A Recap of 2023! | Diabetes, Coeliac, & Life!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Welcome to my last video of 2023! 💜
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Bless Lana, standing guard! It’s awful that you get hate for showing the reality of life with diabetes x
Ideas for future videos:
1: A general discussion about the complications of diabetes that can occur if you don't maintain control. (That's what most of my list will be.)
2: Diabetic retinopathy. Been dealing with it for 33 years.
3: Diabetic neuropathy. My 30-year anniversary is coming up.
4: Diabetic nephropathy. A complication I *DON'T* have?!? Incredible.
5: Diabetic gastroparesis. Been showing signs, but not officially diagnoses as of yet.
6: Charcot foot. This one is fun! (It's not really fun, like, at all.)
7: Diabetic gum disease. It's really just being more susceptible to gum infections, but it takes its toll.
8: Diabetic blisters. I didn't even know this was a thing, but I discovered one this morning!
9: The history of diabetes. It's interesting AND disgusting... and sometimes very weird... so... Score? 🤨
10: Me. You could talk about how you've befriended this diabetic in the States who is the living example of "f*** around and find out." But that would take befriending me, y'know? (Absolutely nothing untoward. I'm too old and too broken. You want to befriend me, that's great. You don't want to? That's great too.)
About your struggles with the Dawn Phenomenon... I have no real suggestions to make. My fasting glucoses tend to be trash, as well. Using a conversion chart I found on Joslin.org, I once had a morning glucose of 500 ( 27.7 on your meter.) But that's an example of it at its worst. I don't get that high often. 300 (16.6) is more common.
Also, I take A LOT of insulin for a type 1. I believe I've explained this in previous comments, but if I wake with a 300 and I want a cup of coffee - AND NOTHING ELSE! - I need to take up to 80 units of fast-acting insulin. I use sugar free creamer and artificial sweetener, but that caffeine is going to play hell with my 56-year-old body. Still, I want my coffee, so dialing up my insulin pen to its maximum of 60, injecting that, and then while the needle is still in me, dialing up another 20 to push is not uncommon for me.
I'll stick to using your meter scale instead of constantly listing multiple numbers.
Because of the uncommonly high quantity of insulin I need, I have been diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic, as well. As I often tell people, "I am a diabetic wrapped in a diabetic." 🤣 My doctor needed to make that diagnosis in order to put me on metformin, a Type 2 drug that will reduce my growing resistance to insulin. And I'm happy to report that it's working! I've been waking up with sugars between 9.0 and 14.0. I'll also see steady levels throughout the day on my CGM, which even a steady 8.3 is better than the rubber readings I used to have.
Thus, the way we were able to address my bonkers fasting sugars was to make me two diabetics in one. (If I can figure out a way to get gestational diabetes, I win a free set of steak knives! 🤣) Right now, however, I need to bring my comment to a close. You made the effort to make a video. I made the effort to try and help you. But you probably weren't expecting an essay over 550 words, right?
Have a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! 😊
I was recently diagnosed this summer with type 1 diabetes in my 30's and binge-watched all of your videos in the month following my diagnosis. Seeing your day-in-the-life videos were so helpful for my mental health--they really helped show me that you can eat and live well even with type 1 diabetes. Thank you for posting!!
Thank you so much! Hope you are doing okay with the diagnosis x
Great post. I'd love to see when you're eating out, trying to guess carbs,how much jnsulin you give and how you choose your meal choice when there's not many gluten-free options......
You do show the real side of diabetes and that is important to new to diabetics. Don’t be hard on yourself your channel is helping others to understand and accept that it is difficult to keep in range. Also that it is a balancing act between the numbers and quality of life. Really enjoy your channel. Best wishes for 2024
Thank you for the lovely comment, Happy new year to you too!
Awe last video of 2023 🎉🎉 Happy New year 2024 🎉🎉🎉
Happy new year!!
Hi Gabby and Lana. I look forward to your videos. The Diabetes ‘day in the life’ are so relatable for me. Please do those in 2024. I still watch the video of you changing your NovoPen when I do mine! Happy and Healthy New Year and thank you:) 🙏🧡
Thank you! And thanks so much for watching all year 😊 happy new year 🥂🎅🎄
I'm never in range lol I do try 😢 😂 been subscribed for a long time now .I'm always high like 15 to 20 all day and night sick of it
I forgot to ask you what kind of dog beautiful Lana is? I guess a chocolate Lab?
She’s a German shorthair pointer! But she does look really like a choc lab 🐶🥰
Would you be learning a new language after mastering Norwegian ??