Insulin Question
Hello everyone–
I just started taking Humulog before meal times on
sliding scale. Before lunch I was 130 so I took 5
units per scale. 2-hours later I’m over 300. If I
take more Humalog NOW will it bring it down? Hope
that make sense…
Thanks!
Cheryl
T1, June 2004
August 28th, 2004 at 9:08 pm
what is your carb to insulin ratio?
my daughter is 15 carbs per unit, I hear everyone is different.
Rhonda
August 29th, 2004 at 7:48 pm
Hi Cheryl, yes anytime you take humalog it will bring your sugar down. However I found that I can’t use my sliding scale to do it.
“God speaks through me.”
I use 2 scales, I take 3 units of insulin for every 15 carbs before meals & my correcting scale is 1 unit brings me down 6 points. We had to figure out both scales again while I was in the hospital for 3 weeks in May for my kidney transplant. Everything is higher right now because of the steriods & anti-rejection Everyone is different….it’s hard for me to tell a new diabetic to just play around with the dosage but did your dr or diabetes educator give you a correcting scale to start with? If not, ask them, by phone if need be, where you should start. Then chart 2 hrs after taking it to see how much it brought the sugars downand I’d readjust by 1 unit ’til I found the right dosage.
I’ve been doing this for over 30 years now, but I still get caught sometimes with either too much or not enough insulin because so many things influence the insulin needs.
But having some idea of how to correct it is important.
peace,
Dj
ps hope I haven’t confused you
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
Hello everyone–
I just started taking Humulog before meal times on
sliding scale. Before lunch I was 130 so I took 5
units per scale. 2-hours later I’m over 300. If I
take more Humalog NOW will it bring it down? Hope
that make sense…
Thanks!
Cheryl
T1, June 2004
August 30th, 2004 at 8:31 pm
Hmmm…carb to insulin ratio, I’ve not been educated
on this yet. I don’t know. How do you find out?
I’ve just started the Humulog last week.
=====
Cheryl Williamson
Cheryl’s Typing & Transcribing Services
Folsom, California
phone: 916-983-1959
fax: 916-983-6176
e-mail: cherylwilltype@…
September 1st, 2004 at 8:26 pm
Thanks Stacy!
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
In all fairness, if people are going to complain about DJ’s signature file that she uses on her email, then we should be complaining about ALL signature files. She is entitled to express her opinion, wether we all agree with it or not. Besides, she’s not really putting forth a political stance. She is just repeating some quotes that she finds interesting. Besides, at least most of us are in the United States, and we are still entitled to free speech. I, personally, place more value on the content of the post that what the poster chooses to express in their signature file.
Stacy
KATE GREENE <girlanimal2000@…
DJ- this message is for you. You need not express your views about politics on this diabetes group discussion.
DJ <dee.jay1@…
Hi Cheryl, yes anytime you take humalog it will bring your sugar down. However I found that I can’t use my sliding scale to do it.
I use 2 scales, I take 3 units of insulin for every 15 carbs before meals & my correcting scale is 1 unit brings me down 6 points. We had to figure out both scales again while I was in the hospital for 3 weeks in May for my kidney transplant. Everything is higher right now because of the steriods & anti-rejection Everyone is different….it’s hard for me to tell a new diabetic to just play around with the dosage but did your dr or diabetes educator give you a correcting scale to start with? If not, ask them, by phone if need be, where you should start. Then chart 2 hrs after taking it to see how much it brought the sugars downand I’d readjust by 1 unit ’til I found the right dosage.
I’ve been doing this for over 30 years now, but I still get caught sometimes with either too much or not enough insulin because so many things influence the insulin needs.
But having some idea of how to correct it is important.
peace,
Dj
ps hope I haven’t confused you
September 2nd, 2004 at 2:36 pm
I don’t want to start anything with you but if you think what our president says is” repulsive” then your problem is bigger than my little old sig file. And I am not on here to be in a popularity contest, just to share what I know about Type 2 diabetes & hear about other’s experience with it.
