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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 1:51 am
see that is what I dont understand, why didnt she drink some juice?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 2:00 am
She was told she couldn't because she was on slop.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 3:00 am
really >??! that is surprising. Thanks for telling me. So they are allowed all condiments but only water?
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 3:11 am
Bee, if what I read was accurate (I didn't have the feeds on at that point in this adventure), she had asked in the DR and they told her they would have to check. And as she felt worse she asked a couple times to get fruit in the storage room and they wouldn't let her in. If this is true, it stuns me that they wouldn't have checked this out ahead of time, and if she medically needed it approve it. And I don't think it helped that by the last time she tried to get in, Allison was in the DR having her health crisis. I truly believe BB contributed to this problem. I definately sounded like Amanda not only knew what she needed, but was able to express it to BB and no one seemed to have the authority to approve it. Very scary IMHO!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 3:17 am
i read somewhere that the doctor suggested that she eat her Oatmeal with lots of milk. cant remember where I saw that.
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:57 am
I dont know why she cant add juice or some fruit to her slop.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:05 am
Milk will bring your sugars up, but not as quickly as juice.
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Skylar47
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:49 am
Its easy to say that Amanda didn't learn from her episode..But we are not there and its not us that has to eat that stuff 3 times a day..I have watched the show before and most of the people have said that they didn't mind going on the slop because they love oatmeal but the minute they tasted it they said it was nothing like oatmeal. I couldn't imagine eating something i didn't like 3 times a day and no matter what you know you should do, doesn't matter because you just can't get yourself to eat one never mind 3..yuck!
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 10:17 am
"If you don't mind my asking, what is your blood sugar reading under those circumstances?" That's really interesting. As a hypoglycemic, my blood sugar had to get down around 60 for me to have an episode. I would get the "fuzzy feeling" around 75, which is on the low end of normal. Now that I'm a diabetic, my physiology has changed a bit. I get fuzzy around 95 and shaky around 85... which are perfectly normal readings! weird huh? Weirder??? The symptoms for my sugar going to high (like if I forgot to take my meds) are what??? EXACTLY the same as if it is too low only you can't just bring down your blood sugar. Easy to raise, hard to lower. Thank goodness for small glucometers! 
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 10:32 am
Someone said the doc said to have the slop with plenty of milk, right??? That TOTALLY makes sense! Everyone thinks that oats are high in carbs, right??? Right... and wrong! Oats are high in carbs... around 24g per cup, but 1/3 of those grams are fiber, so it's really ony 16g of effective carbs. That's not really so many carbs.... only about 64 calories of carbs in fact. So she needs to add something to help bump it up... so they suggest milk... WHY???? Milk has everything a body needs... forget calcium. Think nutrients. A cup of milk has 8.5g of protein, ans 12.2g grams of carbs. Those carbs a are milk sugars which do not make the blood sugar shoot up, but are more coplex and help sustain blood sugar levels. OK... I just scared myself. I've been counting carbs for far to long to know all that... I'm going to go have a diet soda now. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 10:36 am
Is Amanda's hypoglycemia as a result of diabetes? Because if it's not, there are different ways to handle "episodes."
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 10:39 am
NO Costa, she is HYPOglycemic... I was a HYPO, but now am HYPER (diabetic)... so I've experienced both and my meds can make me drop too low.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 11:34 am
There is a form of HYPOglycemia that is a result of diabetes. There is also a form of HYPOglycemia that can be managed primarily with diet. (I've had the latter form.)
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:00 pm
I have hypoglycemia, too. In my terrible 2 hour glucose test (I still nearly faint thinking about how horrible it was), my lowest count was 52. I have a test monitor at home and the lowest I've caught in a crash was 42. I could probably get a lower count if someone else could take it for me because my brain stops functioning and I cannot think...I vaguely know I need to eat, but sometimes it is hard for me to get to the kitchen and have enough hand-eye coordination to get something in my mouth. The worst episodes take more than an hour to come out of and I don't feel well for the rest of the day. Most of the time I can catch them before the bottom falls out. I have learned that I can never eat pancakes, waffles, or french toast in the mornings. I cannot recover from ingesting syrup, no matter how much protein I have to offset it.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:20 pm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypoglycemia/DS00198 Snip* Hypoglycemia is commonly associated with diabetes. However, a wide variety of conditions, many of them rare, can cause low blood sugar in people without diabetes. Like fever, hypoglycemia isn't a disease itself — it's an indicator of a health problem. Signs and symptoms Your brain needs a steady supply of sugar (glucose), for it neither stores nor manufactures its own energy supply. If glucose levels become too low, as occurs with hypoglycemia, it can have these effects on your brain: Confusion, abnormal behavior or both, such as the inability to complete routine tasks Visual disturbances, such as double vision and blurred vision Seizures, though uncommon Loss of consciousness, though uncommon }
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:40 pm
I am going to say, yet again, that diabetes is NOT the only reason people exhibit hypoglycemic SYMPTOMS. I know what my doctor told me. And I am NOT diabetic. Mine is managed by a high protein diet. Period.
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Hiyall
Member
07-06-2005
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:47 pm
I am diabetic and when my level gets to 70, which isn't that low, I start shaking and know I have to eat right then. The lowest I have ever been was 60 and thought I would die...lol
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:03 pm
costa, I've been trying to convince people of that since the moment Amanda was face down on the floor. glad you've added your two cents That is why I posted the above link with it flagged in Red. (((((( ya I know what you mean Hiyall. Everyone has a different 'normal' level. my Normal is always barely above Low paramenters. So I get hypo easily.... i am not diabetic tho
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Hiyall
Member
07-06-2005
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:35 pm
Yeah it is different for everyone. I can be as high as 220 and not really feel any effects. I really do try to keep it around normal range though.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 1:25 am
confirmation right now..live feeds Amanda is not diabetic but is worried she will develop it because she eats lots of Candy to keep her Blood Sugar up.
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 2:35 am
From what I have seen eating candy will not cause you to become diabetic. That is a bit of a wives tale.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 3:01 am
true, it isnt candy. It is a chronic high blood sugar that can cause the pancreas to kinda 'give up'
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 7:36 am
And eating "lots of candy" isn't going to help her condition. This girl is dangerous.
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John3183
Member
09-02-2005
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 9:44 am
I keep missing this I think, is there video of Allison's medical emergency?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 10:05 am
I just got thru watching last night's show, and Amanda finally said what I'd been waiting for her to say... she wanted peanut butter. She needs to get protein (and I'm wondering if they told her to eat peanut butter when she was in the hospital).
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