Imagine if you will
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
Take a minute to think about your favorite food. Imagine how it tastes; how it makes you feel. Maybe it’s macaroni and cheese like your grandma made or homemade bread fresh from the oven, dripping with butter.  How about a baked potato smothered in cheesy goodness? Pizza? Pasta? Cheesecake? Brussel sprouts? It’s comfort food, right? Now imagine that you are told that eating your favorite food will most likely contribute to poor health and that you shouldn’t eat it. Dang! Here’s the harder part: if you eat said food, you still get the same great tastes and comfort and you don’t feel bad ..read more
Visit website
Insulin: An Update
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
It’s been nearly two months since I wrote about beginning insulin in January and I thought I’d bring you up to date. This is a bit rambly. I still love insulin. I spent some time tweaking my dosage and timing. My doctor wants to know what my BG is after dinner but I wanted to know what it was before I ate so I’ve been testing before and after (cuz I’m in charge). I wasn’t liking how high my BG was before I ate even if my post prandial numbers generally weren’t awful. I decided to split my Lantus because I had heard that it doesn’t always last 24 hours. Bingo! That made a big difference and ..read more
Visit website
Insulin: A Love Story
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
As I said in a previous post, I finally found a health care provider who was willing to prescribe insulin for use in combating my high fasting numbers. I began using Lantus on January 15th. It hasn't even been a month yet but I can tell you that, without any hesitation, I am in love with insulin! What a difference it has made in my life. Wow. The doctor had me start out slowly at 10 units and then bump it up by 2 units every 2 days until my fasting numbers dropped below 130. I went up and down with dosage for a few days in the second week but I think I have found the correct dosage ..read more
Visit website
Permission to Eat: A Visit with a CDE
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
I can be a curious person. Given a situation, I am most likely to do a bit of research and try to find a solution or explanation. That was me when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 12 years ago. I was never offered any education or the chance to see a nutritionist/dietician. I was told to buy a meter with the cheapest strips and lose some weight. Terrific. Over the years I’ve observed many people who are dealing with diabetes who just do what the doctor says and never think outside that box. I don’t blame them; that just isn’t who I am. I want to know why. I want to know how. I want to ..read more
Visit website
Health Insurance: A Rant
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
Ray and I ended last year with the jolly news that our insurance premium was going up by $200 per month. Yippee!! You need to know that this has nothing to do with politics or what our Federal Government is doing or not doing in regards to healthcare. We are in the most expensive group possible when it comes to healthcare costs. We are not yet old enough for Medicare and we are in a group through the Arizona State Retirement System. Catch that? Retirement. There are no young, healthy people in our group that would offset the high cost of keeping us alive and as healthy as possible. (I don’t wa ..read more
Visit website
We Have Lift-Off!
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
Have you ever cried at the doctor’s office, in front of a new doctor who doesn’t know you from Alice? I have. Yesterday. I didn’t ugly cry or sob, just tears. I apologized to him and explained that “no one has ever listened to me before.” Guess what he said! “I’m sorry that happened to you but we’re going to get this worked out.” Yup, tears. Let me back up a bit. Yesterday I had my first appointment with my new HCP, who happens to be 35 miles away. As I’ve said in previous posts, I’m tired of my concerns being ignored so I’ve changed doctors. I had planned to see a doctor who was suggested t ..read more
Visit website
The Dietician
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
This is a story about an old dog and a stubborn mule. No, I’m not saying that the dietician is either of those animals. I am both. I made an appointment with the dietician and met with her in late November. My initial opinion of her from our phone call held. I like her. I went armed with 3 weeks of food journals along with all the blood glucose checks surrounding those meals. It was a lot of work but worth it since I could show her what I’m doing and not just try to explain. She was glancing over my numbers and said something totally shocking! You might want to sit down for this: “I don’t see ..read more
Visit website
The Almighty A1c
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
I’ve been quite whiney lately. I’m sorry. Diabetes hasn’t been playing nicely for a while now and I just can’t seem to get my HCP to pay attention to my concerns because my “A1c is so good”. I saw him again and my A1c actually went back down a bit. WTF? Makes zero sense to me, but oh well. He said “no medication changes, see you in 3 months”. No comment about a 198 fasting or a 171 before dinner. I guess I’m just supposed to shut up, not worry and trust my doctor. Bullshit. I posted my concerns/questions on Facebook about something the doctor said: “A1c is a better predictor of future complic ..read more
Visit website
Jimmy Kimmel Doesn’t Care
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
It happened again. Big surprise. A comedian tried to be funny and diabetes was the punchline. He doesn’t care that it upsets those of us with diabetes and neither do most of the people on this planet, unless they are touched by diabetes. Of course, our community is up in arms and shouting to the world that sugar doesn’t cause diabetes and it certainly isn’t sweet to live with this disease. I get it. It always pisses me off too but it makes me angrier when some folks in the T1 community throw those of us with T2 under the bus, yet again. You’d think they would be more compassionate. Yeah right ..read more
Visit website
Dear Diabetes: It’s not me, it’s you.
Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell
by
3y ago
Dear Diabetes, I felt that it was time you and I had a little talk. You see, I’m a bit weary of you. Why, you ask? Let me count the ways.  Many, many people feel it’s their right to accuse me of inviting you into my life.  They can do it in a joking manner or are downright rude! I think about you way too much. You don’t deserve that. You cause me to feel guilty about things that I shouldn’t feel guilty for; things like eating or reading a book instead of going for a walk. You make me feel bad. You cost me a lot of money. You make me anxious. You cause me to worry about my fut ..read more
Visit website

Follow Sweet Success: My life with Type 2 Diabetes by Kate Cornell on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR