Diabetics Anonymous....

[hughessomefish]

I am a type on diabetic. I have been since I was 10 same with my brother. I have my good days and bad days numbers wise. I am on the novalog pump,and on sythrod medication for my thirod. I can deside if it hurts more physically, or mentally.

do we use a different unit for sugar levels in the U.S.? i have spoken to people with diabetes and they say regular sugar levels should be 80-120

Yes there is a different sugar level number, actually its seperate just as the u.s weight and distance mesurements is different then the rest of the world, though i do believe canada has the same blood sugar system as the u.s but this is because people come from canada to the u.s sometimes to get better heathcare, even though the u.s's heathcare system could use another jumpstart from the gov't, might I say a public option, but thats a whole nother can of worms.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

I am a type on diabetic. I have been since I was 10 same with my brother. I have my good days and bad days numbers wise. I am on the novalog pump,and on sythrod medication for my thirod. I can deside if it hurts more physically, or mentally.

do we use a different unit for sugar levels in the U.S.? i have spoken to people with diabetes and they say regular sugar levels should be 80-120

Yes there is a different sugar level number, actually its seperate just as the u.s weight and distance mesurements is different then the rest of the world, though i do believe canada has the same blood sugar system as the u.s but this is because people come from canada to the u.s sometimes to get better heathcare, even though the u.s's heathcare system could use another jumpstart from the gov't, might I say a public option, but thats a whole nother can of worms.

its not that us healthcare is bad, its that us healthcare insurance is bad.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

yes but you say sugar levels are like 10 but in us ive heard 80-120 is good. im wondering if us uses same units (km, cm, celcius) for blood sugar.

The mmol/l unit is used in most countries...... mg/dL is the other unit and is 18 times the mmol/l, so your 80 - 120mg/dL would be 4.4 to 6.7mmol/l......

 

[myrtle]

My husband is a Type 1 (insulin dependant) diabetic and was diagnosed at 30 yrs old after collapsing with excruciating pain in his stomach (he thinks the pain was his pancreas 'exploding'!). That was 20 yrs ago and at the time he was a musician and had spent the last 10 yrs living the Rock n Roll lifestyle (if you know what I mean). He blames this for his diabetes but also believes that without the diabetes the lifestyle would have killed him so always says that "diabetes saved my life". Even after living with it for 20 yrs it is not under control and he has hypos 2-3 times a week although he does everything the doctors say he should. He's just returned to work after 3 years on long term sick due to a verruca that became infected (exacerbated by the low circulaton in his feet) and consequently became a large ulcer on the ball of his foot. He has been in a diabetic coma twice (before I met him) and has therefore had his driving license revoked on medical grounds. Please take your diabetes seriously Ludwig as not doing so can have some serious consequences.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i am surprised at how many people are diabetic. at my junior high there are 560 students and only 1 is diabetic. i wouldn't have even guessed that people like ludwig and biffster were diabetic.

 

[hughessomefish]

i am surprised at how many people are diabetic. at my junior high there are 560 students and only 1 is diabetic. i wouldn't have even guessed that people like ludwig and biffster were diabetic.

the American diabetes association has done estimates and by 2050 in your lifetime,1 in 6 may become some sort of diabetic. Also a leading scientist has found that in some cityies the rate may be as high as 1 in 4 very disterbing trends....

 

[AstonN24vantage]

thats why america needs to go on a diet... atleast that will prevent some type 2 diabetes

 

[hughessomefish]

Exactly and something has to be done about fastfood,and the lack of supermarkets in citys, for example if you live in louisiana the odds are you live closer to a fastfood chain then the a supermarket.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i admit i am "one of those" who enjoy fast food, however, i excersize a lot and only have mcdonalds once every 2-3 months