I am okay for the most part diabetes kinda scares me but I know it too can be manages and no raman not too much chocolate is there ever too much lol I have decieded not to use over this but I am going to eat my heart out thankgiving and christmas then on to the new cook books I ordered for diabetics so I guess that is my new years resolution my doc prolly won't be happy when I am stuffing my face with stuffing but I'll be okay it will be a bit of adjustment on my diet not too much different than my bypass diet that I quit following but I have to get my ducks in a row for this I am scared to death when I take my sugar levels they dropped to 48 and have spiked over 200 so yeaAI am a bit worried but I worry about everything anyway
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
this diabetes thing is scaring me mom doesn't wanna talk to me about it due to my OCD I am afraid to Google it from whatIunderstand it is systemic and can attack all things with in me my god like I don't have enough issues as it is ok I might have lied when I said I didn't have the desire to use cause a xanax sounds like heaven right now I just want my mind to slow down I am really worried not only about me but about my mom she has it too and does not wtch her sugar levels or her diet my father has it too not too worried bout him due to things that has made us me (DID) I have had killer headaches since October they want me to go to a brain doctor sorry can't spell the speciality in which that is practiced It really make me wonder why a god that is about love would want me to suffer like this and in such an intense manor I pray for mercy often and then something eles happens I am supposed to go to dome classes on diabetes hopefully it will be more informative than scary if i am to live a life with so many agliments why does he keep me here has Karma caught up with me is mmy chi off not enogh balance? i want my brain to be still and know that he is God it's just not happening not meaning to bring religion in but just trying to come to terms with my hp ty again for support my mother can't seem to give I just don't think she knows how
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
Manon,If you like vegtables and salads you'll be Ok,Potatoes are alright,not to much rice.Bread has lots of carbs.Anything real sweet you can only have like a treat,certain fruits are Ok ,but some have lot's of carbs.It is a learning process to eat right.I went to homegroup 23 year celebration in NA ,not much of healthy food for diabetics.
-- Edited by cdbuckberry on Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 08:06:36 PM
Diabetic classes are amazing, and a must, in my opinion. I just finished my 7th class a few months ago. I'm a 34 yr vet of Type 1 diabetes. I am still amazed that my addiction combined with my diabetes didn't take me out (dead) years & years ago. But then, I'd have never found NA and this wonderful thing called recovery!
Watch the denial thing, my friend. Junking out at Tgiving and/or Christmas (or any other holiday... ooo, like Valentines.... or Easter.... Halloween!!!) is just one way of saying "I got this thing. I can control it!" Ay-yup, y'all can control it, for sure, but it is thru diet and exercise and whatever meds the doctor puts you on. Let any one of those slip in your daily routine and...
Well, NA taught me that meeting attendance, a sponsor - both having and being, a home group, working/living the 12 Steps of NA, service work, a higher power.... all those things done in regular doses helps to keep me clean Just For Today. oh right, and getting out fishing whenever I can, too....
If you let some aspect of your diabetic routine (like mine and my NA routine), one disease or the other - and maybe even both - will kill you. Straight up. Dead. I've seen it happen far too often, from both diseases. You are worth far more than a rather nasty downhill slide to a grave. I read that in your posts. So, watch the food intake, test your blood regular, get a wee bit of exercise, and thank your god that you alive and able to enjoy all that life can give you (oh yes, good AND bad!!!)
I have decieded not to use over this but I am going to eat my heart out thankgiving and christmas then on to the new cook books I ordered for diabetics so I guess that is my new years resolution my doc prolly won't be happy when I am stuffing my face with stuffing but I'll be okay it will be a bit of adjustment on my diet not too much different than my bypass diet that I quit following but I have to get my ducks in a row for this I am scared to death when I take my sugar levels they dropped to 48 and have spiked over 200 so yeaAI am a bit worried but I worry about everything anyway
