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- The PRIMARY person in my life who has diabetes has
- Type 1 or type 1.5 (LADA) diabetes
- How do you hope to benefit from TuDiabetes?
- meet people with LADA, meet people with diabetes in Rome, Italy
- Date diagnosed
- June 27, 2009
- Most recent HbA1C %, date of result (optional)
- 5.9 (December 2011)
- Type of treatment/devices you use
- Oral, Diet and Exercise
- Enter your website, if any (blog, Facebook, Twitter)
- http://facebook.com/utasievers
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Uta joined David K's group
A1C Below 6.0 On Diet and Exercise ONLY
People with Type 2 Diabetes who can offer insight of how to control diabetes with Diet and Exercise alone and maintain a 6.0 or less A1C. Extremely difficult to do over a period of time.
Uta joined Valerie's group
Chocolate lovers
I love chocolate. Chocolate is amazing. A day without chocolate doesn't count.If you have responded "Yes" to any of the previous statements, you likely belong here.See More
Uta joined Anonymous Jim's group
Green Diabetics
Do you worry about your footprint, grow some of your own food, make soap or other DIY self sustainable practices? Come and talk about them
Uta left a comment for Helen (Type 2 Diabetes)"Thanks for your comment and a warm welcome to this wonderful website!"
Helen (Type 2 Diabetes) left a comment for Uta"Diabetes can be so confusing, I just got diagnosed as a type 2, and didn't even know there was a LADA until I got on this website yesterday. I hope you can figure it out soon. Good luck. :-)
Helen"
Uta replied to SueC's discussion 'How to Start Dr Bernstein 6-12-12 Carb diet' in the group Metformin 4 us"Hi SueC, I recommend you ask the same question in the Dr Bernstein group, there are lots of wonderful knowledgable people there who will be happy to help you."
Me and D
I am a beginner when it comes to my body. I never thought that anything was wrong with me, nothing ever really hurt very much so I thought I must be doing fine. When I got diagnosed with Type 1.5 (LADA), after the shock etc., I started changing my lifestyle (it's a long process) and at the moment, it seems that for the first time in my life, I know how it feels to be healthy... ironically.
For that lifestyle change, I got some good ideas from "The Spectrum" by Dean Ornish but those were just the basics which I tried to apply creatively.
So - for the first time in my life, I am doing something that could be called exercise: I walk to work one or two mornings a week (1 hour). I am also doing something that could be called relaxation or meditation: I do yoga in a group twice a week. And I eat the way I always knew I was supposed to eat: organic food, mostly raw, wholegrain, water. I still don't know how to cook (I never have) but throwing together a salad doesn't seem like such a boring thing anymore.
The part that I most enjoy is actually *finding* the kind of food I consider healthy - the right wholegrain bread (100%), the organic vegetables, the occasional organic meat. It's the kind of "hunt" that gets me a lot more excited than clothes shopping!
My levels of everything have been steadily improving, so I figure right now I'm at the good end of my honeymoon phase. My fasting bloodsugar has gone down from 258 when I was diagnosed to about 70 most mornings, My A1C went from 11.2 to 7.6 in the first month and should be around 5 now (haven't go the last results yet). I take 3 units of Lantus at 11pm now, down from an inital 5 (first month), then 4 (second month). Plus 500mg Metformin at every meal. And I have started putting on weight again, after an exhilarating loss over the 6 months before diagnosis (I was truly happy at first, not knowing the reason...). I had to buy a new pair of jeans and it's the only one that doesn't fall down to my ankles when I run to catch the bus! My cholesterol levels were also really low, so I have made a real effort to eat fat. Sounds weird, doesn't it?
However,,, diabetes is what I have, not who I am, so here is "something else" about me: I like languages, books, organic food, Rome (I LOVE Rome), the Jesuits, public transportation, cappuccino, archeology, my job, un-dogmatic Catholicism, British English, social justice, psychology, migrants, the sea. (tbc)
Oh, and I loved this video! (found it on this page)
Find more videos like this on TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes
For that lifestyle change, I got some good ideas from "The Spectrum" by Dean Ornish but those were just the basics which I tried to apply creatively.
So - for the first time in my life, I am doing something that could be called exercise: I walk to work one or two mornings a week (1 hour). I am also doing something that could be called relaxation or meditation: I do yoga in a group twice a week. And I eat the way I always knew I was supposed to eat: organic food, mostly raw, wholegrain, water. I still don't know how to cook (I never have) but throwing together a salad doesn't seem like such a boring thing anymore.
The part that I most enjoy is actually *finding* the kind of food I consider healthy - the right wholegrain bread (100%), the organic vegetables, the occasional organic meat. It's the kind of "hunt" that gets me a lot more excited than clothes shopping!