DJ
ps this is my last word here about my sig file. In the future if anyone can’t get over it, then just delete my posts because obviously anything I have to say about diabetes and my 30 years of dealing with it, 2 kidney transplants & victrectomies in both eyes must be worthless.
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
I, myself, find it repulsive, and has no place in her messages. It colors my opinion of her as I am sure this will about me. That’s why people should not express their personal opinions, unless they want a response, which again has no place here.
Stacy Kolls <warbirdfan72@…
In all fairness, if people are going to complain about DJ’s signature file that she uses on her email, then we should be complaining about ALL signature files. She is entitled to express her opinion, wether we all agree with it or not. Besides, she’s not really putting forth a political stance. She is just repeating some quotes that she finds interesting. Besides, at least most of us are in the United States, and we are still entitled to free speech. I, personally, place more value on the content of the post that what the poster chooses to express in their signature file.
Stacy
KATE GREENE <girlanimal2000@…
DJ- this message is for you. You need not express your views about politics on this diabetes group discussion.
–
September 3rd, 2004 at 8:46 am
This is my SIGNATURE FILE, It doesn’t mean I want to discuss politics. They are just 2 funny quotes from the president of the USA. Like I said the last time this came up (see 14,000 calories a day post)
the fact that it is on my posts does not mean I want to talk politics with you. Just try to get over my sig file…it ain’t changing.
I have noticed refs to religion and Jesus here & no one b*tched about that. DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
DJ- this message is for you. You need not express your views about politics on this diabetes group discussion.
September 4th, 2004 at 9:02 am
Hey, DJ!
Ouch….both eyes? I hope your retinal specialist was as good as mine!!! I only had it done to the right eye, but looking out through that blood clot sure the heck scared me! I have been blessed enough to now have 20/20 in that eye with my corrective lenses. My surgery was in November 1999. When were yours? (I hope you don’t mind all the questions!) How bad were your clots? Did they try to break them up with laser first, or just go right to the surgery? Also, did you have to go through the fluoroscein angioscopy (sp)? I really hated that.
Judith-
Vitrectomy is surgery to remove blood clot from the retina (retinopathy, or at least one part/type). Mine was done as outpatient surgery and my vision was back to normal by Christmas 1999 (surgery was 12 November 1999). It is one of those things that your eye doctor should already be looking for, even if you are not wearing glasses. You know those annoying drops they use to dialate your eyes, leaves the vision blurry for hours? That is how they check the retina & the vessels & capillaries back there for signs that this could be starting. If they see that the capillaries are starting to look weak or leak a little, they do a laser procedure called PRP (pan-retinal photocoagulation) to shrink them and stop any leaks. (Had that on both eyes in 99 & on the right eye this past Spring.)
Stacy
September 4th, 2004 at 9:05 pm
Hi thanks for the support
I was diagnosed at age 17 in 1973, although I had symptoms many years before.
peace,
I started having eye problems in late 1988. It was funny, I was the first one to have laser surgery for my eyes at Anaheim, CA hospital. So I go in, they put me in a gown, & roll me into the OR. I am saying but this isn’t what the dr said…
They also filmed the treatment since it was new. There were also 2 OR nurses in there. So my dr comes in & says what are you doing on the table LOL
Then he tells me to sit in the rolling chair & we start the lasering. The nurses had nothing to do so they were wandering around the OR & of course, my eyes were following them. My dr said DJ, this is really sensitive & you should hold your eyes still. I said then tell the people behind you to stop moving. They froze, then sat down & we continued LOL
So after that all was fine for a year or so. Then I started popping blood vessels like crazy. So I went in & got zapped 500 times in each eye. It burned like like acid being poured in. The dr said well next time we can numb you if you want. Well I figured the next time would be a year or so like the last time. He had me back in 2 days later. So I asked to be numbed. I still remember him coming at me with a needle full of lidocaine, ready to inject it into my eye & me rolling away from him on that chair ’til I hit the back wall LOL Then it was about 8 more weeks of treatment, zapping 500 times each eye & being numbed.
