Sunday, October 16, 2005

My Diabetes (day 9)

So, now it’s been over a week since Steph and I diagnosed me as having the Big D. BGs staying mostly in the 100′s; slowly increasing insulin doses to slowly bring the numbers down better & better. Continue to check about 8 BGs/day and shooting up about 5 times/day. Gotta get my fasting lab sometime soon (my endo said, and I agree, that there’s no rush).

Taking insulin (by insulin pen) at mealtimes, usually afterwards so I can count up how many units to balance the carbs, occasional “touch-up” doses (sometimes called correction doses) when it stays a bit too high 2 hr after eating, and a single dose of long-lasting
insulin every evening.

Actually it’s becoming quite routine. Bit scary to say that, as one of these days (sooner or later) I expect I’ll have one of those rip-roaring insulin reactions where you not only “crash” but “crater”.

Again, many thanks to everyone for the words of sympathy and support.

Bill the diabetesdoc
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Posted by Bill the diabetesdoc in 05:00:00
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3 Responses to “My Diabetes (day 9)”

  1. Old Al says:
    October 16, 2005 at 7:27 pm

    ". . .rip-roaring insulin reactions where you not only "crash" but "crater".. . ."

    Well, I’ve been T1 on insulin for 8 years now, 3 years on R + NPH (shudder), 5 years on Humalog + Ultralente.

    I’ve crashed, but never "cratered". Perhaps a hypo serious enough to require assistance is in my future but I haven’t come close yet (HbA1c in the "5%" club for 5 years now, 5.6-5.7 every time lately)

    I will be switching to Levemir when it becomes available. I happen to regard the fatty acid-solubility parameter approach of Levemir to be far superior to the pH-isoelectric point approach of Lantus, Ultralente and Lente. Levemir will require more shots but I think it will be far more uniform.

    Regards
    Old Al

  2. Ellen G says:
    October 17, 2005 at 12:35 am

    wow, Old Al!! It’s been almost 2 years since you gave me the great advice which led to my husband changing his insulin regime and going on the pump…..way back when I had free access to Usenet.

    Nice to *see* you around.

    End of blog hijack :)

  3. Judy Goldich says:
    May 2, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    Old Al, I’m back, one of your LADA’s: I just popped from one shot a day to two. Glad to see you’re still here! Question: I was dx’d 12/01, went to insulin about 30 m0 later, now going to the second shot. Is this (from your observations) an “average” progression? Judy G