Diabetic folks

Rocky_JS said
very good advise here. Everybody is going to have that thing that triggers a spike and it might be different for some. I eat a baked potato (slow burning starch) and I get a little spike. When one of my employees does the same thing she goes to 400.

metformin will work as a diuretic at first and can curtail hunger make sure she's eating in regular intervals.
Metformin glipizide glimepiride etc.. do help control levels BUT one should not rely on them to maintain a poor diet and bad food choices When is she spiking? If at night I think is normal for most, self included. I highly recommend writing a log of food intake and check levels a couple hours after eating a meal. until you figure out what food is the trigger. I do and CAN eat anything. There are just some things that I eat in a smaller portion. If over weight losing pounds is a huge step to getting BGL's down even w/o meds. Just the loss of 10 pounds can bring a big difference. I am only 165-170 and I would still like to drop another 5-10 lbs, but where I am is easy to maintain.

proteins, veg best, but even meat is good to getting the metabolism going and eat a source of protein every 3 hours as that is the rate of burning them. I have a pretty strict diet mostly chicken, turkey and broccoli, some fish tuna etc.. it is boring yes, but is also saving my life and you can get creative with cooking it. I also have cheat meals maybe once a week (BACON, hell I am human). Other foods oatmeal excellent protein and fiber, eggs within reason etc.

I started having Kidney renal failure a few months ago and lost my gallbladder shortly after. I have managed to get my kidneys back in range. So make sure she is getting plenty of water intake too. I assume high cholesterol may be in the mix of things not under control also.

Steve you're likely type 2 - non insulin dependent. oral meds..

You nailed it Sir, she is relying on the pills to make up for her refusal to exercise and bad food choices. She only normally checks her level in the a.m. Lately she has been checking it right before going to bed. Her cholesterol is normal, as far as I know. Mine, however is high. So is my blood pressure. But they are both controlled by meds.....that I can't help but wonder if I would need them if I were to lose the extra weight.

I have tried time and time again to get her to change her ways, but to no avail. Just tried talking to her again. We shall see.....

I have tried several times to explain to her that strokes run in my family....and with how heavy I am I am a prime candidate to end up like my Dad who had 5 strokes at 47. I do exercise but with the way we eat it is not enough. For me, just knock the carbs/starches down to next to nil and the weight just disappears. But it is very difficult for me to watch what I eat when that is all she cooks. Couple it with an extreme lack of will on my part and well.....

If she is willing to talk about this tomorrow I will suggest a log. Rocky, Steve, Tracy....should she just eat like she normally does while trying to figure this out. 4-5 small meals a day have helped me drop weight in the past.....but she is of the belief that two large meals is the way to go. She went as far as telling me that one large meal a day is enough. She is not stupid by any stretch of the imagine.....but getting her to realize that 4-5 small meals a day are better for us....as well as damn near 0 carbs/starches....is very frustrating. If she does not have half a tablespoon in her coffee she can not drink it. For her, moderation just does not exist. She is well aware of her diabetes.....and how the extra weight coupled with the diabetes is just asking for trouble......but getting her to act on it is very frustrating....

I have never been around anyone with Diabetes. My family has always had a hardening of the arteries problem. It took out my Dad, his brother and there Father as well. So this is something new to me. Not to long ago she had breast cancer....and in a way it was easier to deal with than this.....she just had the cancer cut out....problem solved....

Would like to Thank You folks for your assistance.....