Diabetes Weblog

Hi,

I am new to this group. I think I am a remote candidate for
developing diabetes, though it doesn’t run in my family at all. Just
the fact that I was raised on a Kellogg’s breakfast and simply LOVED
eating candy all the time! I am a healthy weight for my height but my
problem now is, I think, poor digestion/bad assimilation of nutrients.

About 10 years ago I first noticed what seemed like a gall bladder
problem….pain in the area of the gall bladder after eating butter
and chocolate, etc. I took olive oil for a few days before going to
the doctor to get an x-ray. No stones showed and I felt well again
after taking the olive oil!

But since then it has gotten worse and worse. Not so much the gall
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Hi there,

Count me as one of the lucky ones that happen to have
both diseases. I am type 1 since my pregnancy at 33,
thyroid diagnosed 6 mos after birth of my son.

They seem to be VERY strongly linked. My synthroid
dose seems to be changed every 3 months. If the
synthroid is off, then the BSL are eratic. If the
synthroid is at an OK level, BSL’s seem to be much
more stable.

Feels like a 4 year rollercoaster I’m on - anyone
else have this combination???

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Thanks for the info on the walnuts. Do you know anything about pecans or
cashews?

Thanks,

Thanks for the lysine tip. I am going to get some. You are the third
person I know who got shingles in their 30’s. Now I read that 30% of the
people that get in are in their 30’s. Both of the others still after 5
years get the pain occassionally. I will pass on the lysine tip to them.

Thanks,

Your food plan looked excellent and so is your way of thinking. I have
wanted to cheat so bad the last couple of days, but everytime I almost
cheat I think about hard I have fought the last 4 months to lose weight
and get my blood sugar down, I always stop.

This is the first time in my life I have ever had any willpower. Maybe I
am just scarred to death, which is a good thing!

I finally read all the sites all you kind people sent about the MSN,
Cassie cinnamon and other natural healing vitamins and minerals.

I now have my list and am going to try each one, one at a time, and will
let you know.

Thanks again.

<What about the glucowatch and islet transplants?>

What is glucowatch? When can everbody get these transplants?

Good points. Keep them coming and I will fire back at you. This
discussion helps us all to grow. You give me hope!

I have been wondering- for people who experience seizures or loss of
consciousness with hypoglycemia- what blood sugar level is low enough
to cause the severe reactions? I know that this must vary among
individuals, I just want to get a sense of what other people are
experiencing. thanks.

Atkins and Eades said that there has been any scientific evidence that
too much protein damages the kidneys. I haven’t researched it, but that
it what they say.

And Richard, they are both members of the AMA - LOL

Sorry I had to make that joke.

Dear Michael,

God, I hope so. My tryglicerides were cut in half, but the blood sugar
doesn’t seem to respond as quickly. I will keep you posted.