[Sca-cooks] Dinner last night & Valentine's Day

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

>     I still feel quesy from the test, or the high blood sugar levels.
Since
> I won't hear about the test results til next week, any advice about living
> with the "not yet officially diagnosed" diabetes?  Any good "self-help"
> books to recommend?  I'm used to being on the nurse side of the equation,
> and know about the meds/testing/eating appropriately schedule,  but don't
> know about this gray area of being alone with no meds, no testing equipt
> yet.
>
> Caointiarn

The best advice for you is the same thing any diabetic should do. Avoid
refined sugars, be gentle with unrefined sugars such as fruits, and try to
eat lean meats and vegetables. Make sure you have several small snacks
through the day- not junk food, but perhaps real, unsweetened yogurt, or
nuts or beef jerky or a hard boiled egg, or rabbit food- carrots, and such.

Beware of anything that tastes REALLY REALLY good- chances are it has hidden
sugars. Part of what's happening is that your body isn't breaking down the
sugars properly, so you'll be craving them, even though your sugar count may
be through the roof.

Try to exercise- walk a block, rather than jumping into the car, or take the
stairs, rather than the elevator.

I know this sounds kinda tough, because like most diabetics, you're likely
overweight, but no miracle diet's going to help you now. If you eat right
and exercise, you may be able to avoid medication, or at least minimize it.
And, plan on doing the right things for the rest of your life, Cheating can
make you very ill, cause blindness, loss of limbs, strokes and all sorts of
nasty stuff.

I'm assuming here, that you are diabetic, and not pregnant- pregnancy can
cause some women to become diabetic for the duration of the pregnancy, but
they go back to normal after the baby is born.

There are some pretty good cookbooks out there, with recipes that are
specificly designed for diabetics. You might go over to a bookstore or the
library and check them out. Also there are quite a few websites out there-
hit Google and search for "diabetes".

Hope this helps....

Phlip, who, while not diabetic herself, camps at Pennsic with several, and
has discovered that a diabetic diet is what she should be eating anyway.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....