We moved further south to Mission Viejo, CA & I found a new dr. He still did the numbing but had me lie on a table & used a curved needle. Now let me tell you, these shots hurt!! But the burning laser was much worse. The drs think it’s because I was younger than most diabetics with eye problems and had more feeling in my eyes.
So anyway the treatment continued there until my husband retired from the Army in ‘91 & we moved to Utah. The first time I popped a vessel, the dr started talking aobut victretomies. In thewinter of ‘92 he did the left eye, then the right eye 6 months later. The strange thing was they pumped in a solution to replace the normal stuff in the eye & I had to keep my head down for so many days afterwards. My husband rigged a series of mirrors so I could watch tv LOL
I had a cataract done since then but no more popped blood vessels. My dr now says the inside of my eyes look like an army has marched through there & when beginning students come in to look, they have no reference point like in a normal eye.
Now all this has become a priority in me telling other diabetics because…I should’ve been checked for kidney damage at the time tall the laser surgeries were happening. My nephrologist says if you are having that much eye damage, then the kidneys are being slammed too.
I wasn’t checked for kidney damage until ‘96 when I finally found the Internal Med dr I see now, who runs the County diabetes center. By then I only had 50% kidney function left. We held onto that for almost 5 years using the ACE inhibitor, Capotril.
But in ‘99 it was time to see the neph. He said I needed a transplant & they tested my husband. He was a match & we had the operations in April 2000. All was fine until May 2002 when the dr gave me Zoccor & Trichor for cholesterol. Both my diabetes dr & neph knew there could be a problem so after 2 weeks they did blood tests & by then the creatine was rising. They took me off & tried for the next year reverse it but the damage was done. This is another individual thing. They really don’t know how a drug will interact with the anti-rejection meds. I heard of one lady who lost her transplant after taking ultram. So the drs are just careful & sometimes just hope for the best.
I started peritneal dialysis in June 2003 & put in the transplant waiting list. Now that was a challenge as for the PD because they use a glucose solution to pull out the toxins. I had to do this 4 times a day. So my base Lantus went from 45 U a day to 100 U a day.
Then on Mother’s Day of this year I got another kidney. So far, it’s working great & the sterios aren’t bothering me too much. I feel as long as it keeps me off dialysis it’s worth it & if I go back on dialysis well at least I’m still here, kicking & screaming LOL
Most of my problems stem from the fact that I was undiagnosed with my diabetes for at least 6 years before they found it, the barbaric conditions of diabetes care in the ealry ’70’s (one do it all insulin & urine testing) and we were living overseas and only had Army troop clinics for care, they just gave me med supplies, and the fact that I felt invincible during my early days LOL Sigh…don’t we all??
It wasn’t until 1985 when I got my first glucose meter that I really started taking care but by then the path to damage was set & although I beleive I slowed it down, it was inevitable that it would catch up with me. I hope against hope that someone up there figures I’ve been through enough & will suffer no more damage, but I figure that’s not reality for me.
But I have a very loving husband, I am a published poet, I collect barbie dolls, make barbie dollhouses, am Mommy to 4 very active cockateils & am happy to be here, in the land of the free
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
Hey, DJ!
Ouch….both eyes? I hope your retinal specialist was as good as mine!!! I only had it done to the right eye, but looking out through that blood clot sure the heck scared me! I have been blessed enough to now have 20/20 in that eye with my corrective lenses. My surgery was in November 1999. When were yours? (I hope you don’t mind all the questions!) How bad were your clots? Did they try to break them up with laser first, or just go right to the surgery? Also, did you have to go through the fluoroscein angioscopy (sp)? I really hated that.
Judith-
Vitrectomy is surgery to remove blood clot from the retina (retinopathy, or at least one part/type). Mine was done as outpatient surgery and my vision was back to normal by Christmas 1999 (surgery was 12 November 1999). It is one of those things that your eye doctor should already be looking for, even if you are not wearing glasses. You know those annoying drops they use to dialate your eyes, leaves the vision blurry for hours? That is how they check the retina & the vessels & capillaries back there for signs that this could be starting. If they see that the capillaries are starting to look weak or leak a little, they do a laser procedure called PRP (pan-retinal photocoagulation) to shrink them and stop any leaks. (Had that on both eyes in 99 & on the right eye this past Spring.)
