About the Products - Step One - Qore Probiotic

Qore™ Probiotic was created to help replenish healthy bacteria in the gut with a unique and proprietary blend of probiotics--tiny organisms that help restore health and balance to the intestinal tract. Probiotics are essentially the opposite of antibiotics and are often referred to as friendly or beneficial bacteria.

The digestive system’s main role is to extract energy and nutrients from food. These functions are compromised, however, when there’s a lack of healthy intestinal bacteria.

Every day we are exposed to environmental factors that destroy these “good” bacteria—chlorinated water, processed foods, stress, alcohol and antibiotics — so it is necessary to replenish them with probiotics.

Qore Probiotic uses proprietary Japanese technology to guarantee these healthy bacteria are delivered to the intestines unharmed. People are amazed at the benefits that come when Qore Probiotic restores balance to their digestive system and energy and nutrients are no longer being underutilized.

Would you like to try a sample? Visit our website at: http://MyQivana.com/Layla in the bottom right hand corner, there is a link to order a complimentary 5-day sample.

Qore Probiotic helps the digestive system reach its potential. Taken daily, it provides the foundation for the complete Qivana experience.

Benefits*

• Assists in healthy digestion and nutrient absorption
• Enhances the immune system
• Helps maintain healthy levels of intestinal flora

Features

• Qore Probiotic uses Trisphere™ technology, a proprietary triple-layered beadlet, to deliver sensitive bacteria to the intestines (100% more effective than traditional 2-piece capsules and 50% better than enteric coated 2-piece capsules).
• Eight different Japanese patents protect the technology.
• Qore Probiotic is shelf-stable at room temperature for up to 18 months (most probiotics require refrigeration).

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.



Here's to living happier, healthier & longer!

Day 38 of Qivana Therapy

So, I wasn't intending on blogging every single day....

But, this is absolutely amazing & I wanted to share.

Now, keep in mind. Over the last 10 days, I have decreased my basal rate on my pump twice.
The first time it went from 1.025 to .975 & now, it is currently set as follows:

midnight: .925
1:00 am  1.00
3:00 am  .850

Now, just for those of you who don't know much about diabetes or an insulin pump, I feel I need to explain a couple of things.

1) Each of the settings above is how many units your pump delivers in an hours time. It is your basal (also known as your baseline). This is the amount of insulin your body needs to process the sugar you naturally produce just to function daily. **of course, this is a seriously simplified explanation**

Your brain is the only organ in your body that requires glucose to function. So, your body MUST naturally provide for what I consider a tier one organ. The brain, heart, and lungs being the tier one organs. VERY IMPORTANT. These are imperative. 

If you've ever experienced low blood sugar, you know that all of a sudden simple things, can not be done. You may be reading something, and you don't understand what it is that you are reading, the words may swim. You may be shopping in the mall & all of a sudden, you have no CLUE where you are at & you find yourself doing circles in one of those hallways that is only 5 feet deep & leads to a huge double door (yes, I once did this!) You may get up from a nap and go out into the street outside of your house & lay down in the middle of your cul de sac. And, yes, I've done this also.  **I consider myself a very lucky diabetic, watched by angels**

2) The time period between 1 AM & 3 AM is known as Dawn Phenomenon. Everyone (for some reason) produces more sugar which dumps into their system during these hours. If you are on a pump & you don't have a basal increase at this time, wake up a few nights around 2 or 3 AM & give yourself a finger stick. Chances are, you need a little bit of an increase in your basal rate.

Okay, so back to the important information. When I woke up this morning, my bloodsugar was 159. Not bad, but not where it has been recently, definitely. I took a correction bolus of  .9 to bring my bloodsugar down. Then, by breakfast time, my blood sugar had come down to 53!!  For breakfast, I had 25 grams of carbs. I took NO insulin. An hour after breakfast, my blood sugar was 93. Two hours later, it was 201. So, I definitely needed some for my meal, but I'm not sure how much.

