Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[21hens-incharge]

Oh wow!

So does this mean I probably don’t have diabetes or? Obviously I know it’s not necessarily 100% accurate but still.

I think I will test again first thing in the morning.

Might even bring the test thingie upstairs to put next to my bed so I can do it before I even move.

What is it supposed to be?

There should have been a general guideline in the booklet.
I am not sure what normal folks are supposed to be reading.
I have different "target" numbers my doctor set for me. Mine are higher numbers than normal folks should read.

I have soooo much chicken print material! Hate to sacrifice it but it would should make pretty masks!

That is a line I simply refuse to cross. I will not cut up my chicken fabrics for masks nope nope nope!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I have soooo much chicken print material! Hate to sacrifice it but it would should make pretty masks!

We love chicken fabric!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think that's what I'm talking about. Am I talking about that?
The thingys that replace the finger sticks. At least that's what the commercial says.

Sorry the appt got bumped...maybe when you do get your new jewelry you can show it off for us here.

On a more serious question, how do sugar replacers like stevia or splenda work for diabetics?
(beyond what I've read on the packages)
I've largely removed simple carbs and regular sugar from my diet for inflammation reasons, and use stevia and splenda almost exclusively when I'm making a rare treat for myself, but have wondered about it. As far as I know I'm not pre-diabetic but had a grandparent that was and think about it.

I won't want it if I have to go in to have it put on. It does pierce the skin....that to me says site infection risk.

Some diabetics have issues even with the artificial sweeteners....there are so many on the market these days it is hard to know if they are ok or not. I am able to handle some ok but I don't really do sweet stuff so my intake is really low.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

That is a line I simply refuse to cross. I will not cut up my chicken fabrics for masks nope nope nope!

Amen sista!

 

[seminolewind]

I think that's what I'm talking about. Am I talking about that?
The thingys that replace the finger sticks. At least that's what the commercial says.

Sorry the appt got bumped...maybe when you do get your new jewelry you can show it off for us here.

On a more serious question, how do sugar replacers like stevia or splenda work for diabetics?
(beyond what I've read on the packages)
I've largely removed simple carbs and regular sugar from my diet for inflammation reasons, and use stevia and splenda almost exclusively when I'm making a rare treat for myself, but have wondered about it. As far as I know I'm not pre-diabetic but had a grandparent that was and think about it.

This is just what I've learned treating "pre" diabetics (as an RN) and my grand child being a diabetic. The thing is with being "pre" is it's like having the opportunity to not be diabetic at all. It's in your control, not like class 1 diabetic.
The bottom line is that you make enough insulin- for a certain amount of weight. If you go over it, there's not enough insulin for all the cells, so you require more. If you lose weight, you also lose millions or billions of hungry cells that make your insulin Not enough. So losing a certain amount of weight would reduce the amount of hungry blood cells that need insulin.

Using artificial sweeteners are just prolonging the inevitable. It won't help you lose weight. You have to commit yourself. And maybe join a support group.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

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The bottom line is that you make enough insulin- for a certain amount of weight. If you go over it, there's not enough insulin for all the cells, so you require more. If you lose weight, you also lose millions or billions of hungry cells that make your insulin Not enough. So losing a certain amount of weight would reduce the amount of hungry blood cells that need insulin.

I didn't know that, thank you

 

[ShrekDawg]

I think that's what I'm talking about. Am I talking about that?
The thingys that replace the finger sticks. At least that's what the commercial says.

Sorry the appt got bumped...maybe when you do get your new jewelry you can show it off for us here.

On a more serious question, how do sugar replacers like stevia or splenda work for diabetics?
(beyond what I've read on the packages)
I've largely removed simple carbs and regular sugar from my diet for inflammation reasons, and use stevia and splenda almost exclusively when I'm making a rare treat for myself, but have wondered about it. As far as I know I'm not pre-diabetic but had a grandparent that was and think about it.

Was wondering this too and if there is something that makes things sweet without actually being bad??? If I’m making sense. Because I’m not sure if I can give up sugar but want a sweet taste to replace it maybe?

No one mentions the fact that Amazon must be drowning in money with this house arrest. I would hate to add up the $$ I've spent just on groceries.

I think I actually did read something about that a few weeks ago that orders had gone way up and they couldn’t keep up with the demand but haven’t read anything since. I am sure they have fixed the issue by now.

There should have been a general guideline in the booklet.
I am not sure what normal folks are supposed to be reading.
I have different "target" numbers my doctor set for me. Mine are higher numbers than normal folks should read.

That is a line I simply refuse to cross. I will not cut up my chicken fabrics for masks nope nope nope!

Well, there was but it was a huge range and I wasn’t sure if it was accurate or not. I will have to look it up again though.

I did find this that was somewhat interesting but don’t know how reliable it is and mine wasn’t fasting. I think the range in the book was like 70-120 which somewhat conflicts with this so idk.

https://ketteringhealth.org/communityoutreach/pdf/ask/ask-normal-blood-sugar.pdf

 

[Beer can]

No one mentions the fact that Amazon must be drowning in money with this house arrest. I would hate to add up the $$ I've spent just on groceries.

USPO is wanting a bailout, get out of here, with all the online delivery mail right now business should be booming.

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

We have a stay at home order in my area and I have been home for 2 weeks working from home practicing social distancing. So I did curb side pick up today for my feed and went out in the world today finally. I was amazed at how many people was coming in and out of tractor supply like nothings going on. No one wearing masks or gloves, I even saw two policemen and a dad with three small children in the mix and wondered am I the crazy one or them! No one but me was at the curbside parking spaces but the rest of the lot was pretty much full. Just to be nosy I drove through the walmart parking lot and it was full too with people everywhere.
We had our 1st death from the virus in our county today and the state has thousands infected so you think these people would be more cautious. It's really disturbing to me.

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is just what I've learned treating "pre" diabetics and my grand child being a diabetic. The thing is with being "pre" is it's like having the opportunity to not be diabetic at all. It's in your control, not like class 1 diabetic.
The bottom line is that you make enough insulin- for a certain amount of weight. If you go over it, there's not enough insulin for all the cells, so you require more. If you lose weight, you also lose millions or billions of hungry cells that make your insulin Not enough. So losing a certain amount of weight would reduce the amount of hungry blood cells that need insulin.

Using artificial sweeteners are just prolonging the inevitable. It won't help you lose weight. You have to commit yourself. And maybe join a support group.

I didn't know that, thank you

I definitely need to lose some weight.

I lost a bunch last year but gained some back recently like last few months.

Need to drop probably 20 pounds. Or at least 15. 15 would be my old weight but I’d like to lose 20.