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 at 00:00:00 | Permanent Link | Comments (3) |
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1 - ". . .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

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Written by: Old Al at 2005/10/16 - 19:27:12
2 - 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.

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Written by: Ellen G at 2005/10/17 - 00:35:15
3 - 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 (Comment this)

Written by: Judy Goldich at 2007/05/02 - 18:40:11 in reply to: 1
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