me. Now I try to eat 70% protein, 15% Carbs and a little fat (it is needed).
3. The really bad news is NO PASTA, WHITE POTATOES, BUTTERED TOAST, PANCAKES or WAFFLES. Starch and gluten are very bad for us. If you must have some to cure a craving, eat a small portion and then exercise (get on a bicycle, walk fast for a few miles) BURN the carbs up.
4. Oddly enough, my glucose does rise if I eat strawberries or blueberries but it recedes within two hours. It just goes to show you that every diabetic’s body reacts to foods in different ways.
All I can offer is a diet high in proteins and serious daily exercise works very well for me. Just let the physician or PA know so they can check your kindney output.
While I personally am not an exercise freak, it beats the hell out of losing body parts or blindness.
Good luck!
Big Lou
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My Type 1 Diabetes was caused by mumps
To make it simple.
The pancreas produces insulin.
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreatic inflammation is so severe that you could say that the pancreas autodestroys itself with all the enzymes it produces to digest food. This enzymes engorge the pancreas and destroy its specialized tissues. Because of this you loose pancreatic tissue with it’s islets (special islets produce insulin) and therefore with no Insulin you become diabetic type: insulin dependant.
When you have type 1 diabetes, why does it matter if your blood sugar is high? What happens if you don’tt treat diabetes? What happens if you don’t take the shots or watch what you eat? Do you die?
Simply put — YES — you will die.
Type 1 Diabetes means the your pancreas has pretty much failed completely., Because of this your body produces very little or no Insulin, and so there is NO control over your blood sugar.
Extra sugar in the blood attachs itself to the red blood cells (this is called GLYCATING) and the sugar molecules act like tiny little knives, making the red blood cells work like a Rotor-Rooter system in your blood vessels. They start damaging the walls of the blood vessels, causing tiny cuts, clots, and scar tissues.
This is extremely damaging to the capillaries, which are only just a little bit larger then a red blood cell, anyway. These capillaries get ripped to shreds!
Now, your kidneys are FULLL of capillaries, so one major damage of diabetes is kidney failure. And it is usually not reversible. If the blood sugar stays high, the result is kidney failure leading to either death or dialysis.
There are capillaries in the retinas of your eyes. These tend to get cut open, causing a bleed. Many diabetecis go blind.
And also the capillaries in your brain. When these break you get many small strokes. The effect is very much like Alzheimers.
And how about those capillaries in the sex organs — broken capillaries lead to the inability to have sex.
That same glycateds red blood cells also don’t carry as much oxygen. So you constantly feel tired, and wounds don’t heal as well. Many diabetics suffer from gangrene. leading to amputation of feet, legs, fingers, hands, and arms.
ALSO – - – Some of that sugar breaks down and attachs to the nerves. This leads to diabetic neuropathy, which affects every organ in the body, from brain to tips of toes. Since things often "don’t hurt", the diabetic doesn’t realize that he or she has a serious wound until gangrene sets in.
Optic nerves get damaged, and nerves to the sexual organs get damaged. Also, the nerves to the stomach and intestines get damaged, leading to many digestive problems, including diarhea, which then leads to dehydration.
It doesn’t really matter if you are Type 1 or Type2 — the effects are the same, but Type 1 diabetics are often diagnosed sooner — in childhood. Therefore, Type 1 diabetes is often called Juvenile Diabetes, but this is a misnomer. Even adults can get Type1 diabetes.
How does Type 1 Diabetes affect you
Physical:
Intellectual:
Emotional:
Social:
Thank you in advance!
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Physically: My thighs hurt from the shot I get at night that stings. Sometimes a shot won’t go in right, or I get a bleeder. My fingers are covered in calluses and sometimes are really painful. Measuring out my food helps me take control of my serving sizes and stops me from eating chips on the couch for an entire day. I won’t be overweight anytime soon.
