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You'll have to do the same junk I have to do....shop the European/Latino sections of the cookie and candy isle. Pretty much all that is HFCS free, still not ideal but it helps.:)
21hens-incharge said:
Ok....back from errands.

Hubs doc is ordering a redo on the test. Could he still be hyperglycemic? Yup.

I got testing equipment. Hubs said get the cheapest and that if he really needs long term testing he will upgrade later.

What the tater is up with having to contact customer service for the control solution???? :hmm

Yes hubs sodas are HFCS. I think it is ridiculous the number of things that carp is in.

No worries about sugar free stuff. He won't touch any of that. He finds the taste off putting.

Now how to address sweet tea, pie, cake, cookies, and candy.......God forbid I take away his candy.

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Chickassan said:
You'll have to do the same junk I have to do....shop the European/Latino sections of the cookie and candy isle. Pretty much all that is HFCS free, still not ideal but it helps.:)
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That and more homemade stuff. I already do homemade soups and lots of other stuff.

Sodium control and adding sugar control OMG.
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Hubs just called and he won't be home for lunch.......I hope he chooses his lunch carefully.
 
Molpet said:
The College I worked for gives retirees a free blood test in the fall, along with current FT... sometimes additional tests can be bought by retirees... no ins taken... but for free I can't complain what they offer. This started because the faculty USED to get free ins for 5 years after they retired. The INS wanted to catch anything early and recommended it. The rest of us FT grabbed the coattails for the ride. I expect this to end someday.
Last time they did offer the A1C and it was normal... can't remember what it was though :old
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My company did that. They would offer annual blood screenings that were free to anyone in the building to test for things like diabetes, high cholesterol, blood pressure, and a range of other things.
21hens-incharge said:
Ok....back from errands.

Hubs doc is ordering a redo on the test. Could he still be hyperglycemic? Yup.

I got testing equipment. Hubs said get the cheapest and that if he really needs long term testing he will upgrade later.

What the tater is up with having to contact customer service for the control solution???? :hmm

Yes hubs sodas are HFCS. I think it is ridiculous the number of things that carp is in.

No worries about sugar free stuff. He won't touch any of that. He finds the taste off putting.

Now how to address sweet tea, pie, cake, cookies, and candy.......God forbid I take away his candy.

:oops:
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If he has serious issues, he needs to get off the sugar and mainly eat protein, fat, and non-starchy veggies. There are medications that can help, but I've heard bad things about their side effects. Plus, you can't out medicate a crappy diet. He also doesn't want to have to take insulin. The insulin makers have really jacked up the price in recent years and are bankrupting a bunch of people.

On Saturday and Sunday, I was less careful about what I ate. On Saturday, I had a good bit of starchy veggies, ginger ale, and apple cobbler at a cookout. Sunday, I went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch and ate a mess of chips and unsweetened tea (still had caffeine in it). And it bumped my fasting numbers up 15 points for the next few mornings. This morning was the first day my fasting numbers were where my midwives want them to be. I've found I can have one small desert a week without screwing up my fasting numbers, more than that and my numbers start creeping up again. Sugar is really pernicious.
 
21hens-incharge said:
Ok....back from errands.

Hubs doc is ordering a redo on the test. Could he still be hyperglycemic? Yup.

I got testing equipment. Hubs said get the cheapest and that if he really needs long term testing he will upgrade later.

What the tater is up with having to contact customer service for the control solution???? :hmm

Yes hubs sodas are HFCS. I think it is ridiculous the number of things that carp is in.

No worries about sugar free stuff. He won't touch any of that. He finds the taste off putting.

Now how to address sweet tea, pie, cake, cookies, and candy.......God forbid I take away his candy.

:oops:
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My mom's like that. She's diabetic and has to test her blood several times a day and takes meds, but she's got HUGE containers of candy all over the place. Drinks pop all the time, and has snack cakes all over the place. SMH
 
apryl29 said:
My mom's like that. She's diabetic and has to test her blood several times a day and takes meds, but she's got HUGE containers of candy all over the place. Drinks pop all the time, and has snack cakes all over the place. SMH
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My grandmother (with type 1 diabetes) had all the sugar-free crap all over. I could never stand the taste of the sugar-free candy or soda and my mom didn't like us kids to eat it. But she still bought it for my grandmother because she asked for it. Found out in college that artificial sweeteners give me migraines. The only no-calorie sweetener I've found that I can use is powered stevia leaf.
 
Redhead Rae said:
My company did that. They would offer annual blood screenings that were free to anyone in the building to test for things like diabetes, high cholesterol, blood pressure, and a range of other things.

If he has serious issues, he needs to get off the sugar and mainly eat protein, fat, and non-starchy veggies. There are medications that can help, but I've heard bad things about their side effects. Plus, you can't out medicate a crappy diet. He also doesn't want to have to take insulin. The insulin makers have really jacked up the price in recent years and are bankrupting a bunch of people.

On Saturday and Sunday, I was less careful about what I ate. On Saturday, I had a good bit of starchy veggies, ginger ale, and apple cobbler at a cookout. Sunday, I went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch and ate a mess of chips and unsweetened tea (still had caffeine in it). And it bumped my fasting numbers up 15 points for the next few mornings. This morning was the first day my fasting numbers were where my midwives want them to be. I've found I can have one small desert a week without screwing up my fasting numbers, more than that and my numbers start creeping up again. Sugar is really pernicious.
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Yeah....It looks like there are a lot of foods he loves that will have to be moderated. :(

The good news is there are a lot of foods he CAN eat that so far he has not objected to.

It will be an adjustment that whether the retest shows better numbers or not he has agreed is likely a good idea.

WOW apryl! One would hope that she would cut most of those things out.
Freaking scary to have so much naughty (dangerous) things so readily available.
 

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