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Game changer.  The thing that was the most disappointing for my wife once she learned of her diagnosis was the fact that she could no longer eat traditional pasta.  Well, I found one made from sourdough, and it's sold locally at Whole Foods.  We did a simple test run last night -- spaghetti with Italian sausage and a jar of Rao's Arrabiata Marinara sauce.  It was delicious, and there was no perceptible sourdough flavor.  Her blood sugar didn't spike.  It's too bad they don't make lasagna, fettucine or pappardelle noodles, but beggars can't be choosers.

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On 2/23/2025 at 8:59 AM, jimmyjazz said:

Game changer.  The thing that was the most disappointing for my wife once she learned of her diagnosis was the fact that she could no longer eat traditional pasta.  Well, I found one made from sourdough, and it's sold locally at Whole Foods.  We did a simple test run last night -- spaghetti with Italian sausage and a jar of Rao's Arrabiata Marinara sauce.  It was delicious, and there was no perceptible sourdough flavor.  Her blood sugar didn't spike.  It's too bad they don't make lasagna, fettucine or pappardelle noodles, but beggars can't be choosers.

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this gives me a zero sugar spike. just made a quick sausage / dried tomatoes / fettuccine type sauce. delicious. checked my sugar before and after eating, 0 bump. i'll try that brand @jimmyjazz

mine is cheaper at costco

going back to 16:8 eating, it drops my morning sugar to 140ish, 110 in the afternoons. highly recommend trying this schedule 

 

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I called Dexcom... no coupons or financial assistance is available from them.
Currently using a 14 day CGM.  United Healthcare is refusing to cover this.

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1 hour ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Are there any phone apps that can monitor your sugar?

My wife uses the Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor that is stuck into her upper arm, it has an associated iPhone app that warns when her blood sugar goes out of bounds in either direction.

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My brother-in-law uses one of those stick-on type deals with an app as well. He’s type 1, so if it’s good enough for that, I guess that’s a good sign?

I’m not sure of the name at the moment, but it’s the one that’s been out several years with tv ads and whatnot for it.

I don’t think he’s mentioned switching, so pretty sure it’s still the same brand. Definitely the same style at the very least.

From what he’s described and what I’ve witnessed from time to time at family functions, it’s easy to use and you can do it whenever you want. Seems to be very handy as compared to a traditional meter.

My wife is type 2 and uses a standard meter. Note I didn’t say she was a good one, so she doesn’t use it very often. She should, even just for the day to day history, even if she keeps that to herself so at least she knows. But really overall, somehow she has managed to go from a nightly insulin injection and an 8+ a1c down to fluctuating between 6.8 and 7.1 on her quarterly checks, and no insulin. She’s still on the combination of glyburide/metformin, but even being less than stellar at the input side, I guess the results are showing. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes when she was pregnant 30 years ago. About 12 or so years ago, give or take, her a1c had come down from 7.8-8.4 range to 7.6-7.8, with some bare bone lifestyle changes, but still not like one would think she should. But still better.

Then I made a conscious effort to slip her into a little better lifestyle, without her catching on. First change was to keep her out of fucking starbucks. So I upped my “home barista” game, on the premise of “cost.” It worked, and I used much better syrups and mixers with little to no sugar. To give it the sweet, I did splenda. No problems. She loved them.

At the same time I got her off those fucking liquid and powdered creamers. Granted it was a switch to half and half, but still saved a ton of sugars compared to that other shit. I also started putting a good sprinkle of cinnamon on top of the coffee grounds, which wasn’t a bad thing. Made it “more fancy” according to her. Plus some minor tweaks in the kitchen here and there. So not really a “what” change but a “how” change, if that makes sense.

By 2015, maybe 2016, she was down low enough her doc took her off of insulin. Over those few years her a1c went to mid 6’s, sometimes a hair lower. Up to 6.8 or so after stopping insulin, but still well controlled. She also lost 30lbs, down to 110, which also helped a lot. I think it’s a bit too small, but she’s stuck in that range, plus or minus 3 or 4 from time to time.

A couple years ago her doc moved her from 2 of the combo pills twice a day, to 1 pill twice a day. So that’s good too.

Damn, apologies for the drift. Guess I felt bad about saying she was a “bad” diabetic. Which on some things she is. For example, breakfast is half a pot of doctored up coffee. Lunch? Why bother. She eats good for dinner. She doesn’t really deny herself on carbs, but she does keep the amount within reason. Whatever she does though, she’s finally found some semblance of balance that mostly works for her. As long as her doc is ok with her labs, I guess.

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I’ve been a Type 1.5 for 26 years. I use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) called Freestyle Libre 3+. Have been using Freestyle for several years. CGM is an absolute game changer and should be used by every diabetic who has significant blood glucose variation. 

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4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

My wife uses the Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor that is stuck into her upper arm, it has an associated iPhone app that warns when her blood sugar goes out of bounds in either direction.

I also use the Dexcom 7 CGM on an Android app & out of +4 months use, only THREE have gone the full 10 days time without failing & being warranty replaced.

Provided you use with an expected 5~8 day life span & are being continually replaced $Ø, that's not a bad way to go I suppose. 

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@jimmyjazz not a diabetic, but I’ve been off and on keto. There’s a lot of recipes that overlap with diabetes and such. There’s also some techniques Thatguy might try. One is if you make rice, then stick it in the fridge for a night, it turns the carbs into something un-absorbable. It would help even further with glycemic spikes. 
 

also, egg life wrap and low carb tortillas might be something yall might want to to test out. Plus sweeteners like monk fruit and  erythritol. 

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23 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Are there any phone apps that can monitor your sugar?

** Disclaimer - I am not a diabetic and have good A1C levels**

I've recently started using the Stelo (by Dexcom) to monitor my glucose.  It has an app that's easy to use and provides alerts as needed.  

Not sure if it is "rated" for use by someone who needs it due to diabetes, but it's easy to use with the app and insightful.  It also links seamlessly with my Oura ring which also displays and uses the data.

My goal with it was to become more aware of glucose spikes and the role that plays with inflammation / longevity and Alzheimer's. 

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Interesting. I wonder how accurate that ring is?

I mean if you are in a spot where “close enough” would be ok. Like the ring says 110, and a poke says 107 or 112, something like that. 

Probably not close enough for sliding scale, but for general tracking?

Would be interesting to find out. 

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15 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

Interesting. I wonder how accurate that ring is?

I mean if you are in a spot where “close enough” would be ok. Like the ring says 110, and a poke says 107 or 112, something like that. 

Probably not close enough for sliding scale, but for general tracking?

Would be interesting to find out. 

The Oura ring component of what I'm doing is not measuring anything.  It's app is interfacing with and pulling from the Stelo (Dexcom) monitor stuck in my arm.  They (Oura) and Stelo have an agreement that Oura can pull data from the monitor.

The Stelo app gives me the readings and Oura pulls its own readings - data pulled from same source.  So while I have a Stelo app giving me only glucose readings, and the Oura app gives me the glucose but also allows me to view it in the context of other things. 

When my sleep score is lower I can see that my overall glucose is up.  When my activity is higher I can see it go down.  I can see that when Oura detects stress, my glucose is also rising and vice versa.

Oura just uses the data to provide a more holistic view of total health with glucose as a component.  Food intake is obviously just one component of glucose changes.

The Stelo app is 100% glucose focused.

Again, I don't know if the this specific Dexcom Stelo monitor stuck in my arm is "rated" for use by a diabetic or not.  There could be various classes of continuous glucose monitors - I'm not sure.

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