Stacy
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September 5th, 2004 at 9:21 pm
DJ,
Wow! When I had my laser work & all done, they used an anesthetic eyedrop. I could still feel some in the PRP, but it was more discomfort than pain. I was diagnosed in 1977, but luckily I was here in the US and my Mom was a little familiar with diabetes (her father had it), so she knew the symptoms & what could happen if it wasn’t taken care of. I swear I owe my (relatively) good health primarily to her! I am very lucky to be with a diabetes specialist who listens to me when I ask questions or tell him I am not comfortable with something! I also have a great retinal specialist at this point. I don’t go back to see her until December now. She was GREAT with this last round of PRP. She didn’t just concentrate on what she was doing or even explaining that (although she DID do both). She also made a point of keeping me relaxed and talking to me about why she was doing what she was doing! I’m glad things are going well with your latest kidney and hope that all
continues to be well with you. Thanks SO MUCH for your insight & perspective. You’re actually the first person I’ve talked to (email or otherwise) that has also had the vitrectomy. Once again, this group has made me feel not so alone in my experience!
Stacy
DJ <dee.jay1@…
Hi thanks for the support
I was diagnosed at age 17 in 1973, although I had symptoms many years before.
It wasn’t until 1985 when I got my first glucose meter that I really started taking care but by then the path to damage was set & although I beleive I slowed it down, it was inevitable that it would catch up with me. I hope against hope that someone up there figures I’ve been through enough & will suffer no more damage, but I figure that’s not reality for me.
peace,
I started having eye problems in late 1988. It was funny, I was the first one to have laser surgery for my eyes at Anaheim, CA hospital. So I go in, they put me in a gown, & roll me into the OR. I am saying but this isn’t what the dr said…
They also filmed the treatment since it was new. There were also 2 OR nurses in there. So my dr comes in & says what are you doing on the table LOL
Then he tells me to sit in the rolling chair & we start the lasering. The nurses had nothing to do so they were wandering around the OR & of course, my eyes were following them. My dr said DJ, this is really sensitive & you should hold your eyes still. I said then tell the people behind you to stop moving. They froze, then sat down & we continued LOL
So after that all was fine for a year or so. Then I started popping blood vessels like crazy. So I went in & got zapped 500 times in each eye. It burned like like acid being poured in. The dr said well next time we can numb you if you want. Well I figured the next time would be a year or so like the last time. He had me back in 2 days later. So I asked to be numbed. I still remember him coming at me with a needle full of lidocaine, ready to inject it into my eye & me rolling away from him on that chair ’til I hit the back wall LOL Then it was about 8 more weeks of treatment, zapping 500 times each eye & being numbed.
We moved further south to Mission Viejo, CA & I found a new dr. He still did the numbing but had me lie on a table & used a curved needle. Now let me tell you, these shots hurt!! But the burning laser was much worse. The drs think it’s because I was younger than most diabetics with eye problems and had more feeling in my eyes.
So anyway the treatment continued there until my husband retired from the Army in ‘91 & we moved to Utah. The first time I popped a vessel, the dr started talking aobut victretomies. In thewinter of ‘92 he did the left eye, then the right eye 6 months later. The strange thing was they pumped in a solution to replace the normal stuff in the eye & I had to keep my head down for so many days afterwards. My husband rigged a series of mirrors so I could watch tv LOL
I had a cataract done since then but no more popped blood vessels. My dr now says the inside of my eyes look like an army has marched through there & when beginning students come in to look, they have no reference point like in a normal eye.
Now all this has become a priority in me telling other diabetics because…I should’ve been checked for kidney damage at the time tall the laser surgeries were happening. My nephrologist says if you are having that much eye damage, then the kidneys are being slammed too.
