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Thank you for the hints everyone
I feel like I am scolding all of you for your help. I am not, I really appreciate the answers, I was hoping to find something. I will not stop but I was so frustrated. Hubby had just lost his part time job so we are now 100% on retirement so that cuts the grocery budget down some more.
Thank you everyone for the help. There are a few things I had tried before and am going to try again.
1. I am not on a sodium restricted diet so I am getting all I can use. I really cannot take any more as it causes water retention on my ankles.
2. My life went through a major change when I was told to leave my job and file for early retirement.
3. Movement..... something that people with neuropathy cannot do much of. I walk to my mailbox at the road and back to the house, climbing three painful steps to my front porch, and have to stop and rest, sometimes even having to take a pain pill when I am back inside.
3. I have had my thyroid checked and it is well within the normal range. We are keeping a close watch on it because I have 3 spots on it as well as 2 on a kidney, and 6 on a lung.
4. I am taking Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter Melon, Cinnamon, and Berberine but still need the metformin as well as my novolin N and R. If my carbs go above 50 a a day my glucose goes well over 250, hence another shot.
It is not that I don't want to up my proteins and lower my carbs, it is that I cannot afford to buy the foods needed. If it were just me I could do it, but he is a picky eater.
I tried working with a dietician but all she did was help me put on more weight. She kept insisting I eat grains (raise my glucose) and just take more insulin (insulin causes weight gain and so do the antibiotics I have to take) I tried her way for a month, but put on weight, raised my insulin dose, and shot a huge hole in my budget. Her idea of not having enough money was about three times what mine was. If I was going to spend that much I would have no problem with the keto or any other way of eating.
I don't even want desserts, they are just tooo sweet.
Cleta
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