This was taken from the Green Smoothie Blog. Another source of inspiration as we are starting to see some great results with Dustin's numbers!!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Green Smoothie for Diabetics
This was taken from the Green Smoothie Blog. Another source of inspiration as we are starting to see some great results with Dustin's numbers!!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The List
| All Alcohols | Cashew | Teff |
| Yeast | Peanut | Papaya |
| Cow Cheese | Swordfish | Watermelon |
| Cottage Cheese | Tuna | Orange |
| Vinegar | Soy | Mango |
| Mushroom | Goat Milk | Peach |
| Honey | Brown Rice | Pineapple |
| Blueberry | Corn | Butter |
| Cantaloupe | MSG | Cow's Milk |
| Banana | Oat | Sweet 'N Low |
| Grape | Spelt | Equal |
| Raisins | Wheat | Margarine |
| Honeydew | Wheat Flour | Crisco |
| Rice Milk | Barley | Hydrogenated Fat |
| White Rice | Rye | Soft Drinks |
| Carrot | Kamut | All Sugars |
| Beet | Millet | Splenda |
| Soy Milk w/Sugar | Sorghum |
Here it is... the infamous "list". These are all the things we are eliminating from our diet. Nothing all that new though, since most of these have already been eliminated.
Two weeks ago, before we left for vacation, Dustin and I both met with our new naturopathic doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Potts. We both really liked him!! YIPEE!!! For Dustin, he verified what all the other ND's and allergy test have shown. He did recommend that we eliminate a few other items from our diet as well.
Here is the highlights of that doctors appointment:
- Yes - Dustin has diabetes
- No - it hasn't gone away (we knew that, but I wanted to write it anyways)
- Dustin still has signs of heavy metal toxicity in his body even after removing his two mercury amalgam filling. He is going to start the process of chelation (removing the toxins from his body)
- Dustin has a fungus in his body. The goal is to get rid of the fungus, and the heavy metal toxicity. The hope is that after those bad things are removed from his body, his body will be able to work better and more effectively and begin to heal in terms of diabetes. This is putting it in the most simple terms possible, it is honestly a lot more complicated. Explaining it verbally is easier, but I feel like an idiot trying to write it out.
- Dustin needs to find more time for relaxation. This will be hard because Dustin is VERY busy. He works crazy hours, is taking two classes towards his Masters and is working on earning his Real Estate License for personal purposes (no he won't be quitting his job).
- The various foods effect each of these things different. Removing some of the foods is for plain and simple Type 1 reasons. Wheat and milk will most likely always be on "the list." Other foods are foods that Dr. P indicated as feeding the fungus. So we are trying to remove those foods while he is fighting that part.
We are praying that we will start to see results soon. Please continue to keep us in your prayers! Pray that Dustin finds some time to relax as each day seems busier and busier. If I could be very specific, I would ask that God would take this strange disease away from him. But if that isn't His plan, we just pray that God gives us peace and that He will be glorified through all of it.
Monday, July 19, 2010
The game
Last night we were reminded that Type 1 is in fact a game. A game that doesn't have any logical rules, and one where the strategy can change at any point in time.
Over the last few weeks Dustin has been managing his level very well. He hardly ever seems to be over 130, and that is typically when he wakes thanks to what is called "the dawn phenomenon" Outisde of that, his number have been awesome. Actually, better than awesome... they have been encouraging!! And with the Type 1 game, you will take "encouraging" any day of the week. That is why last night was so discouraging :o(
Last night we grabbed Rubios for dinner since we needed something quick and easy since Dustin is finishing up his summer school class this week. "2 taco plate, grilled mahi mahi, hold the cheese, and corn tortillas please." Now maybe the corn tortillas and corn tortilla chips weren't the best, but Dustin has been eating corn tortillas lately and they haven't seemed to affect his numbers at all. He ate his dinner, continued to study, and two hours later took his numbers....
