"Growth can greatly increase the need for insulin. Think about it... insulin is important for metabolism. Growing kids are doing a lot of metabolism!
When I was a kid, I took 70+ units a day. Today (no longer a kid, I have grey hair!) my total daily…"
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Traveling light AND a glucagon kit
Started this discussion. Last reply by MyBustedPancreas Jul 23, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
My family and I are going to be traveling to China, including many train trips in somewhat rural/mountainous parts, for a few weeks in August. Amazing!Packing... I'm thinking of getting a glucagon…Continue
Is Hypothyroidism a complication of diabetes?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emmy Jun 6, 2012. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Is Hypothyroidism a complication of diabetes?If I lower my average bg enough, can I reverse this complication? If so what A1C would be the goal? 4.0?I looked through the DCCT results but didn't see…Continue
Frozen Shoulder progress
Started this discussion. Last reply by teld May 5, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Me and at least one other Tim were talking about Frozen Shoulder a couple months ago, when I was still pretty early in the recovery.Since then, with some physical therapy, I have recovered about 75%…Continue
Tags: Capsulitis, Adhesive, Shoulder, Frozen
Bitter melon
Started this discussion. Last reply by LAB May 6, 2012. 43 Replies 0 Likes
My new boss came into my office, closed the door, and gave me a long lecture today, that I should stop using insulin and just use bitter melon. How this has cured everyone else he knows with…Continue
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Tim replied to Kervinator's discussion 'Rock and a hard place...'"Wow, what to say to the parent or caretaker of a 6 year old T1? That the 6 year old will likely some day have a hypo that requires glucagon and/or a 911 call and a trip to the ER on an ambulance? That the "better controlled" we are (in…"
Tim replied to Zoe's discussion 'Crazy High Fastings'"Early Morning Hyperglycemia in Diabetic Individuals Treated with Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion finds that a typical pre-dawn increase in basal of 37% works in many patients.
It's interesting that so many interpret the "dawn…"
Tim replied to Zoe's discussion 'Crazy High Fastings'"Sounds entirely to me like dawn phenomenon.
I do a pretty good job by just getting up early and eating something/taking insulin to "nip it in the bud". If I don't eat something at dawn... my bg can easily go up by 200, 300 in just a…"
Tim replied to Hana Rous's discussion 'couldn't correct hypo'"Don't know how big your husband is but 5 jelly sweets won't do much to raise my bg when I'm hypo and heading further down.
Alcohol in the evening can have a profound effect suppressing the body's natural liver action to raise bg…"
Tim commented on Kathy's blog post '...hey, could you consider the patient's perspective?'"I think this is an outgrowth of HIPPA and patient privacy. I know that I signed a form with my doc, that allows him to leave voicemails for me that contain information about lab tests and my health, or to leave the message with my wife (specifically…"
Tim replied to Jeannene Herber's discussion 'Is type 1.5 really an autoimmune disease?'"I myself have both T1 and am hypothyroid (which I'm told is a related auto-immune condition).
You'd be surprised how important the antibody tests (that show it's an auto-immune condition) are to some folks here. To me, I was diagnosed…"
Tim replied to ricmac's discussion 'Do you agree with Gary Scheiner about Low Carb Diets?'"It's very interesting when a low-carb recommendation (100g a day) becomes "shouldn't eat low carb"."
Tim replied to Zoe's discussion 'Yeah, I know, it's silly...'"He should come in U-100 orange, U-40 red, and U-80 green :-)"
Tim replied to Karen's discussion 'Now what??'"I guess I was wondering why my eye MD saw diabetic retinopathy in the right eye, but the pictures did not show it.
Having talked with a lot of eye docs over the years... I get the impression that a good slit-lamp exam by the eye doc (you know, they…"
Tim replied to Karen's discussion 'Now what??'"I too have had the eye doc one year pronounce just a little bit of non-proliferative retinopathy... and then the next year pronounce the eyes completely fine.
I think they look really really hard in our eyes for 50 years and every so often…"
Tim replied to Nyadach's discussion 'Funny hypo stories...'"Once in the middle of the night, with a bg pretty dang low, I wandered into the kitchen to treat the hypo with a small bowl of cereal. Get the bowl, grab a box of something off the top of the fridge where the cereal is supposed to be, pour on milk,…"
Tim replied to Terry's discussion 'The DOC got this one wrong'"I'm totally removed from the CWD discourse but I can see how their perspective would be very different from mine.
The getting-all-up-in-your-face humorous discussion of actual experiences in hypo treatment probably would scare the living ****…"
Tim replied to Bobby's discussion 'What is the longest distance you have walked?'"Walking around the city... I get two miles in every day as part of my commute to work. Other days I can get 4 miles in the evening, in addition to the two miles in the morning, for a total of 6 miles for the day. Sometimes if schedule and…"
Tim replied to Terry's discussion 'The DOC got this one wrong'"I think anyone who has ever had an aggressive hypo experience, especially one that resulted in raiding food stores that might vaguely look like a carb source, would find the humor in that blog.
A person whose role was to take care of a diabetic...…"
Tim replied to KCCO's discussion 'type 1--becoming more insulin resistant'"If your bg goes up 50 points after meal... that doesn't mean the insulin isn't working. I don't think it indicates any kind of failure. I think that just means you need a minor tweak in doses.
If doses are going up over time, just an…"
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- At 10:49pm on June 16, 2012,
nel said…
Tim ...I read your response to the lady in B'By ...where you lived in 96-98 ..small world ...I lived in Burnaby from 1974 - 1985 in the Lougheed mall area in a condo on Horne Street( my girl friend and I had fun with this Horne St. name :)), then moved to Van , kept on working in N.W .I worked at St.Mary's Hosp in New West from 1971-1986 as Director of Food Service ; walked /biked home every night by Royal Col Hospital ...far too busy now :) .Married in 1985 ; we moved around a bit in the area then to the Shuswap in 1999 ...with family and friends at the Coast . ...we may have passed each other and rubbed shoulders , ha, ha ??...and you are living with d a tad longer !
- At 4:18am on August 28, 2011,
Peetie said… - Happy Birthday Tim!
- At 8:44am on January 31, 2011,
Richmatik said… - Nice to see another technology-oriented person who likes numbers! ;-)
- At 7:49am on October 22, 2010,
Joe_h said…
- Grok - I love that term and an excellent book. thanks
- At 8:36am on June 18, 2010,
The Diabetic Welfare Queen said… - Tim, I am sorry, but I'm not posting your comment. You turned my struggle with Diabetes, and other issues, into a 'just get off the computer,' lecture... and that's not fair... though kudos to you for such an achievement as 30 years with D.
- At 9:52am on March 10, 2010,
Doris D said… - Welcome to our REALLY BIG FAMILY Tim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- At 8:48pm on March 8, 2010,
Martina H Milligan said… - Welcome to tuDiabetes
- At 8:43pm on March 8, 2010,
Robyn said… - Hello and Welcome!
- At 8:35pm on March 8, 2010,
Jim Roach said… - Welcome to Tudaibets Tim!
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