tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494278500717046387.post3843373907757400560..comments2023-12-24T06:27:18.038-05:00Comments on Mastering the Art of Breathing, One Stitch at a Time: Pulmonary Rehab and CFRD updateAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354849302798817593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494278500717046387.post-61329062311795243262012-02-07T13:00:44.048-05:002012-02-07T13:00:44.048-05:00Yeah I think I am going to continue to eat how I w...Yeah I think I am going to continue to eat how I was before the diagnosis. I had no issues prior to it. I eat a lot of carbs and very few sugars (soda, candy etc). So if I stick to my normal diet I think I shall be ok for now.amybraidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797586185811011310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494278500717046387.post-11940883228320635312012-02-06T10:00:19.059-05:002012-02-06T10:00:19.059-05:00ugh, sorry about the CFRD lady. that's pretty ...ugh, sorry about the CFRD lady. that's pretty lame.<br /><br />one thing to remember is that highs are actually the weird precursor to lows in CFRD. or, to put it another way, eating things that require more insulin from your body will cause a "dump" in diabetics, meaning that your body will then manufacture extra insulin all at once (to make up for the fact that it's not regulating the sugars very well and feels itself going up) and shove it into your system, causing the low. so even if you think you are not going high and your only trouble is lows, you should still be careful about eating the sort of empty carbs that can cause sugar highs. super annoying, right?<br /><br />i go low on two occasions, typically. the first is when my HR gets super high (happens often to me b/c of my SVT) and my body goes into overdrive. you experienced this at rehab, i'm guessing. the second is if i eat the wrong food without enough insulin or protein to balance it and my body panics. i very rarely have a huge drop simply b/c i've taken too much insulin. if i do go low for that, it is almost always b/c what i ate had very few carbs total. maybe that's just me, but hopefully there's something to be gained there!<br /><br />my CFRD endo told me that the number one mistake CFers make is that we eat high carb (good), don't take enough insulin (bad), go low (very bad), and then assume that we've gone low because we need LESS insulin and/or more sugar. weird, right? her advice is to save almost or all of your candy habit for when you're already low. occasionally i don't follow this advice, but for the most part i've come to accept that it really does make me feel better and is safer, so that's what i do.<br /><br />good luck!Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992462169607238118noreply@blogger.com