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  1. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    man! now i really want cheesecake!
  2. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    he loves all of them. we havent been having desserts lately because i dont want to push my luck but we will. id love to get recipes. remember we have to count total carbs tho.
  3. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    all they told me was give the kid whatever he wants and dose him accordingly. im aure i will get more education when we go to diabetic class next month. pasta does suck tho. seems it hits about the same time as the NV starts winding down. so when it comes to pasta we try moderation. a little...
  4. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    seems the sensor just needed time. its right in the money today. hes still trending high. may need a ratio change but thats for the experts to handle. tonight we had pasta with meat sauce, a salad with lettuce, spinach, cabbage and carrots, amd steamed broccoli. 75 carbs. i tried doesing...
  5. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    we arent eligable for a pump for a year and theres good reason for that. we are still learning the basics
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    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    this CGM has been a nightmare. it made all of our phones alert to high BG. when i tested at 11 it was a little high ao i retested him at 1130 amd it rose 25 points. the poor kid has gotten ao used to getting his fingure pricked he slept right threw it. anyhow so i decided to call the urgent...
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    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    also im not sure if we always wait the whole 15 mins before eating. im gonna start setting a timer.
  8. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    thanks! we are using the dexcom 7. they say sometimes it takes 24 hours for it to get right. i guess we will know tomorrow after he gets home from school. tomorrow is his first day back. we have a meeting with the nurse. she seems to be on top of it. the school menu has a carb count and we...
  9. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    along with the log for the childrens hospital ive been keeping my own journal. i record BG, dosing, meals, ect. they say let him eat as much as he wants and dose him for the meal before hand and i did but i gave in today and let him have 2 servings of mac and chz when i knew there wasnt...
  10. Chic Rustler

    cooking for a type 1 diabetic

    well it seems we have a type one in the family. now we have to plan meals and calculate carbs. it seems balanced meals with a serving of greens or two, a serving of starch, and then a protein seem to prevent sugar spikes and lows.....but of coarse i have 2 days experience so.. do any of you...
  11. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    doing well. we may have lost one or two but nothing out of the norm. sorry been in the hospital with a kid for a week. havent had much time lately but thats another topic
  12. Chic Rustler

    Scored!

    still have a bunch left. there just arent enough hours in the weekend
  13. Chic Rustler

    New from Western Mass

    Hello from Texas. My motto is do what ya can where you can. You would be surprised what people grow in containers on a balcony. Theres also nothing wrong with buying good food from a farmers market and preserving it yourself.
  14. Chic Rustler

    Scored!

    we got one bed all but finished. i decided to try a hukleculture bed (sorry not good at german words) threw a bunch of wood and leaves in and started cleaning out coops to fill it the rest of the way with compost. it will be a fun experiment.
  15. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    at this point all i can do is hope for the best. maybe it was just a fluke. its normal to lose 1or2 out of 50.
  16. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    the last pitbull i had killed a couple chickens. i whipped her with a dead chicken and she never touched one again. thats about all i know about dogs and chickens. one of the new chicks died last night and another ia looking sickly. doesnt look good.
  17. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    me2
  18. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    trying really hard to break her. if it doesnt work out shes gonna have to go
  19. Chic Rustler

    Mysterious chick loses

    more chicks came in. no more losses in the brooder yet. we have had some heavy loses in the grow out pen. the 8 i put out there have dropped to two. seems our new dog and possibly a small wild animal are to blame. working with the dog and working in the grow out pen. its tough but im not gonna...
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    Mysterious chick loses

    in other news there has been zero losses since we retired the old brooder and switch feed. the little guys in the rabbit cage dont even have direct heat on them and they seem to be doing well
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