Blood sugar levels

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by texasholdem_tim, Feb 19, 2011.

  1. cpttuttle

    cpttuttle Medium Load Member

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    how long does it take to get a insulin waiver?i think i can control my type 2 with januvia,but it's much easier with the insulin.
     
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  3. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    It takes up to 6 months after you turn the package in.

    You have to see a Endocrinologist and then a Ophthalmologist or Optometrist. Then you mail it off and after it gets lost awhile and sits in a pile, they'll review it and post you on some public register for 30 days for public comment.

    Then after it sits in a pile some more and after her nails dry, she might get energetic enough to mail you the waiver. :) But they say 6 months on the application.

    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/safetyprograms/Diabetes/diabetes-exemption-package0706.pdf

    The best way to control that type 2 is with diet and excercise. It took me awhile to figure that out. It's hard to give up some stuff. But I'm finding good stuff I like that works. Like stir fry's and soups with little or no carbs. My sugar is normally 200-300.
    Like today I made a beef stir fry with a bunch of vegies. I just tested my sugar... 105.

    Eating what you want and taking pills/insulin won't fix the situation. You have to find the right foods. There are 500 people out there telling you different things which makes it hard to decipher.

    I was at a friends house yesterday and she had a diabetic menu planner. It had waffles and syrup, all kinds of white breads and other bad stuff on it. I was like ??? Whoever made this is screwing diabetics up. :)


     
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  4. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Just out of curiousity.

    Is your blood sugar running consistent or being sporadic?
     
  5. Winkjr

    Winkjr Road Train Member

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    What's an a1c level
     
  6. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Google is your friend, like my son tells me.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycated_hemoglobin


    It is a measure of blood glucose levels over time by measuring the glycated hemoglobin level. The wiki article is a good explanation.
     
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  7. cpttuttle

    cpttuttle Medium Load Member

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    i had a heart attack on 07/11.my a1c was 11.5.i had another in novenber that one was 7.2.
     
  8. CondoCruiser

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    I don't know the specifics. But when they draw your blood it's one of the test. It tells them your overall diabetic condition over the long run instead of just reading your sugar level daily.

    Normal is 5.5 -6.0
    Anything above is bad. 7.0 and above is considered uncontrolled diabetes.

    When I first found out, mine was like 10.8, last test was in the high 7's.
    Hopefully my next lab work will be lower.

    RM, my sugar is like a rollercoaster. I eat the wrong thing and it skyrockets. The there are times I start going into shock and eat something sweet and the way up it goes. I have a nurse practitioner handling me at the VA and I'm starting to wonder about her.

    I've been taking Metformin 1000mg x2 a day and she added 1/4 tablet of Glibizide x2 to the mixture. I'm scared of that Glibizide as that what makes my sugar drop down in the 70's.

    I told the nurse that. So after my last A1C check I get a call from VA telling me to increase the Glibizide to 1/2 tablet X2. I was ????. I won't do it.

    But like I posted above I learned this past month, if I eat just meat, vegies and fruit, no medicine, I can control my sugar a whole lot better.

    If my next A1C test ain't below 7.0 she is putting me on insulin. That's why I been trying this new diet thing.

    I also think I figured out why I have so much problems with my back and legs. I have a fragmented disc and 2 compressed ones that we thought was the problem. Now, I'm almost convinced it's nueropathy from the diabetes and hypothyroidism. I was reading about it the other day. Those don't know, too much sugar is like a toxic in your blood and starts attacking your nerves and artery walls. It's reversable unless left untreated. That explains all the pain and cold spells I've been having.
     
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  9. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    You had two of them 5 months apart?? Yikes!

    One on the right and one on the left side?


    My right one was 99% stopped up in March. I got lucky and caught it. I figured I have 3 years by family history the left one clogs. It was 60%. That's the one that'll need a bypass.
     
  10. cpttuttle

    cpttuttle Medium Load Member

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    no,just 1 heart attack.i get a1c every 3 months.if the next one is ok,i should be cleared to go back to work.
     
  11. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    Lol, okay. I thought maybe that after I posted. Good luck. I hoping to get back at it too this year. 2011 was absolutely a crappy year.
     
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