I wasn’t checked for kidney damage until ‘96 when I finally found the Internal Med dr I see now, who runs the County diabetes center. By then I only had 50% kidney function left. We held onto that for almost 5 years using the ACE inhibitor, Capotril.
But in ‘99 it was time to see the neph. He said I needed a transplant & they tested my husband. He was a match & we had the operations in April 2000. All was fine until May 2002 when the dr gave me Zoccor & Trichor for cholesterol. Both my diabetes dr & neph knew there could be a problem so after 2 weeks they did blood tests & by then the creatine was rising. They took me off & tried for the next year reverse it but the damage was done. This is another individual thing. They really don’t know how a drug will interact with the anti-rejection meds. I heard of one lady who lost her transplant after taking ultram. So the drs are just careful & sometimes just hope for the best.
I started peritneal dialysis in June 2003 & put in the transplant waiting list. Now that was a challenge as for the PD because they use a glucose solution to pull out the toxins. I had to do this 4 times a day. So my base Lantus went from 45 U a day to 100 U a day.
Then on Mother’s Day of this year I got another kidney. So far, it’s working great & the sterios aren’t bothering me too much. I feel as long as it keeps me off dialysis it’s worth it & if I go back on dialysis well at least I’m still here, kicking & screaming LOL
Most of my problems stem from the fact that I was undiagnosed with my diabetes for at least 6 years before they found it, the barbaric conditions of diabetes care in the ealry ’70’s (one do it all insulin & urine testing) and we were living overseas and only had Army troop clinics for care, they just gave me med supplies, and the fact that I felt invincible during my early days LOL Sigh…don’t we all??
But I have a very loving husband, I am a published poet, I collect barbie dolls, make barbie dollhouses, am Mommy to 4 very active cockateils & am happy to be here, in the land of the free
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 6th, 2004 at 9:24 am
Hi actually what they do in a victrectomy is remove the vitreous gel in the eye & replace it with either a saline solution or some other solution.. Then the fragile blood vessels that grow & pop won’t have a platform to build on.
Retinopathy (sp?) is when the eye feels it’s not getting enough blood so it creates its own new blood vessels. However, these are fragile and subject to break & flood the eye with blood. That’s one of the ways diabetes causes blindness. Before the laser, which they use to cauterize the blood vessels, there wasn’t anyway to keep the blood vessels from popping.
peace,
DJ
my husband once told my doctor that I had 2 vasectomies in my eyes. She & I were cracking up but Brent couldn’t figure out why LOL
But then this is the same man who went to Outback Steakhouse & asked for a Victoria’s Secret instead of a Victoria’s filet LOL
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
Hey, DJ!
Ouch….both eyes? I hope your retinal specialist was as good as mine!!! I only had it done to the right eye, but looking out through that blood clot sure the heck scared me! I have been blessed enough to now have 20/20 in that eye with my corrective lenses. My surgery was in November 1999. When were yours? (I hope you don’t mind all the questions!) How bad were your clots? Did they try to break them up with laser first, or just go right to the surgery? Also, did you have to go through the fluoroscein angioscopy (sp)? I really hated that.
Judith-
Vitrectomy is surgery to remove blood clot from the retina (retinopathy, or at least one part/type). Mine was done as outpatient surgery and my vision was back to normal by Christmas 1999 (surgery was 12 November 1999). It is one of those things that your eye doctor should already be looking for, even if you are not wearing glasses. You know those annoying drops they use to dialate your eyes, leaves the vision blurry for hours? That is how they check the retina & the vessels & capillaries back there for signs that this could be starting. If they see that the capillaries are starting to look weak or leak a little, they do a laser procedure called PRP (pan-retinal photocoagulation) to shrink them and stop any leaks. (Had that on both eyes in 99 & on the right eye this past Spring.)
Stacy
September 7th, 2004 at 9:41 am
DJ,
ROFL!!! My husband once ordered his eggs “over greasy”!! If you’re ever out in Northern IL, let me know! I’d love to have dinner with you guys! Between my Darin & your Brent, we could get a good comedy show to go with the meal!!!!!
