Diabetes Type 2 questions

[bigdaddyjollyrob]

Diabetics need to eat 6 small meals a day,exercise and take care of their feet. Know your numbers: lower your a1c and check your blood sugar levels. He needs to find the right balance of food that his body utilizes and doesnt spill glucose into his urine.Exercise will help burn off excess glucose. Medication: He is most likely on metformin(glucaphage) and as long as he takes his meds, eats 6 small meals and see's the doctor he can get a 1yr med card. At first the doc is going to want to see him every 3-6mo until he gets control and starts lowering his a1c. I know because I have type 2 and get a 1yr med card. I do qualify for a 2yr card but stay at 1yr so I keep in contact with the doc and know my numbers. We've gone over the plan for when I get hired for Otr,Regional or Local. Best Of Luck
Diabetics can eat sugar,they just cant go overboard.

[geeshock]

HaHaHa, eat at the same time of day. Good one Uturn. You know how difficult that is when you're on the road. For me it is anyways, but I try my best.
I just finished reading an article in the Yahoo news about stomach banding. In the article it says that gastric bypasses are more common in the States, but in Australia people who are obese and therefore get diabetes have had this stomach banding and have in many cases reversed the diabetes completely, blood sugars returning to normal. Interesting I thought.

MY wife just told me she saw this very thing on the news! But NO way---people also Die due to complications of that surgery. I would never resort to that---then again I'm only 185-195lbs depending on the last Buffet I just consumed. My ideal body weight is a mere 150lbs--- so I just need to stay away from the Milk and Bag of Cookies at Bedtime.
No, I've been able to get my blood sugar down and under control before--it's keeping it down/under control that's hard to do with diet alone.

Small portions---5 meals(snacks) a day----not 1 or 2 binge meals---this causes Spikes in the sugar level.

ppl talk about stomach banding but I think the best bet if you aretruly trying to lose wieght is portion control. If you have problems determining what a portion is mabe nutrasystem is what you need. I've used it this last month and so far all is going well and I am looseing weight. No need for a fridge and you have to buy the sides but they do have a program for diabetics. One plus is it's real food, and the other is I'd never get this kind of variety in a truckstop dinner. OK, enough of advertisement, whatever you choose, portion control and keeping your sugar level in the norms is the most important. hope this helps somewhat.

[headborg]

Diabetics need to eat 6 small meals a day,exercise and take care of their feet. Know your numbers: lower your a1c and check your blood sugar levels. He needs to find the right balance of food that his body utilizes and doesnt spill glucose into his urine.Exercise will help burn off excess glucose. Medication: He is most likely on metformin(glucaphage) and as long as he takes his meds, eats 6 small meals and see's the doctor he can get a 1yr med card. At first the doc is going to want to see him every 3-6mo until he gets control and starts lowering his a1c. I know because I have type 2 and get a 1yr med card. I do qualify for a 2yr card but stay at 1yr so I keep in contact with the doc and know my numbers. We've gone over the plan for when I get hired for Otr,Regional or Local. Best Of Luck
Diabetics can eat sugar,they just cant go overboard.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET

glad you mentioned that bigdaddy! we all forgot/missed bringing this up---
very important---
my Uncle died from "complications" due to Diabetes---but not till after he went blind and they started chopping off a foot, then his leg, then the other
leg.....take care of your feet!

[bigdaddyjollyrob]

Diabetics need to eat 6 small meals a day,exercise and take care of their feet. Know your numbers: lower your a1c and check your blood sugar levels. He needs to find the right balance of food that his body utilizes and doesnt spill glucose into his urine.Exercise will help burn off excess glucose. Medication: He is most likely on metformin(glucaphage) and as long as he takes his meds, eats 6 small meals and see's the doctor he can get a 1yr med card. At first the doc is going to want to see him every 3-6mo until he gets control and starts lowering his a1c. I know because I have type 2 and get a 1yr med card. I do qualify for a 2yr card but stay at 1yr so I keep in contact with the doc and know my numbers. We've gone over the plan for when I get hired for Otr,Regional or Local. Best Of Luck
Diabetics can eat sugar,they just cant go overboard.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET

glad you mentioned that bigdaddy! we all forgot/missed bringing this up---
very important---
my Uncle died from "complications" due to Diabetes---but not till after he went blind and they started chopping off a foot, then his leg, then the other
leg.....take care of your feet!

Thanks, Its tough being a diabetic, the weight comes off slower. Take care best of luck to all Diabetics and those looking for a health New Year.

[century451]

All very good advice but you need to realize that each individual is different in what they eat and how often and what the proper sugar level is for them. Not only take care of your feet but have regular checkups for your eyes. Diabetes complications can be detected early through eye examinations.