June 2011
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AM PM
01 Wed 128 182
02 Thu --- ---
03 Fri 130 182
04 Sat --- ---
05 Sun --- ---
06 Mon 157 127
07 Tue --- ---
08 Wed 130 177
09 Thu --- ---
10 Fri 140 ---
11 Sat --- 102
12 Sun --- ---
13 Mon 134 170
14 Tue --- ---
15 Wed 122 161
16 Thu --- ---
17 Fri 126 100
18 Sat --- ---
19 Sun --- ---
20 Mon 134 156
21 Tue --- ---
22 Wed 117 ---
23 Thu --- ---
24 Fri 118 111
25 Sat --- ---
26 Sun --- ---
27 Mon --- ---
28 Tue --- ---
29 Wed --- ---
30 Thu --- ---
31 Fri --- ---
High by my standards; low by my standards. AM means immediately after getting out of bed and PM means a blood test two hours after finishing my evening meal.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
June results to date...
June 2011
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AM PM
01 Wed 128 182
02 Thu --- ---
03 Fri 130 182
04 Sat --- ---
05 Sun --- ---
06 Mon 157 127
07 Tue --- ---
08 Wed 130 177
09 Thu --- ---
10 Fri 140 ---
11 Sat --- 102
12 Sun --- ---
13 Mon 134 170
14 Tue --- ---
15 Wed 122 161
16 Thu --- ---
17 Fri 126 100
18 Sat --- ---
19 Sun --- ---
20 Mon --- ---
21 Tue --- ---
22 Wed --- ---
23 Thu --- ---
24 Fri --- ---
25 Sat --- ---
26 Sun --- ---
27 Mon --- ---
28 Tue --- ---
29 Wed --- ---
30 Thu --- ---
31 Fri --- ---
Scores that are high for me or low for me.
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AM PM
01 Wed 128 182
02 Thu --- ---
03 Fri 130 182
04 Sat --- ---
05 Sun --- ---
06 Mon 157 127
07 Tue --- ---
08 Wed 130 177
09 Thu --- ---
10 Fri 140 ---
11 Sat --- 102
12 Sun --- ---
13 Mon 134 170
14 Tue --- ---
15 Wed 122 161
16 Thu --- ---
17 Fri 126 100
18 Sat --- ---
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20 Mon --- ---
21 Tue --- ---
22 Wed --- ---
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Scores that are high for me or low for me.
Monday, June 13, 2011
results for June 2011
June 2011
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AM PM
01 Wed 128 182
02 Thu --- ---
03 Fri 130 182
04 Sat --- ---
05 Sun --- ---
06 Mon 157 127
07 Tue --- ---
08 Wed 130 177
09 Thu --- ---
10 Fri 140 ---
11 Sat --- 102
12 Sun --- ---
13 Mon 134 170
14 Tue --- ---
15 Wed --- ---
16 Thu --- ---
17 Fri --- ---
18 Sat --- ---
19 Sun --- ---
20 Mon --- ---
21 Tue --- ---
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29 Wed --- ---
30 Thu --- ---
31 Fri --- ---
High for me; low for me.
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AM PM
01 Wed 128 182
02 Thu --- ---
03 Fri 130 182
04 Sat --- ---
05 Sun --- ---
06 Mon 157 127
07 Tue --- ---
08 Wed 130 177
09 Thu --- ---
10 Fri 140 ---
11 Sat --- 102
12 Sun --- ---
13 Mon 134 170
14 Tue --- ---
15 Wed --- ---
16 Thu --- ---
17 Fri --- ---
18 Sat --- ---
19 Sun --- ---
20 Mon --- ---
21 Tue --- ---
22 Wed --- ---
23 Thu --- ---
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High for me; low for me.
