My Diabetes (day 3)
As I mentioned on this blog yesterday, I too now have the Big D. I started insulin (on a basal/bolus program), and am carrying my pen and BG test stuff in the cute little black plastic case everywhere. I'm comfortable perforating my fingers, though maybe I'll try AST sometime sooner or later. (BTW, I won't mention brands of insulins or meters, so don't ask.) BGs continue mostly in the upper 100's & 200's although I got all the way down to 96 (once). And to date, nothing in the 300's. No hypos (yet).
My wife, Steph (who's a diabetes nurse educator) is having a blast, second-guessing my portion sizes, insulin doses, insulin-carb ratios, etc.
Decided that I'm probably LADA, and planning on looking at antibody and C-peptide levels to confirm/refute.
Still don't have an appointment set up to see an endo... sorting out reputations, locations, insurance, then trying to set an appointment. Oh, and gotta notify MedicAlert to update the info I've got on file with them. Already let folks at work know that if I act more flaky than usual, to feed my face...
And thanks to everyone for the feedback to date.
Bill the diabetesdoc
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