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Permalink Reply by Loquacity on August 13, 2010 at 7:18pm

Hi Kendy,

Start writing a food diary. Write down everything you put in your mouth, and the time you ate it. Also record your physical activity, and your blood sugars. It might also be a good idea to record the GI and GL of foods you eat too - use www.glycemicindex.com to look it up. That way, you'll get an idea of how your body is reacting to the food you eat, and you'll be able to identify 'problem' foods.

HTH,
L

Permalink Reply by Craig on August 13, 2010 at 8:42pm

The information at bloodsugar101.com is an excellent resource. In particular, visit the page called
How to Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control. There's also a ton of great information on meds.

Permalink Reply by Hana Rous on August 14, 2010 at 7:23am

obviously talk to your doctor. BE sure you've been correctly diagnosed Type 1 or type 2. Your current medication won't help a type 1 However what do you mean by "eating right"? Yours is a low dose of Metformin and it can't do all the work for you, To manage on this low dose, even with the Glipizide, You need to control your carb intake. You could start by cutting your carb portions in half and checking to see what effect that has. If you are already on "Reduced" carbs, then the doctor is likely to be your only answer.
However
Insulin is not a simple solution. It comes with "bagage" such as the risk of hypos and the likelyhood of weight gain.
Hana