Subj : Re: Keto
To : Dennis Scott
From : Dennis Scott
Date : Thu Feb 23 2023 11:55:00
Sorry to hear about all of your diebetic issues. I wish the doctors treated
Diabetes and not the symptoms.
-=> Dave Drum wrote to Dennis Scott <=-
-=> Dennis Scott wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DS> Dave, thanks for the tip about Amaryl. Researching... By the way, my
Turns out Amaryl is a little scary for me with all of it's side effects and
all. Things like that quit working for me anyhow decades ago.
DD> My croaker was the chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at out
DD> local medical school and he had me on several different meds for the
DD> over the top blood sugars - glucophage, metformin (makes you fart),
DD> glucovance, amaryl, etc.
DS> younger brother completly reversed his diabetes with keto. He doesn't
DS> even see the diabetes doc any more because his condition no longer
DS> exists. He lost 180 pounds and of course eats small and normal meals
DS> now. Still very little carbs. Absolutely no surgary drinks or
DS> artificial sugar of any type. Coming up on 10 years now so it's working
DS> for him. I was on 3 insulin shots per day plus Trulicity once a week.
DS> On keto, I take no shots and no meds even though I have not yet lost
DS> enough weight to call mine reversed. Working on it. I go to the premier
DS> diabetics center in SC, have been for 25 years. They just treated the
DS> symptoms not the diabetes. I put myself on keto and I'm a lot better
DS> for it now. My diabetes doc is even on Keto now although she didn't
DS> advise me to go on it. Keto isn't magic but it can be a good tool for
DS> some people I think. Depending on the med's you're on, you can lower
DS> your sugar too much though so everyone should be careful on Keto.
DD> I was on a combination of amaryl and metformin when a low blood sugar
DD> snuck up on me and I woke up on my kitchen floor and could not get up.
DD> I found my wireless phone in the wreckage and called 911, giving them
DD> the old line from the commercial "Help, I've fallen ... " They 911 lady
DD> was still on the phone with me when the firemen and paramedics came in
DD> the door. They stuck a bag of glucose in my arm and when I got to the
DD> E.R. my sugar was all the way up to 75.
DD> As a result of that episode they had me ditch the metformin and cut the
DD> Amaryl dose in half - down to 4 mg. Then after looking at the blood
DD> work from my next visit halved it again to 2 mg.
DD> I darned sure don't want to repeat that diabetic coma episode. I have
DD> found that the web site from which I got this recipe to be a good tool
DD> in my battle with blood sugars. Abnd most of the recipes are tasty.
Best wishes with your sugar goals. Your recipes are being read. Thanks for
posting them.
Cheers,
Dennis
https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com
DD> Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
DD> MMMMM
DD> ... Canapes: A sandwich that's cut into 24 pieces.
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