Stacy
DJ <dee.jay1@…
Hi actually what they do in a victrectomy is remove the vitreous gel in the eye & replace it with either a saline solution or some other solution.. Then the fragile blood vessels that grow & pop won’t have a platform to build on.
Retinopathy (sp?) is when the eye feels it’s not getting enough blood so it creates its own new blood vessels. However, these are fragile and subject to break & flood the eye with blood. That’s one of the ways diabetes causes blindness. Before the laser, which they use to cauterize the blood vessels, there wasn’t anyway to keep the blood vessels from popping.
peace,
DJ
my husband once told my doctor that I had 2 vasectomies in my eyes. She & I were cracking up but Brent couldn’t figure out why LOL
But then this is the same man who went to Outback Steakhouse & asked for a Victoria’s Secret instead of a Victoria’s filet LOL
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 9th, 2004 at 10:02 am
Hi Lisa, I was really afraid when I was living in CA that I would have my eyes totally fried too. I was getting lasered just about every other week for a couple of years. Then the retinol specialist at the Moran Eye Clinic at the U of Utah told me about the victretomies. At the time it wasn’t experimental but it was too soon to actually tell what long term effects would be. I put it off until I had to fly back to Ky to watch my mom die of diabetes complications (gangrene, kidney failure, heart problems), I was popping blood vessels and really got scared. I saw myself on that bed, only blind. Plus at the time, my right hand was in a cast from when I tripped and broke it so the whole experience convinced me I had to take a chance with Dr Teske & the victrectomies.
Oh and getting a 50 inch big screen tv LOL
peace,
My peripheal vision is shot but I can still see well enough to read & write. I am not legally blind yet, but my dr told me in ‘91 that I probably couldn’t pass the vision test for a Utah driver’s license.
Diabetes is such a horrible disease. I do have hope for the young diabetics I see today, they have much better tools & meds, but we do need to find a way to stop this.
All the focus on obesity & type 2 scares me now. I hope that whatever they find out about type 2 can help type 1’s but since the root of the disease is so differnent I have my doubts.
So have you learned braille? I started in 1990, but didn’t follow through. My biggest thing was learning to touch type & praising the powers that be for the software that lets the computer talk to you
Because of the kidney transplant, my immune system is so fragile that I prefer not mixing with crowds much so I am on the computer alot LOL
Eventually I will get my doll house website transferred from ATTBI to Comcast & will post the link.
Take care, & keep smiling…the endorphins (SP?) help a lot
DJ
ps and we don’t want to get me started on insurance LOl In 2000 when I had my first transplant I was told I qualified for Medicare part B because of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Since my husband has great insurance where he works & is reited from the military with TriCare, we said no thanks…let someone who needs it more than me use it. Well for 3 years (which is a funny thing…that’s all that Medicare will cover for the anti-rejection meds…guess they figure that’s enough time to have a new kidney…we had to fight TriCare because they said I had to take Medicare.
So this time in 2003 when I went on dialysis & back into the transplant system, I said OK…we’ll take Medicare. Now we have to pay Part Bevery month & still have a deductable with TriCare. I still feel so guilty about using Medicaret, but it’s the only way to get a secondary insurance to pay the $150.00 a month co-pay we have on the anti rejection meds.
Ok off my soapbox LOL
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
Hi DJ. I just had to say that I have retinopathy. When I was about 25(14 years ago). the new blood vessels were breaking. But the doctor literally fried my eyes. I am now legally blind from all the laser. I don’t know if I should thank him or kick him. I’ll never know if I would have been totally blind or he just went over board. It’s funny…when my insurance wouldn’t pay anymore, suddenly I didn’t need laser.
September 10th, 2004 at 10:22 pm
Hi, yes diabetes and its myriad of symptoms and problems affect each of us differently. Like I said in my post, my eye drs. think it was because my eyes were more sensitive. Beleive me, it wasn’t fun getting the lidocaine shots, but the burning of the laser, to me, was worse.
