Who else gets pooped?

Being diabetic has weakened my abilities to do most chores
also (especially mowing the lawn) as my leg muscles are weak
now compared to what they used to be...used to love to walk
(4 or 5 miles sometimes), now I do well to make it 20 or 30
yards without burning pain in both legs and ankles.

I have found that using a cheap, old, manual exercise bike
(someone threw it away - wasn't 'fancy' enough??) a few
times a week actually does help my legs (although it hurts
at the time) and seems to strengthen what muscles I do
have left...

For me anyway - the more 'couch potato's I let myself become
- the worse I seem to feel.

Baby steps - baby steps - baby steps. Each one you take for
yourself, really does count.

John

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I try very hard to keep my blood sugar leveled and for the
most part if

I'm

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just working at my desk or cleaning house I'm fine. But if
I mow the lawn or anything that's taxing to the old body
I'll get dizzy or weak or both

and

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have to go sit down for a while. Then I'll go back to what
I was doing

'til

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I have to sit again. Anybody else have that problem? It's
really the pitts! I have things to do that require some
physical input but I just can't seem to get up to speed.
Wish I knew how to get past this problem.

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Being diabetic has weakened my abilities to do most
chores also

(especially

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mowing the lawn) as my leg muscles are weak now compared
to what they used to be...used to love to walk (4 or 5
miles sometimes), now I do well to

make

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it 20 or 30 yards without burning pain in both legs
and ankles.

I have found that using a cheap, old, manual exercise bike
(someone threw

it

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away - wasn't 'fancy' enough??) a few times a week
actually does help my legs (although it hurts at the time)
and seems to strengthen what muscles

I

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do have left...

For me anyway - the more 'couch potato's I let myself
become - the worse I seem to feel.

Baby steps - baby steps - baby steps. Each one you take
for yourself, really does count.

John

John I can relate very well. I fixed the problem a little
bit. I was on a low carb diet and taking meds too (I am a
type 2) I increased the amount of carbs and decreased the
meds a bit. Then I started taking vitamins. A good multi, a
B complex, an Omega Fish Oil capsule, and one regular size
coated aspirin. Bedtime I take 150 mg of Coenzyme Q-10

These seem to help quite a lot. I am feeling a great deal
better than I was. I don't know if this would help another
person, but it is what is working for me.

I also noticed that when my BG's were running rather high, I
also felt exhausted all the time, so it goes both ways. Too
low or too high will effect you that way.

Remember that our bodily energy comes from carbohydrates and
the way diabetics metabolize carbs is all screwed up.

I have decided to see an endocrinologist to get my meds and
diet fine tuned and see if it can help me feel a little
better. It might be a good idea for you to try also.

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Regards, Evelyn

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