To understand and manage glucose numbers, it is important to know some basic information. What are the targets that glucose should be? Before meals - 80 to 130 2 hours after meals - less than 180 Bedtime - 90-150 Ask your provider for your individual target numbers. Your numbers may be different than those listed. The reason why you may have different targets is that each person is individual when it comes to managing your diabetes. 2. Understanding high glucose - hyperglyce

This is a continuation of the 9 essential things to know if you have diabetes. I will be focusing on the way to look at glucose numbers to understand why they are high or low. The question Why do my glucose numbers go up an down? This is a common question that I hear over and over. It is not just people who are newly diagnosed that are confused by this. It is also people who have diabetes for years. It is a common frustration. In some cases, the provider doesn't help much. Th

Number four of the Nine essential things to know if you have diabetes Blood glucose targets There are a lot of numbers that are associated with having diabetes. What I mean is this: There are numbers to know when you check your glucose. There is the A1C. There are cholesterol values to know and understand. There is microalbumin to know about. And then there is the blood pressure target as well. As far as the blood glucose numbers: Ask your doctor what are my targets and w

This is a continuation of the previous blog 9 essential things to know if you have diabetes. I am going to be talking about the third thing to know. Food that you love If you are like me, there are certain foods that I really like a lot. What this means is that liking certain foods and being able to eat them is important. So with that being said I would like to talk the item that I have listed as Number 3 in the 9 essential things to know if you have diabetes. Drum roll pleas

9 essential things to know It doesn’t matter if you have had diabetes for many years or if you are newly diagnosed. There are some very important things that you need to know about your diabetes in order to do what I call “managing your diabetes and not letting it manage you.” Number 1 - You are still the same person you were.... You are still the same person you were before you were diagnosed. That means you are a person first. You are wife, mother, or daughter. You are a fa