so im diabetic and i smoke a good amout of ganja
it keeps me in balance and evens out my numbers when i need it too as long as i do it in the right way whether it be smoking it eating it..anybody have any info about the sweet herb and the diabetes?
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Permalink Reply by Baby Tee on -
Skelletor, there have been quite a few discussions here if you do a search for "marijuana".
Medical marijuana for diabetes? My memory is bad enough without adding to it. You have your A1c listed at 11, and you are saying it evens out your numbers. Maybe you were sick or something, so that A1c was a fluke, but if not, really?
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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on -
Having an A1c of 11 doesn't mean his numbers aren't evened out. It only means they're high.
No pun intended.
Terry
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Permalink Reply by Robert Hearn on -
Dude...so..so high...
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Permalink Reply by Teena on -
Skelletor, you have posted a similar discussion about the said substance last May, 2010
http://www.tudiabetes.org/forum/topics/anybody-use-medicinal?commen...
We had a similar discussion here as I also posted to you then: http://www.tudiabetes.org/forum/topics/marijuana-diabetes-and-blood...
Hope the links provided there may help you.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan on -
You might want to consider that you're lessoning your stamina by decreasing your blood oxygen leading to decreased glycogen storage and circulation. But hay you'll get there sooner and we all want to see the pearly gates, right?
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Permalink Reply by MikeyType1 on -
Even if it really does lower your blood sugar during the "munchie" phase, it doesn't seem like a better alternative to insulin. Marijuana seems like an ok medicine for certain diseases when every other legal medicine FAILS. If you can keep your blood sugar normal by testing and taking insulin in proper doses at the right time then why eat or smoke marijuana. If you can get a doctor prescription than go for it. But if most people can keep normal blood sugar levels without marijuana than I doubt it's a good idea. Also it just doesn't seem that productive to be "stoned".
Maybe if marijuana worked without the insulin but you are basically asking, "should I take insulin along with marijuana or just insulin alone?" If the insulin works without the marijuana than you don't need marijuana.
Recreational or personal use is a different question.
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Permalink Reply by Jan on
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Hmmm.... No judgment, but how can smoking have a positive effect? Food, and controlling intake of food is such a large part of D..... how will you handle the "munchies"?
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Permalink Reply by MikeyType1 on
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I remember reading that the whole "munchies" thing was actually because you are lowering your blood sugar. Even if that is true, than having a craving for food kinda defeats the purpose.
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Permalink Reply by The Diabetic Welfare Queen on -
If a person is on medical marijuana, would a person also get disability, somehow? Cus how can a person function properly if stoned all the time? I mean, who cares about Montel and his talk show, anything he might say sober or not is such nonsense, no one can tell if he's stoned. But driving, working, and other situations that require good motor skills would seem to me get in the way of a disease that has to be managed 24/7.
Don't get me wrong... if they approved medical marijuana one day for Diabetes I might try it... But then I might forget I have Diabetes, and go have pizza and cake, when the munchies hit. lol Not that I would know... I've never so much as smoked a cigarette in my life, let alone done any drugs.
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