In article >,
Hahabogus > wrote:

> Stan Horwitz > wrote in
> :
>
> > In article <I5hpd.88357$SW3.28684@fed1read01>, "Nexis"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I am thankful for my husband of 15 years, my children, my family.
> > > For my new little nephew and his great big sister, and my also new
> > > little great nephew and his wonderful momma. I am thankful that I
> > > am able to provide a bountiful feast for family and friends even
> > > if it will be on Friday instead of Thursday so that we can all be
> > > together. I am thankful for my mom who stayed up til almost
> > > midnight tonight baking with me and my dad who gamely kept us
> > > company until at least eleven I am thankful for the great
> > > people on here who've given me so much inspiration and so many
> > > tasty ideas and recipes. I am thankful that I am getting this
> > > hideous diabetes under control. I am thankful that my brothers
> > > wife, who's been so sick since donating half of her liver to her
> > > father, is hanging in there, brave woman that she is, and even
> > > more thankful to everyone who's prayed for her.
> > >
> > > I am thankful that it's bed time, and I can finally sleep!
> >
> > I am thankful for my health, such as it is. I received a "warning
> > sign" on Nov. 8 that sent me to a hospital for two days and then
> > recuperating at my parents' house until yesterday. I had a minor
> > stroke. The prognosis is for a complete recovery, probably because I
> > am still fairly young and strong. While at the hospital, I learned
> > that I have Type II diabetes, but I am controlling it nicely with a
> > low does of medicine, and a change in my diet.
> >
> > So, although I definitely would have preferred not to have had a
> > stroke, at least I am on track for a full recovery, and I learned
> > first hand the importance of my maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I
> > am a little bummed now (after seeing my doctor again this morning)
> > that I am now more fragile than I prefer, but I will persevere.
> > Frankly now, food has lost a lot of appeal to me. I did get to enjoy
> > Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and thanks to exercising right
> > after the big feast and reducing my carb intake, my blood glucose
> > was only a tad over 100 when I checked it around two hours after
> > dinner. Not bad. I can get my blood sugar down to the 90-100 range
> > just be walking briskly for a mile or two after eating, which is
> > pretty cool. I even set up a spreadsheet on my laptop to track my
> > glucose readings so I can see what happens after I eat different
> > kinds of foods.
> >
> > So that's what I am thankful for this year.
> >
>
> The microsoft office website has a excell template that tracks your BG
> and shows a pretty chart too. A decent meter will have a USB cable and
> some software as orderable acessories, which helps. Well mine does... one
> touch ultra or ultra smart.
>
> Sorry to hear about your troubles...I'm type 2 too...After you loose some
> (HA! think lots of) weight you can increase your carbs a little. I've
> lost 35+ lbs and a little more carbs don't hit my system as hard. Read
> Bernstein's Book and test a lot. That's my advice (If you can call it
> that) to you. I also found (in my case) Glycemic index and Glycemic load
> means little as it is still raises my BG too much. I'm up to 60 carbs a
> day now.
>
> The magic number is 140mg/dl or 7.8mmol/ml that or higher causes
> Permanent damage to your body.... also a tip I picked up.

Thanks for the info. My doc says I should strive for 80-100. I am
usually under 140.

> I have also found knowing about foods and cooking makes my diet not as
> restrictive or boring...Creating new (to me) dishes and finding ways
> around carb problems can be interesting and tasty. As meat isn't the
> problem but veggies are.
>
> A decent downloadable nutrition database is availible at:
> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/srch/search.htm
>
> If you have a Palm Pilot or other PDA... try www.diabetespilot.com for
> some nifty shareware software for tracking BG, foods, exercise and meds
> etc.
>
> If you haven't started to read alt.support diabetes do so...loads of good
> info and links there amongst the crud.

Cool! I do have a Palm Pilot. Thanks for much for such helpful info.
I will check out all the resources you suggested.