From another room in the house, I hear the sounds that I have become all to familiar with. Frist, the lid pops and I know he is grabbing a test strip. The priming of the lancet before he pricks his finger, and the final beep of the glucometer telling him his blood sugar levels. So I call out from our office and say "What was your number?" Only to hear "I don't know... something must be wrong with my glucometer, I'm going to wash my hands." My stomach sinks because I know that this is never good. And then I hear all the sounds over again, holding my breath for a good number. But instead I hear footprints heading my direction. And this time, he just shows me the glucometer screen... 287
287?? Wait - this has to be a mistake. There is no way that he can be 287. That is impossible. "Are you sure that's right?" I asked. And he told me it is, that it was the same number he got the first time, before he went to wash his hands. Was it the corn? Is it the stress from having a test, project and paper due in the next three days? Dustin took a few units of insulin, and we waited to see what would happen next. 30 minutes go by, and Dustin came in to the office to do the testing right next to me. Again, I hear popping, pricking and beeping.... 48!! Now this is making no sense, and I am worried. 48 is way to low, so we now have to compensate with some food, but have faith in absolutely nothing. Its a game... a frustrating and emotional game. I was up all night, worried that he might drop low during the evening and not even know it. I felt like I was watching a baby sleep - just waiting to see their chest rise.
I was reading another Type 1 blog a while ago and found this in one of the posts, something I very much relate to.
I still seem to be going through a certain mourning. After 7 and a half years I should be over it right? That's what people keep telling me. That and it's not cancer. I really appreciate the thought and feel very lucky that it isn't cancer and that we get to keep Adele for now, but it still is Type 1 Diabetes and unless you're a fellow Type 1 gamer or you've lived in our shoes you have no idea what it's like.
Going through the day to day motions of constant monitoring, counting, calculating, bolusing, testing, guesstimating, not sleeping through the night... now seems somewhat normal. We've become very good at making it seem like we have everything under control at all times which is really not the case. Experienced Type 1 gamers are very good at creating the appearance of health and being normal. And no one really wants to hear about it all after a while. They just want to move on. For us, that old news isn't going away anytime soon. It's in our face 24/7.
Thankfully God has thick skin and broad shoulders, because we both have had quite a few angry conversations with Him over this during the last year. But we know that He can take it, and in the end it is in Him that we find comfort.
"I love the Lord because He hears my voice and prayer for mercy. I will pray as long as I have breath." Psalm 116:1-2
Over the last few weeks Dustin has been managing his level very well. He hardly ever seems to be over 130, and that is typically when he wakes thanks to what is called "the dawn phenomenon" Outisde of that, his number have been awesome. Actually, better than awesome... they have been encouraging!! And with the Type 1 game, you will take "encouraging" any day of the week. That is why last night was so discouraging :o(
Last night we grabbed Rubios for dinner since we needed something quick and easy since Dustin is finishing up his summer school class this week. "2 taco plate, grilled mahi mahi, hold the cheese, and corn tortillas please." Now maybe the corn tortillas and corn tortilla chips weren't the best, but Dustin has been eating corn tortillas lately and they haven't seemed to affect his numbers at all. He ate his dinner, continued to study, and two hours later took his numbers....
From another room in the house, I hear the sounds that I have become all to familiar with. Frist, the lid pops and I know he is grabbing a test strip. The priming of the lancet before he pricks his finger, and the final beep of the glucometer telling him his blood sugar levels. So I call out from our office and say "What was your number?" Only to hear "I don't know... something must be wrong with my glucometer, I'm going to wash my hands." My stomach sinks because I know that this is never good. And then I hear all the sounds over again, holding my breath for a good number. But instead I hear footprints heading my direction. And this time, he just shows me the glucometer screen... 287
287?? Wait - this has to be a mistake. There is no way that he can be 287. That is impossible. "Are you sure that's right?" I asked. And he told me it is, that it was the same number he got the first time, before he went to wash his hands. Was it the corn? Is it the stress from having a test, project and paper due in the next three days? Dustin took a few units of insulin, and we waited to see what would happen next. 30 minutes go by, and Dustin came in to the office to do the testing right next to me. Again, I hear popping, pricking and beeping.... 48!! Now this is making no sense, and I am worried. 48 is way to low, so we now have to compensate with some food, but have faith in absolutely nothing. Its a game... a frustrating and emotional game. I was up all night, worried that he might drop low during the evening and not even know it. I felt like I was watching a baby sleep - just waiting to see their chest rise.
I was reading another Type 1 blog a while ago and found this in one of the posts, something I very much relate to.
I still seem to be going through a certain mourning. After 7 and a half years I should be over it right? That's what people keep telling me. That and it's not cancer. I really appreciate the thought and feel very lucky that it isn't cancer and that we get to keep Adele for now, but it still is Type 1 Diabetes and unless you're a fellow Type 1 gamer or you've lived in our shoes you have no idea what it's like.