Monday, June 06, 2011
my meds effective 6 June 2011
Aspirin 81 mg (heart) morning
Vitamin C - 1000 mg
Vitamin E - 200 IU
Beta Carotene 25,000 IU
Postassium 99 mg
Garlic 4000 mg (2000 mg twice a day)
Vitamin B complex
B1 - 50 mg
B2 - 12.5 mg
B3 - 50 mg
B6 -12.5 mg
Folic Acid - 50 mcg
B12 - 12.5 mcg
Biotin - 25 mcg
Pantogthenic Acid - 50 mg
Calcium - 118 mg
Glucosamine - 3000 mg (1500 mg twice a day)
Condroitin - 2400 mg (1200 mg twice a day)
_________________________________________________________________________
Current prescriptions effective 5 May 2011
Actos 30mg (diabetes) evening weight gain/high-low blood sugar
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 25mg (water pill) morning increased blood sugar
Januvia 100mg (diabetes) evening
METFORMIN HCL 1000mg (diabetes) 2/day
METOPROLOL TARTRAGE 50mg (heart) 2/day weight gain
OMEPRAZOLE 20mg (stomach) ½ hour before breakfast
ProAir HFA (albuterol sulfate) (inhaler) as needed
SIMVASTATIN 20mg (anti-cholesterol) before bed time
TAMSULOSIN 0.4 mg (better urination) with evening pills
_________________________________________________________
I have given this drug list to Dr. Robert W. Hostetler, M.D.
620.227.1371
800.279.0429
fax: 620.227.1208
Friday, June 03, 2011
reconciliation
I spent some time talking about my diabetics with an old friend (an RN) who consoled me with the thought "you're going on injected drugs sooner or later". She told me that modern equipment (syringes) have gotten so good that I'd hardly notice injecting myself. Well, I had started to think so already. She said she hardly feels the material going in.
I grossed her out when I said that when I am checking my blood sugar level, I often stick the needle in and twist it around. This is to get a bigger hole in my arm and thus, a better blood bead. The problem is that once I take the blood drop into the meter, I have a nice sized hole in my arm that is slow to close up and I end up using a piece of Kleenex or a band aid.
Oh, well, I'll get used to it.
For a long time, I thought that going onto insulin was the last step before losing limbs and dying of heart failure (it was for my Father and youngest Brother, wasn't it?). It was the final step into the abyss and that step into damnation. My MD told me I was being silly and my wife said I was being a drama queen. Of course, this simplistic attitude ignores:
It has only in the past couple of years sunk into me that when comparing type 1 and type 2, I needed to put emphasis on the "diabetic" part of "diabetic type 2". It has always been about being "diabetic" and not if I am being treated with syringe or pill. It was a real shock to learn that type 2s take insulin also.
I'll have to remember to start carrying my list of meds around with me and to show it to Anna D. (the nurse I talked with) at the next Lions Convention.
I grossed her out when I said that when I am checking my blood sugar level, I often stick the needle in and twist it around. This is to get a bigger hole in my arm and thus, a better blood bead. The problem is that once I take the blood drop into the meter, I have a nice sized hole in my arm that is slow to close up and I end up using a piece of Kleenex or a band aid.
Oh, well, I'll get used to it.
For a long time, I thought that going onto insulin was the last step before losing limbs and dying of heart failure (it was for my Father and youngest Brother, wasn't it?). It was the final step into the abyss and that step into damnation. My MD told me I was being silly and my wife said I was being a drama queen. Of course, this simplistic attitude ignores:
- my Father smoked 2-3 packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day - Chesterfields - for 35 years (his admission) and may have drank too much. I don't and have never, smoked. I don't drink much because I am alergic to red wine and nearly all distill liquors and don't like most beers. Also, I simply lost interest in getting drunk after New Year's Eve 1999. It was that last hangover on 1 January 2000 that "did me in"...
- my youngest Brother (Charles Andrew Bell) smoked, snorted coke and didn't take care of his self (i.e. ate badly - pizza and
Croak-ahCoke Cola -, didn't exercise and didn't properly check his blood sugar (when you see a person's blood sugar check kit in his trunk and you know he didn't put it there after dinner, you know he hasn't been using it lately!) - many folks take the injected drugs and do just fine (I work with a woman who has been taking a couple of injected drugs daily for years and she is doing fine.)
It has only in the past couple of years sunk into me that when comparing type 1 and type 2, I needed to put emphasis on the "diabetic" part of "diabetic type 2". It has always been about being "diabetic" and not if I am being treated with syringe or pill. It was a real shock to learn that type 2s take insulin also.
I'll have to remember to start carrying my list of meds around with me and to show it to Anna D. (the nurse I talked with) at the next Lions Convention.
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