Intellectually: I had never learned about diabetes before. I thought you got it from eating too much sugar and being fat. I thought you never had a low blood sugar when you had diabetes, and if you did, it was gone. Then, I spent three days in the hospital getting diagnosed. Those days have changed my life forever. I am a lot smarter. I know a lot more about diabetes (everything!).
Emotionally: I cry a lot for everything. I cry for the pain. I cry because I know it won’t ever end. I cry because I know that if it ever does end, it’ll probably end in surgery. I cry because I know I have lost years from my life. I cry because I know if I have this for the rest of my life, my nerves will be less. My kidneys will suffer, my eyes will suffer, my skin will suffer, my extremities will suffer. I cry because it could result in amputation. I cry because I know many others are crying.
Social: I meet other friends with diabetes, sometimes. www.tudiabetes.com helps me with that a lot. But sometimes people don’t approach me because of how I might be contagious (which I, and everyone who has diabetes, am not!). People think I am weird, sickly, strange. I am not. I am a normal person with a disease. A hidden disease.
Two months or so ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. A few days ago (and a little bit for a few weeks), I started getting this awful weakness in my legs and arms. Sometimes it feels like they’re heavy, like I’ll flip. Or they’re too light and I’ll flip over. It feels like I’m going to fall down. I know this is something that can come out of diabetes… but this is really soon! Is it even related? Should I call my doctor/educators? How do they treat this?
Thanks!
no, that’s not normal. you shouldn’t develop secondary complications in two months! speak to your doc about this. It doesn’t sound like neuropathy because that is normally a pins and needles type sensation or numbness.
My father developed Type 1 Diabetes about 7 yrs ago due to alcoholism. Now his kidneys are not functioning well even with medication. I am trying to decide if I need to move back to Georgia from Wisconsin depending on how much time he has to live. I want to spend good quality time with him, not sick and suffering time only.
one year.
I have been assigned a paper to write about anything health-related, and I have decided to write my paper on Type 1 Diabetes. My three year old cousin was diagnosed with T1 last year, and I would like to know if there are any parents/grandparents/siblings of those with this type of diabetes. Please answer this question with serious intentions! Thank you!
First off I am sorry to hear about your cousin. I am a type 1 diabetic, i was diagnosed at age 29 which is strsnge. Of all diabetics 90 % are type 2 only 10 % are type 1 and of those 10 % about 95 % get it before their late teen years, I must just be lucky. I do feel lucky,
lucky it was me and NOT my kids (age 8 & 10 at that time)
lucky I was not a young child when I got it putting my parents through the hell and struggles of shots and all that.
Lucky that I live in a time where we have Insulin, and good rapid insulin and test meters.
Lucky that there is only a 3 to 5% chance my kids can get it.
So hopefully my insight has helped you
Lately i have been showing the symptoms for Type 1 Diabetes, and it has been going on this last month.
But my question is for people who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, What was it like when you first thought you had this decease? How did you feel at the time and what were some of the big signs that you had it? PLEASE BE VERY DETAILED
Thank you very much.
Frequent Urination. I’m talking i’ll just go to the and then 30 seconds later i’ll need to go again.
Shaking. So bad it’s difficult to write.
Tiredness. Really tired
Vomiting. Like once a day
In Type 1 Diabetes, could somone please explain to me how and why this causes weightloss?
Uncontrolled type 1 causes weight loss. Essentially Insulin is the key that lets nutrients (carbs) into your cells in your body to create energy. Type 1’s do not make insulin, so the cells are starving. For energy, the body will burn off fat cells and this is what causes a type 1 to have rapid weight loss.
In Type 1 Diabetes, could somone please explain to me how and why this causes weightloss?
Uncontrolled type 1 causes weight loss. Essentially insulin is the key that lets nutrients (carbs) into your cells in your body to create energy. Type 1’s do not make Insulin, so the cells are starving. For energy, the body will burn off fat cells and this is what causes a type 1 to have rapid weight loss.
