Diabetes

[garnett_21]

yeah, if you dont have insurance, your paying more than you would be on a car!

[WilyWestbrook0]

Type 1 since early 1995 when I was ten years old.

[garnett_21]

hey! welcome back! long time no see!!

wow...that's neat (in a way...I dont know anyone else who's type 1)....how is it for you?

[WilyWestbrook0]

Thanks! It's nice to be back. Diabetes is OK for me; I manage slightly over 7 on my A1Cs on average. Lately though, I've been having more highs than normal..I'm on a new exercise program and changing my diet, so perhaps I just need to figure out how to integrate all this new stuff.

[garnett_21]

last nite I had a HI blood sugar (over 600 on my meter) so today was a bit of a tired day today....lol....but I am still trying to get back into control....its tough, as I said before in this thread, to be in control at this time of year after sitting all winter and now going out to play basketball, ride bike, etc...usually takes a month or so to find the right insulin dosage.

what insulin are you on? are you on the pump? I'm on Lantus and Novolog injections

[WilyWestbrook0]

It's always tough to remain in control, but good luck convincing some conceited non-diabetic doctors and hypocritical non-diabetic nurses of this (I've had good doctors and nurses in the past too, but it's not always so nice). Even people "educated" about diabetes can never relate or understand unless they experience it firsthand and will just think you are lazy with controlling your BGs when many diabetics are not; you just simply can't keep it in control all of the time because it's a complicated disease. People wouldn't be searching for a cure for it if it were such an easy thing to control.

Whoa, got on a bit of a rant there, lol. Anyway, I use the injection pens; I loathed the pump and found it inconvenient, although some of the medical staff of course could not understand how it could possibly be inconvenient for anyone (many people use the pump without problems, but that doesn't mean it's perfect for everyone). I use Novolog and Lantus for the pens.

[garnett_21]

Lol....you changed what you originally said! I certainly understand how you feel.....I've had a few different nurses that have just been real pains in the you-know-what! treat me like I have no clue what I'm doing or should be doing, and I think to myself, 'you try it for a week....see how you like it! this is all I've known, and I think I've done pretty darn good!' the pediatric endocrinologist I had was so so so so so so good!! he was a huge guy, but gentle/nice as a puppy....lol I'm currently searching for someone that's not 50+ miles away with any diabetes experience (live in a small town surrounded by farm land with 2 doctors offices in the county)....and not having much luck....think I'll have to go to a regular doc and have him/her talk with my old doc or an adult endocrinologist at the office I used to go to

now that I've bored you to death with my life story...lol...I've never used the pump....I guess, for most, it's supposed to be better....but it's different for all, and I've just gotten used to the shots (imagine if I hadnt....18 years and OWOWOWOWOW lol)

I'm currently using 36 lantus at dinner and roughly 1.5 units per carb/50 over 150 BG of novolog by injection in arms, legs, stomach

[WilyWestbrook0]

hehehh..I take two doses of Lantus - one at morning and one at night, and I do sliding scale Novolog, around 1 unit per carb; sometimes a little more like the 1.5 you mentioned depending on glycemic index of a given food and stuff like that.

Most people freak out over any sort of needle, but when a person has been stabbing themselves 4-5 times a day for 13 years, it gets quite normal ; )

[garnett_21]

lol....my younger brother is always scared before he goes to the doc...thinks he'll have to have shots....he's 12 now, so not so much anymore

I remember being 7, 8, 9, maybe even 10 and I was scared of having immunizations.....lol....now that's odd! I guess it was cuz it was in was different spot than I do shots, and it's a larger needle

I did 2 shots/day for the first few years, then moved up to 3 shots, and now am at 4 shots for the last 9-10 years.....so figure nearly 26,000 injections! yet, I don't have ANY pitting whatsoever on my skin....I guess it's cuz I've always been good about rotating injection sites....and finger sticks too

[lil5up3rman]

I was Diagoned in 04 after I woke up from a surgery, it took the doctors over 1yr 1/2 to diagnose me with a type, I was finally referred to a specialist at a hospital in Cambridge, England I was at the time a United States Air Force Staff Sergeant I am now a Disabled Veteran, anyway's the doc at Cambridge came back and said that I have a rare form of diabetes, he said type 1's make no insulin, types 2's underproduce, and I highly overproduces but my body refuses to use it. I am currently takin metaformin as well, but I have always struggled with pills, I always forget I don't know why, they are right in front of my face, but I will take them on a regular basis and then forget for a couple of days, I don't do it purpose as I know what the disease can do to you. To make things worse on that end though I also have celiac disease, I am allergic to gluten found in wheat which makes many foods unavailable to me. Daniel.