Going through the day to day motions of constant monitoring, counting, calculating, bolusing, testing, guesstimating, not sleeping through the night... now seems somewhat normal. We've become very good at making it seem like we have everything under control at all times which is really not the case. Experienced Type 1 gamers are very good at creating the appearance of health and being normal. And no one really wants to hear about it all after a while. They just want to move on. For us, that old news isn't going away anytime soon. It's in our face 24/7.
Thankfully God has thick skin and broad shoulders, because we both have had quite a few angry conversations with Him over this during the last year. But we know that He can take it, and in the end it is in Him that we find comfort.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Amalgam Removal
I did it! Thanks to fantastic Kim finding a new dentist that doesn't over charge to have them removed, and accepts insurance, my Amalgam fillings were removed and replaced with resin (and much less visible). Found out something pretty unbelievable too while I was there:
"Amalgams contain approximately equal parts 50% of liquid mercury and 50% of an alloy powder containing multiple metals"
Are you kidding me? When Dr. Baker said they contain mercury, I was thinking <1%. Had I known they were 50% mercury I would have ripped them out there on the spot. What's better, the EPA has designated this as "hazardous waste material." Yet, the ADA & the FDA still allow the use of mercury fillings, and is just now "begging to recognize that there may be some risks in using these fillings". For that reason they have banned the use on children and pregnant woman.... So ridiculous. I was a kid when I got them, they have been in my mouth for +15 years, and what if this is the root cause in this disease????
This was the first step to the next phase of operation diabetes. Removing wheat, dairy and corn isn't having the same results that others have had - although it has been very helpful. I still am not completely off of insulin. The one thing Dr. Baker highlighted was the importance of removing the stressors from my body, and he was convinced it was bigger than just food. I'm going to see the naturopath that will hopefully be taking over Dr. Bakers practice, and ask him to repeat the test to see if I still have murcury in my system, and if so, go get a heavy metal chelation (detox).
Anyway, we though it was a huge 1st step and blog worthy. Will keep you up to date when I hear more about the naturopath.
Most dentists will remove amalgam fillings for you, but not all will follow protocols to make sure that you do not ingest even more mercury during the process. To see the safest regimen - and what was used on me, go to http://www.dentalwellness4u.com/freeservices/amalremov2.html.
Here is a very interesting video... even if the guy does sound pretty boring.
Dustin
"Amalgams contain approximately equal parts 50% of liquid mercury and 50% of an alloy powder containing multiple metals"
Are you kidding me? When Dr. Baker said they contain mercury, I was thinking <1%. Had I known they were 50% mercury I would have ripped them out there on the spot. What's better, the EPA has designated this as "hazardous waste material." Yet, the ADA & the FDA still allow the use of mercury fillings, and is just now "begging to recognize that there may be some risks in using these fillings". For that reason they have banned the use on children and pregnant woman.... So ridiculous. I was a kid when I got them, they have been in my mouth for +15 years, and what if this is the root cause in this disease????
This was the first step to the next phase of operation diabetes. Removing wheat, dairy and corn isn't having the same results that others have had - although it has been very helpful. I still am not completely off of insulin. The one thing Dr. Baker highlighted was the importance of removing the stressors from my body, and he was convinced it was bigger than just food. I'm going to see the naturopath that will hopefully be taking over Dr. Bakers practice, and ask him to repeat the test to see if I still have murcury in my system, and if so, go get a heavy metal chelation (detox).
Anyway, we though it was a huge 1st step and blog worthy. Will keep you up to date when I hear more about the naturopath.
Most dentists will remove amalgam fillings for you, but not all will follow protocols to make sure that you do not ingest even more mercury during the process. To see the safest regimen - and what was used on me, go to http://www.dentalwellness4u.com/freeservices/amalremov2.html.
Here is a very interesting video... even if the guy does sound pretty boring.
Dustin
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Live by the numbers...
This first graph shows Dustin's Blood Glucose numbers since being diagnosed. And the second graph shows his numbers over the last thirty days. What I think is really cool, is that the first two weeks we started tracking his numbers in February his average was 209. And over the last two weeks his average is 110. Dustin has started working out again, and he can see how this is directly affecting his numbers. He actually finds that there are times when he doesn't even have to use his meal-time insulin because his levels are low-enough that the food won't affect him all that much to need the insulin. That is a huge praise!!
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