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
DJ, I am not doubting your experience but I had my eyes done in 1983. About 387 in one eye and more in the other. Laser machine I sat in front of and Dr. behind it, shooting. No pain, just flashes. Since then I have never had another problem and my eye doctors have said they wish all diabetics had eyes so good. Just a note to say the experience is different for each of us.
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September 11th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
we are not on the pump, our original doctor said we should be diagnosed a year before they would consider us, then after our 1 year anniversary she said she would like my daughter to be at least 10. The last 2 times we have been to the doctor we were on a rotation and saw other doctors so this time we asked about the pump and were told “I think you would make an excellent candidate.” (our A1C was 7.1)
so now we go to a class about pumps in general to see if we are still interested, then we go online and pick the pump we want (we get a choice of 2) and then we take a class about that pump (our school nurse can go too) then we get a pump without insulin and with saline solution. then we get our pump. About a 6 month process more or less.
Thanks for asking the question, I love conversation starters!
Thanks for caring and sharing,
Rhonda
Mom to Sydney, 7
Type 1 since April 7, 2003
September 12th, 2004 at 6:11 am
I would stay with our needle treatment, but a 7 year old is only thinking of 2 things
sleepovers
and
birthday parties
Thanks for caring and sharing,
Rhonda
Mom to Sydney, 7
Type 1 since April 7, 2003
September 13th, 2004 at 9:47 am
Hi
As a diabetic, I’m not allowed to donate blood here in South Africa - the
organisations that collect blood simply don’t want it! I presume they are
concerned about using blood that potentially has high sugar content, or
something. Once while travelling in Italy I was approached by a person who
was collecting blood (in some caravan near the Colosseum) but when he heard
I was diabetic he was no longer interested. So I presume it is the same
anywhere in the world - as a diabetic, you cannot be a blood donor!
Regards
Guy
September 13th, 2004 at 6:30 pm
I just visited the American Red Cross website, and they say they will take blood from a diabetic “if” they are treating their illness and their bs is under control.
if you are donating blood for your own procedure they are less strict about “the rules”.
Thanks for caring and sharing,
Rhonda
Mom to Sydney, 7
Type 1 since April 7, 2003
September 14th, 2004 at 6:44 pm
I’ve been diabetic for almost 40 years now. Over the past 5 years, with
increased testing, Lantus & a Novolog pen, better carb-counting and other
refinements, my control is better than it’s ever been in my life. I am
reluctant to
mess with success at this point. When I was on 2 injections of NPH & R, my
a1c’s were almost always below 7, but I had many lows (and presumably
many highs as well…) and never felt in good control. My last a1c was 6.5, and
that has been about average for me for the past few years. My doctor does
not feel I would get better control with a pump, and I am not looking for more
tweaking and more control, more technical complexity and the possibility of a
site going bad and suddenly having my glucose rise to 400. My glucose has
NEVER been that high (that I know of) since diagnosis, but it happens to my
friends on pumps at least a couple of times a year… I also have a very hairy
body (my mother used to call me the “Missing Link”), and I’d have to shave my
stomach to get anything to stick (and remove without a huge OUCH!”), but
with my sensitive skin, that is not a prospect I’d welcome. SO–with my doctor
not promoting it much at all, and my control so simple and excellent as it is,
my feeling is to let well enough alone. I don’t mind the injections at all–the
new tiny needles are very comfortable, and I don’t mind jabbing myself 5-6
times a day if need be. I am also convinced I’d gain weight on the pump–too
easy to eat and bolus!! (Will power, boy!!)
Michael
T1 since 1965
September 27th, 2004 at 1:50 am
Does anyone know how we can tell if we fall under the first condition? I used Lilly N & R back then & I know it was the beef/pork combo, but how can I tell the country of origin. I tried checking the Eli-Lilly website, but couldn’t find anything! Help!
