What is Diabetes:
Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases impacting how your body processes blood sugar (glucose). Glucose is an important source of energy used by your bodies cells, muscles and tissues as well as your brain’s primary source of power/fuel. Coronavirus has been linked to creating blood clots, and diabetes, which in turn increase the risk of stroke or further heart disease.
Prepare for Visit with Your Doctor
- A Doctor’s Guide to preparing for a good appointment
- Coronavirus-induced blood clots
- COVID-19 may trigger Diabetes
- How COVID impacts people with diabetes
- ThriveabetesCoronavirus Covid-19 and Diabetes Information
- Whether existing or triggered with Covid, Diabetes with Covid may trigger Stroke
- WebMD prepared a very nice list of questions to ask your doctor.
- What must I do with COVID to reduce my risk of further heart disease and stroke ?
Symptoms
- Symptoms of Diabetes Ketoacidosis
- Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes Mellatosis
- Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes
Indicators of Low or High Blood Sugar
- Confused, light-headed dizziness
- Difficulty breathing
- General feeling of nospecific unwellness
- Exhausted, low energy, and tired
- Need to urinate more than usual
- Ravenously hungry or thirsty
- Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain
- sweaty or feeling shaky
| Low Blood Sugar | High Blood Sugar |
| 1. Eat or drink something sweet (4 glucose tablets, 4 teaspons sugar, 7 hard candies, 1/2 cup juice or regular soda 2. Wait 15 Minutes 3. Recheck blood sugar. If still low call healthcare team. 4. If no longer low, eat a light snack if it will be an hour before the next meal. | 1. Stay hydrated, drink more water 2. Follow Treatment Plan for High blood sugar 3. Review possible causes for why blood sugars are greater than 200 4. Determine high blood sugar corrective action treatment. |
Checklist for Managing Diabetes
[ ] Take Medication
[ ] Check blood sugar when low or high, when sick, or before driving (blood sugar should be at least 100 before driving)
[ ] Exercise
[ ] Eat regular healthy meals
[ ] Carry source of sugar in purse or wallet
[ ] Check feet and skin every day
[ ] Continue Diabetes Education Annually
[ ] Develop Sick Day Diabetes Management Plan
Getting started, I created a profile on MyDiabetesDiet, based upon my preferences. Then I started reading up on what are good an bad choices.
- WebMD: Best and Worst foods for Diabetics
- BEST Choices: Whole grains, such as brown rice, oatmeal, quinoa, millet, or amaranth, Baked sweet potato. Whole grains and no (or very little) added sugar
- WORST Choices: Processed grains, white rice or white flour. Cereals with little whole grains and lots of sugar. White bread. French fries. Fried white-flour tortillas.
- 7 Immunity Boosting Foods for people with Diabetes
- 10 Best Cereals for Diabetics 2020: Wheaties, Special K, GrapeNuts
- 10 Best High Fiber Cereals 2020: Uncle Sam, GrapeNuts
- Best Pasta For Diabetes – Diabetes Meal Plans
- Coffee and Diabetes
- Healthy Desserts for your Diabetes Diet (WebMD)
- Top Fast Food selections for People with Diabetes
- Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA)
- Bitter Melon
- Cayenne
- Chromium
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Green Tea
- Magnesium
- Marjoram
- Oregano
- Resveratrol
- Sage
- Tumeric
- Vitamin B1
- Exercising Safely with Diabetes
- Home Based Exercise for People with Covid and Diabetes
- Staying well with Diabetes during Covid
- Tips for Managing Diabetes Distress during Covid
- What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Social Networks and Resources for Diabetes
- Healthcare and Wellness Centers of Excellence (Facebook and LinkedIn)
- American Diabetes Association
- Diabetes and Hypertension Center
- Diabetes Innovation
- Diabetes Nutrition Source
- Diabetic Living and Recipes
- Reversing Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
- Type 2 diabetes recipes and chat
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