Charleigh recently had a glucose/insulin tolerance test. Friday we received the results: Reactive Hypoglycemia with a decreased beta cell function.
In Charleigh’s world that is bitter sweet news. While she doesn’t have to get “shots” she also won’t get to eat sugar.
In my world that means I need to instruct and encourage her to eat a low glycemic diabetic diet so we can avoid a future diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
To Charleigh this new diet also means she won’t be having headaches or feeling “fuzzy” or “tired” anymore.
To me it means I won’t find her half conscious and unable to say her name or recognize her family members.
To daddy, who is also hypoglycemic it means he’ll be watching what he eats a lot closer. Now that he has an 8yr old watching him like a hawk it will be harder to buy those cookies.
To my jeans it means they may soon be fitting again. I told Charleigh we were in this together and I wouldn’t eat anything she couldn’t. I’ve done a pretty good job of sticking to her diet. Of course after she went to bed last night I broke out the Boy Scout chocolate covered caramel corn. She walked through the room for a drink of water and I shoved the bowl under a couch cushion. After she went back to bed I felt guilty for cheating and silly for hiding it so I dumped the bowl in the trash and packed up the remaining sweets to be given to some lucky friend.
Please keep Charleigh in your prayers. Not only for a smooth adjustment to her new healthy lifestyle but also for the results of the 15 other blood tests she just had this Friday.
Tuesday, 8. January 2008
I’m so glad Charleigh is not going to have to get shots. That’s rough for a little kid. I’ll be praying for her and the rest of y’all with the new diet. You sound like an incredible mom. Must be a family trait.
Thursday, 10. January 2008
Hi Jamie.
Amy talked to me today and told me about the other results from blood tests that you received today.
I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia in high school. I’ve been there and done that, it is possible! I also have a little boy with food allergies. He originally was allergic to dairy, soy, beef and peanuts. Now it is just soy and dairy that are the primary concerns. So I have walked in it and had a child that worried me!
If you are interested in talking and if you need some resources, please email me, I would love to help in anyway that I can!
BTW, a quick breakfast idea for her would be something like rice chex or rice crispies with rice milk, she would also need some protein with this. The ZONE diet is a low glycemic index diet and may help you understand how to best prepare meals and snacks along with giving you a list of good foods for her.
I’ll be praying fo you.
Friday, 11. January 2008
Thanks Hillery!
I’m on my way to Amarillo to buy some groceries. Since Kurt is hypoglycemic I have 13 yrs experience cooking for this diagnoses. This new no milk and possibly no eggs or wheat concept was a bit overwhelming at first. Well. . .it’s still a bit overwhelming. I’m on my way to Eat-Rite. I’ve been told they have a great selection and that they are quite helpful. Thanks so much for the prayers and help. If I get too stuck or too emotional I’ll call ya.