HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!! Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year! (You haven't been on in a while...I hope everything is OK) Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
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Hello! How Do You Do, and....HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you ♥ Sorry for sending you good wishes so late in the day....
Best Wishes NOW....and on the next 364 days!
How's it all going? Do you have any questions or comments?
If you would like to answer the questions below. I am doing a research paper on diabetes but I am having a very hard time getting people around me to talk about it. This is for an English 100 class at WKU so I need your permission to use your words. If you would like to participate but don't want the world to see, please email your answers to adawnmorgan@gmail.com
hey, Amanda. I agree with you that Diabetes stinks but it is part of your life now and you need to take care of yourself so that you can take care of your boys! This is what I tell myself everyday when I get frustrated injecting myself: "I have family that loves me very much and if I give up, I will be giving up on them". Plus, I have figured out that all my actions can affect my life so I need to try my best to really take care of my T1.
Working at night does complicate things. Changes in eating and sleeping patterns will upset your internal clock. At least initially this will likely cause problems with your blood sugars. I advise that you continue to take your meds the same way as you do now, at mealtime, and see what happens. Take your Byetta 1 hour before eating and metformin with food to avoid stomach distress. If your Lexipro causes drowziness, take it before you sleep. In a few weeks most people make the adjustment and you should see your blood sugars stabilize. If they don't, call to your endocrinologist or regular physician. Let me know how it goes.
You're welcome Amanda. I'm glad you took action. :-)
You sound like you have everything planned out, that's great!
I also joined a diabetic support group, headed by one of the diabetes dietitians, but I had to stop going due to my mum having and operation and having to stay with her constantly for 4 months but I'm planning to return to it beginning of February. It's held once a week here and the few times I had attended I felt pretty good, It makes you realize you're not going through all this alone and everyone is supportive and full of advice.
I'm also going to restart the water exercises that I had to stop for the same reason. At the moment I can't do any other exercises or walk and I found the water exercises easy to do and it made me feel really good and pleased with myself at the end of each session.
Take care Amanda,
Loren
Amanda, here is giving you a warm and friendly welcome to TuDiabetes.com. This is a very neat site/blog that we all use to help and support each other. I hope to see you and your participation often. If I can be of any assistance please feel free to ask. Again, welcome aboard!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!
Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year!
(You haven't been on in a while...I hope everything is OK)
Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hey, why don't you come join us in the TuD chat room?
You'll see us at the bottom of the home page.
We have a great time getting to know each other, sharing info and lots of laughs :)
It's on right now!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry for sending you good wishes so late in the day....
Best Wishes NOW....and on the next 364 days!
How's it all going? Do you have any questions or comments?
Happy,Happy Birthday,Amanda. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
2. How did you find out you were a diabetic?
3. What were your immediate feelings after the diagnosis?
4. What are your fears?
5. What are your struggles?
6. Do you have a support team?
7. How do you control diabetes?
8. Does you support team hurt/help you?
9. Do you have a family history of diabetes?
10. Would you like to add anything?
Working at night does complicate things. Changes in eating and sleeping patterns will upset your internal clock. At least initially this will likely cause problems with your blood sugars. I advise that you continue to take your meds the same way as you do now, at mealtime, and see what happens. Take your Byetta 1 hour before eating and metformin with food to avoid stomach distress. If your Lexipro causes drowziness, take it before you sleep. In a few weeks most people make the adjustment and you should see your blood sugars stabilize. If they don't, call to your endocrinologist or regular physician. Let me know how it goes.
You sound like you have everything planned out, that's great!
I also joined a diabetic support group, headed by one of the diabetes dietitians, but I had to stop going due to my mum having and operation and having to stay with her constantly for 4 months but I'm planning to return to it beginning of February. It's held once a week here and the few times I had attended I felt pretty good, It makes you realize you're not going through all this alone and everyone is supportive and full of advice.
I'm also going to restart the water exercises that I had to stop for the same reason. At the moment I can't do any other exercises or walk and I found the water exercises easy to do and it made me feel really good and pleased with myself at the end of each session.
Take care Amanda,
Loren
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