The result of this morning? I think I need to change my correction bolus amounts. It is called your insulin sensitivity factor. Basically, how many points will your blood sugar come down for each unit you take? Currently, mine is set for 75. Each unit I take, brings my blood sugar down 75 points. That is why I took .9 at 159. .9 will lower my bloodsugar by 67 points. Which would put it in the perfect range, 80-100.
159-67 = 92. It's not an exact science. Your body has all kinds of things going on inside of it. But, it's as perfect as we can get it. Now, .9 lowered my blood sugar basically 100 points. So, my new insulin sensitivity factor would be 111.

Or, it could be that my basal rate is still too high.....My basal rate starting at 3 AM is .850, which is pretty low....Plus, I remember what happened yesterday with regards to my bloodsugar dropping after a meal.....So, I wonder which it could be. I'm going to go with the insulin sensitivity factor & I'm going to adjust it.

So, now, my insulin sensitivity factor is no longer 75. It is now 111 for 4 AM - 12 noon. The thing about ISF is that you get to set it diffferently for each four hour period, all day. Your body could react differently at different times of the day to its insulin, so you get to set it specific for that time of day. I'm not going to touch it for other times of the day, because I don't know (yet!) if it has changed.

This is an interesting trip I'm taking with the Qivana. I really did not expect it to have this huge of an impact on me, but the numbers speak for themselves.
Coming up in September, I have an appt with my endocrinologist. I think I'm going to send him a letter here in a couple of days, explaining everything going on & with the ingredient list for what I'm taking and ask him to explain it.

Have a great day!!

Day 37 of Qivana Therapy

So, this is brand new to me, and that is why I've decided to start a blog.

First, a little bit of a brief history about me.

I'm an insulin-dependent diabetic. I have been a diabetic for 23 years. It has been a long, difficult, and harrowing road. I was one of the lucky ones and it has still be difficult. I had a FANTASTIC doctor when I was first diagnosed. He told me I was a "fragile" diabetic. His name was Dr. Wilson in Ft. Walton Beach. He explained to me, in 1986, that the reason insulin-dependent diabetics should not drink alcohol is NOT because of how high it makes your bloodsugar, it's because of the drop afterwards.  Yes, he told that to a 13 year old girl. Because I had questions.

Now, the reason I am starting this blog has to do with a lot of things. It has to do with my skepticism. It has to do with my faith. It has to do with my view of the state of our world today. The fact that we manufacture everything. The fact that I knew my great-grandmother. The reason I knew her is because she ate NOTHING that was manufactured. I am a firm believer in this. She lived to be as old as she was because she ate what she grew. It had no chemicals, no antibiotics, no steroids. It was not mass produced, mass preserved, and mass slaughtered. I firmly believe this.

I started on 7/22nd taking Qivana. Before I started taking it, I contacted my endocrinologist, Dr. J. Gary Evans. I wanted to make sure he was okay with me taking it. He said it was fine. It's 100% natural, they told me, is it okay? Yes, it is, he said. As long as it doesn't raise my blood sugar. Well, it has not. As a matter of fact, it has had EXACTLY the opposite effect on my blood sugar. Which is why I am starting this blog, today, Day 37. I want to document my journey as a diabetic on Qivana. I believe education is best when it is first hand. I believe that if I, as a 13 year old, newly diagnosed diabetic had the opportunity to speak to someone who was going through what I was, if I had the opportunity to learn from someone, first hand knowledge, it would have helped me. So, I am hoping that my experience will help someone else.


So, this first blog post is regarding my Day 37 experience with Qivana & I will go backwards periodically, to fill you in on what has been missed. It's THAT important. yes, it is.

On day 37, my pre-lunch blood sugar was - 126, and my insulin pump prescribed a .5 units correction bolus.
I ate for lunch a salad with spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, tilapia, zesty italian, croutons and some watermelon. This is approximately 40 grams of carbs, for which my insulin pump has prescribed a bolus of 4 units. Obviously, my insulin to carb ration is 10:1.

Post lunch, my reading is 53. Now, this could be due to a lot of things. I could have mis-guessed my carbs. Since it was a salad, which is hard to measure. So, I won't adjust my basal rate. This is very important for you to know, since I have already adjusted my basal rate once. But, we'll address that later on. Right now, I need to get some carbs into me.....

We'll talk later.