My levels of everything have been steadily improving, so I figure right now I'm at the good end of my honeymoon phase. My fasting bloodsugar has gone down from 258 when I was diagnosed to about 70 most mornings, My A1C went from 11.2 to 7.6 in the first month and should be around 5 now (haven't go the last results yet). I take 3 units of Lantus at 11pm now, down from an inital 5 (first month), then 4 (second month). Plus 500mg Metformin at every meal. And I have started putting on weight again, after an exhilarating loss over the 6 months before diagnosis (I was truly happy at first, not knowing the reason...). I had to buy a new pair of jeans and it's the only one that doesn't fall down to my ankles when I run to catch the bus! My cholesterol levels were also really low, so I have made a real effort to eat fat. Sounds weird, doesn't it?
However,,, diabetes is what I have, not who I am, so here is "something else" about me: I like languages, books, organic food, Rome (I LOVE Rome), the Jesuits, public transportation, cappuccino, archeology, my job, un-dogmatic Catholicism, British English, social justice, psychology, migrants, the sea. (tbc)
Oh, and I loved this video! (found it on this page)
Find more videos like this on TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes
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Helen
that's a surprise find someone who lives in Rome.
You got your result before mine...I am still waiting for my GAD..
Glad to have met you!
there is no french doctor in Lyon who is following low carb diet!!!!! I learnt low carb diet with Tudiabetes friends and they told me there's a good book : Dr Bernstein solution . I bought it from Amazon and I started. Alone here. It's hard to believe that!!!!!!! My last Endo and my new didn't know and the last was don't agree with me! I go to an A1C of 7 with the help of Tudiabetes. Europe is not America... Have a nice day my friend! Did you live in Roma?
Be well!
Hello Uta.
I've been hiding for a while 'from the site and the group. I hope you everything goes well. Started a new therapy is always full of surprises and new discoveries about themselves. It is important to be alert to catch all the changes that occur and discuss these with your doctor so that we can be helped and help him to optimize the therapy in action. It is a synergy that is needed for patients to get the best results (which are the successes for the doctor). At the same time, the doctor "learns" from us to address different aspects (lifestyle, diet, ....) that can be used later with other patients. The results you get are not only of one or another but derived from this synergy that we must establish. I say this because during the last check I did, my doctor gave me the compliments for these achievements, and I have returned the same to him because they are convinced of the above. It's true that we are the sick and, primarily, we are faced with the disease, but the "medical knowledge" we derive from the comparison with our diabetologists / endocrinologists and with them we must also confront and discuss issues not strictly related to therapy but which may affect our condition.
I dwell forever .....
Waiting for your news. Hello
Sono stato latitante per un po' dal sito e dal gruppo. Spero che a te vada tutto bene. Iniziata una nuova terapia si hanno sempre delle sorprese e delle nuove scoperte su se stessi. L'importante è essere attenti a cogliere tutte le modifiche che avvengono e discutere di queste con il proprio medico, in modo da poter essere aiutati ed aiutare lui ad ottimizzare le terapie in atto. Si tratta di una sinergia necessaria affinchè i pazienti riescano ad avere i migliori risultati (che poi sono i successi per il medico). Nello stesso tempo, il medico "impara" da noi ad affrontare aspetti diversi (stile di vita, dieta, ....) che possono essere utili poi con altri pazienti. I risultati che si ottengono non sono solo dell'uno o dell'altro ma derivano da questa sinergia che si deve instaurare. Ti dico questo perchè durante l'ultimo controllo che ho fatto, il mio medico mi ha fatto i compliemnti per i risultati conseguiti, e io ho ricambiato gli stessi a lui proprio perchè sono convinto di quanto detto sopra. E' vero che siamo noi i malati e in primis siamo noi a dover affrontare la malattia, ma le "conoscenze mediche" ci derivano dal confronto con i nostri diabetologi/endocrinologi e con loro dobbiamo discutere e confrontarci anche di aspetti non strettamente legati alla terapia ma che possono influire sulla nostra condizione.
Mi dilungo sempre.....
Aspetto tue notizie. Ciao
My problem is that I get these Hypo events that are mental. I will be at 83 BG that Bernstein talks about yet my brain says "Pauly" you need to come up. I will pop a glucose pill to bring me up. I feel better at 95. I have been in the 60's and 70's too and I feel just crappy.
You could be having this holiday period they talk about where your pancreas is now reactivated. You certainly dont appear to be insulin resistant. You could be in a phase where everything is working right but could change down the road.
I feel crappy if I add carbs back into the diet so I am sticking with Dr B rightnow. Guclose pills are cheap , not that they taste the greatest. Take care good luck. I am sorta experiencing what you are and just wanted to say Hi and its happening to me too.
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