No but the nurse said they will send me to one. She did mention that. She asked if I went to one yet. I said no
So they could go to insulin right away? If I need it? Just curious
Is it true once you go to insulin you usually have to stay on it?
I guess what I’m asking is if I can get some weight off will my dependence
on insulin go away?
Yes & they’d better. They start Hew Haw–ing around, you will tell them you want a major change. Unhealthy numbers are nothing to mess around with slowly. I think some doctors are afraid to do too much at once for fear that patients will be overwhelmed & do nothing.
I told my doctor: “My goal is to be as close to normal as possible, are you going to help me get there?” Also told him that I didn’t want that “good enough for a diabetic” attitude.
I wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital until my numbers were consistently under 175.
You’ve maxed out your oral med doses. Now, you need real control.
Have every faith in you, Mark!
Happy to hear they’ll give you a referral to an endo. High time you saw one. Non-endos see so many Type 2s that they get blase about it.
Yep, you can go on insulin right away. Oral meds aren’t working, from what you’ve said. They may advise to lose weight, exercise, lower carbs & then see if oral meds & Byetta work better, but that’s still a slow process. Truly Mark, those numbers need to come down & quickly. Doc may want to see the results of your tests first because you may only need small insulin doses.
Insulin doesn’t have side effects, but oral meds do.
Losing weight & eating low carb does lower insulin resistance in a lot of people. Thing is how much of your own insulin you’re producing & if you have antibodies destroying your beta cells–the tests. You need to know how resistant you are & if you are a Type 1 or Type 2.
Nope, you may not need to be on insulin forever. Taking insulin will preserve your beta cells. They’re working overtime now & could be burning out. Think of it as giving your pancreas the help it needs & a vacation.
Please don’t think of insulin as the end of the line. Please don’t fear this. It’s a hormone your body needs. Without it, we’d all be dead. Even if you have to take insulin forever, so what? Better to take injections than to get horrible complications from out of control BG. You’ll feel so much better.
Thanks Gerri! very encouraging! I really want to be healthy again.
I am really getting stronger in my thinking by just coming here.
You mentioned the crabbyness. It’s interesting… Im an easy going guy but I have noticed some things in the past months. wonder why that happens?
Sounds like my story. My doc put me on insulin, but still said it was type 2. After seeing the endo it was clear that it had been type 1 all along. Using insulin is a bit jarring at first, but actually you can eat more things you love if you count your carbs and take enough insulin to cover what you eat. You’ll feel better too, and be less emotional/angry.
Mark, my friend, you will be healthy again. You’re a strong person & a positive person, I can tell. Coming here helps us all. Well, the people who want help:)
My husband will be glad to tell you about crabbiness! My crabbiness, not his. I get impatient & mean, he tells me to check my BG. Our bodies become totally out of whack with high BG. All that glucose surging through our bodies with no place to go. Stress hormones out of whack, too. Makes us feel horrible & effects our emotions badly.
Just remember, as your BG comes down to more normal ranges, it will feel kind of odd at first because your body has become used to being high. Amazing how we adjust to things, even unhealthy things. You’ll feel like you have low blood sugar, when you really don’t. Doesn’t last long, but don’t want you to be concerned. You’ll be testing, so you will know if you’re truly low–below 70.
Wow! Thanks a lot! It’s really great to hear it explained in a way us newcomers can understand.
I really appreciate it! I will keep updating.
It’s pretty cool to have new friends to help me.
I’m still not going to say the D word. LOL
Thanks Gerri!
Happy to try to help. You ask anything you need to know. Will be someone here who knows the answer.
Crabbiness is the least of our worries. All that excess glucose not being “cleaned up” by insulin goes to all our organs & sticks to our cells & stays there causing damage. Ok, that’s a simplified version, but that’s what happens. I think of this when I want to eat something I shouldn’t.
Let me know when you can say the D word.
Eager to hear what the new doc says. Can your wife go with you to the appt? I dragged Tim along to mine at first because it’s often info overload & helps to have another there to help remember it all. I bring a pad & paper now.
Oh she would like to! She wont be able to though this week.
She has told me to get going on this for a while now and says I’m not going to leave her or she’ll
kick my #$@
She wants me to hang around a little longer! (Bless her Heart)
We both will be curious what will happen.
excess glucose (YUCK) Can that clog up your arteries too? I hate stroke! I went through my mom
and My wifes dad with one that killed them. Heart disease too right?
Hey at least my BP has been doing good with lisinopril.
I like your wife.
Yep, With high BG, we’re more likely to have a stroke, heart attack, have retinal disease, kidney damage & neuropathies (death of nerves --very painful) to name a few delightful problems. All complications of high BG. But, you can control it & you will. Damage can be undone. Balance can be restored. Bet that insulin doesn’t sound bad now, huh:)
I don’t want to scare you, but when BG is over 140 consistently damage follows.
eeeeechhhhhhhhh! don’t want any of that damage thats for sure!
Over 140 eh? Oh boy…
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. But all that’s in the past–onward & upward (or better to say downward BG).
Oh yes! I am more determined than ever to Should we say:
GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK!
I have also read to watch the fat content also. Is this that super important and why.
I mean I know we should always watch fat intake for arterclogging but is there a particular reason for BG too? Just curious
Eating a lot of fat in meals slows down digestion & can cause BG spikes. If you end up taking rapid acting insulin before meals, it only lasts a set number of hours in the body. You don’t want the carbs hitting your blood stream when the insulin is gone because the fat slowed down their digestion.
Do a search for fats. Very good info here about kinds of fats to eat. A low carb diet is not a low fat one. It’s excess carbs that are believed to cause artery clogging problems, not good fat intake. Forgot everything we’ve been told about fat causing heart problems because it doesn’t. It’s a myth & a dangerous one. I know, shocking but true.
Are My Pork rinds out of the question? 0 carbs! hehehehe
You can eat them! What kind of oil are they fried in?
I knew you were going to ask that. LOL I’ll have to get back with you on that.
If i remember it says no saturated fat.