Thanks for visiting MindOverMellitus.
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 26, in 1996 - certainly a shock for me, but it beats a lot of the alternatives.
I was perhaps a little more prepared than many new diabetics. In my adolescence my diabetic grandmother, Kate Payne, provided an extraordinary example of discipline and consistency around her diabetes self-care. Mind Over Mellitus draws on this insight: the internal factors - our attitude, level of discipline, and habits are vital to making life with diabetes work. Kate lived fifty active years with diabetes, to the age of 93.
My wife Joanne, is a terrific partner and we share a lot of humor around diabetes. She is particularly understanding because of her own hypoglycemia from impaired glucose tolerance. That understanding we share helps create a lot of space and empathy around hypoglycemic grumpiness. Joanne edits my posts so they are tolerable by normal people like you.
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Andrew
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1 James H. Kuzirian // Sep 2, 2009 at 8:30 pm
In the March ‘09 Diabetes Wellness News you wrote about ‘Myths’ — in which you mentioned that, after 16 yrs as a vegetarian, you switched to a “very low carbohydrate diet,” and that among other benefits, your kidney function returned from 60% to 100%. Since I also am having that problem (declining eGFR), I went back into Dr. Atkins book, and resumed his version of the low carb diet. I have lost 10 pounds in five months; but my eGFR has dropped 4 point in the last 3 months, after remaining steady for the past year or two. Any suggestions?
2 admin // Feb 18, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Hi James, Thanks for writing. Congratulations on your weight loss. How was your HbA1c during that time? Also, that small of an increment of a drop may just be noise.
I can recommend Dr. Richard K. Bernstein’s approach to reverse declining eGFR, based on my personal experience. You can learn more about him and his approach at http://www.diabetes-book.com. All success and happiness to you!
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