Stacy
h_mccallis <heidi@…
I just tried (unsuccessfully)to give blood yesterday at a Red Cross
Gotta take that iron! Hope this encourages those of you
blood drive. They had *no problem* with me having diabetes. They did
follow up to make sure that 1)since 1980, I had not injected any
insulin made from cattle from the United Kingdom (due to mad cow
concerns) and 2) that I had not had any protocol changes within the
past two weeks (changes to your treatment recommendations-they want
you to be stable). If you can answer “No” to both of those questions,
you’re free to donate blood. In my case, it wasn’t the diabetes that
disqualified me, it was that my hematocrit was too low (red blood cell
count).
who are thinking about donating to go for it! The blood supply is
really low right now and it’s a pretty amazing thing to know that
there is something you can do to save a life.
September 27th, 2004 at 1:53 pm
Hi, the dr just put me on 50 mgs of elavil each night for neuropathy (sp?)
I have noticed that my feet feel really numb now in bed. Has anyone else experienced this? Or is that how elavil works?
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 28th, 2004 at 8:04 am
Hi DJ, Neuropathy is the sensation you are feeling in your feet. The numbness is nerve loss, it’s not due to the Elavil. You can get shooting pains, electric shock feelings and cramping. Elavil is a very old anti-depressant that they have found helps with nerve pain. I have had neuropathy for 10 years now in my feet. While on Elavil, remind your doc from time to time to check your liver enzymes. Elavil is hard on the liver sometimes.
Take care,
Carol
Hi, the dr just put me on 50 mgs of elavil each night for neuropathy (sp?)
I have noticed that my feet feel really numb now in bed. Has anyone else experienced this? Or is that how elavil works?
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 29th, 2004 at 2:12 am
Hi Carol, but I don’t have the numbness when I don’t take the elavil. I have had the shooting pains & cramping, but when I take the elavil, I just get that numbed feeling and then when I try to walk to the bathroom, it’s like I was sitting on them & get tons of pain.
But the numbness is there only after taking the elavil.
peace,
DJ
Hi, the dr just put me on 50 mgs of elavil each night for neuropathy (sp?)
I have noticed that my feet feel really numb now in bed. Has anyone else experienced this? Or is that how elavil works?
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 30th, 2004 at 2:28 am
DJ,
I would check with your doc on this. It may be that you never noticed this before because of the other symptoms of neuropathty, but it could be a side effect of the meds. Good luck & keep us posted!
Stacy
DJ <dee.jay1@…
Hi Carol, but I don’t have the numbness when I don’t take the elavil. I have had the shooting pains & cramping, but when I take the elavil, I just get that numbed feeling and then when I try to walk to the bathroom, it’s like I was sitting on them & get tons of pain.
But the numbness is there only after taking the elavil.
peace,
DJ
Hi, the dr just put me on 50 mgs of elavil each night for neuropathy (sp?)
I have noticed that my feet feel really numb now in bed. Has anyone else experienced this? Or is that how elavil works?
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
September 30th, 2004 at 2:33 pm
Good morning, DJ. Are you taking the Elavil at night? Night is the worst for neuropathy. I used to get in bed and could not feel the sheet on my legs or feet and I wasn’t on Elavil. The numbness will come and go also. Ask your dr., but I’m willing to bet he gave it to you for nerve pain due to neuropathy. If you never had any numbness before starting Elavil, then call him. I know that neuropathy is a very annoying condition and the shooting pains and cramping are a big part of it starting to destroy the nerves. For as numb as my feet are (you could drop a brick on them, I wouldn’t feel it) I still get the cramping and shooting pains as well.
Take care,
Carol
Hi, the dr just put me on 50 mgs of elavil each night for neuropathy (sp?)
I have noticed that my feet feel really numb now in bed. Has anyone else experienced this? Or is that how elavil works?
peace,
DJ
“God speaks through me.”
George W. Bush, July 2004
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
October 11th, 2004 at 11:30 pm
I’ve signed up to donate blood next week. My veins are pretty shot, so it may not work, but if they can manage to get a vein I have a question. When they give you juice and cookies afterwards, do you follow your usual insulin regimen? Or…does your body really need that stuff to the point of not needing insulin??
Just wondering…..
Jenny
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