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Comment by Christalyn on October 3, 2011 at 9:08am

Hello folks! if you know anybody in the Los Angeles area and they are diabetic please have them contact me about doing some events for Nov 14

Comment by Christalyn on September 30, 2011 at 8:31am

Allen again i ask what are you doing about your health beside waiting on doctors? the best thing a diabetic can do in your situation is to try and concentrate on exercise and food choices. To many T2's just rely on meds and think they are ok. Are you exercising? are making good food choices? You can go to Youtube and work out with one of th videos. There is alot of health and diabetic information on Youtube too.

Comment by Joe_h on September 30, 2011 at 6:26am

@allen check the link I posted from diabetes.org there are options/help for you to find insurance

Comment by Christalyn on September 30, 2011 at 12:24am

What state do you live in? Some states do have "insurance" or aid to people that have chronic diseases. I know California has an insurance for me when I run out of COBRA. What it entails I don't know yet. Call around the state agencies and see if there are programs for people with disabilities. You are considered a disabled person by being diabetic.

Comment by Chaplain ET on September 29, 2011 at 8:42pm

Picklebird; have you looked at a web site called 'Glucose Buddy?' I downloaded their program, and they allow you to have several BG readings a day. It will also graph your progress, and automatically sets up a log, that you can email to your endo or doctor. I use it to register my blood pressure, as well as when I take my insulin, what type, and the like. I like it, especially when you talk to whomever is managing your diabetes, between the two of you, you can decide whether he wants you to send it to him every 7 days, 14, or 30. It's a good program, with several options on it, as well as a GB Forum. Take a look at it! God Bless.
Chaplain ET

Comment by picklebird on September 29, 2011 at 4:39pm

I find the comment wall confusing and mixed with old threads. My comment isn't going to be in the right place, but I guess that won't matter to those of us who receive emails from TuDiabetes. Just wanted to "amen" what Natalie_c said about two times a day doesn't tell us much. I just had my insurance refused to support what the doctor ordered in strips for three months. So pretty soon, I'm gonna have to buy mine out of pocket. Grrrr Currently need to check at one hour as well as two hour as you just never know. I got to 167 on four bites of food at one hour but it dropped to 114 at two hours. I'm worried next year the doctor will think I'm doing so well, she won't renew the prescription, so I need to document what happens at one hour. I eat as low carb as I can go, yeah, which is not a record compared to others on this site.

Comment by Allen on September 29, 2011 at 3:22pm

References:
Ahearn, A. (2011). A Better Understanding of BPA Metabolism, with Frederick vom Saal. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 1-6. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Jašarevic, E., Sieli, P. T., Twellman, E. E., Welsh Jr., T. H., Schachtman, T. R., Roberts, R., & ... Rosenfeld, C. S. (2011). Disruption of adult expression of sexually selected traits by developmental exposure to bisphenol A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(28), 11715-11720. doi:10.1073/pnas.1107958108

Alonso-Magdalena, P., Vieira, E., Soriano, S., Menes, L., Burks, D., Quesada, I., & Nadal, A. (2010). Bisphenol A Exposure during Pregnancy Disrupts Glucose Homeostasis in Mothers and Adult Male Offspring. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118(9), 1243-1250. doi:10.1289/ehp.1001993

Comment by Allen on September 29, 2011 at 3:17pm

Joe_h,
health insurance is out of the question for the foreseeable future, there is just no way I can afford it. This new doctor seems to be that type of doctor that wants to blame the inflicted, and ignore other factors that contribute to type 2 diabetes. For example nutritionally deficient food sources, BPA, and other stuff.

Comment by Allen on September 29, 2011 at 3:11pm

Natalie,
I was taught from the get-go to test often, and was surprised the new doctor recommend only two tests per day. To be honest I would rather spend 100 dollars a month on test strips and not have to buy a new medicine which would be twice the cost as test strips. I mean after the samples are gone I won't be able to afford them. I tried to get a hold of my county health clinic doctor for advise but I was unable to.

Comment by Natalie ._c- on September 29, 2011 at 1:00pm

Allen, 2 tests a day don't mean a bloody thing. BG is a constantly moving target, and those 2 tests might be 100 and 89, and you'd never know that you'd been at 280 at your highest, and 54 at your lowest. While there are a lot of Type 2's who really don't know or care about their BGs, when you ARE the kind of person who does care, and wants to take the best possible care of himself, it's so frustrating to have a doctor who will settle for the minimum! :-(

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