Mary I like it!
If you are not feelng well due to complications of diabetes . . . you may benefit, from pulsatile IV insulin therapy.
Are you a part of this company, Cassie?
I think that she said in one of the other threads that she wasn’t although someone else mentioned that it’s apparently like $25K and insurance doesn’t cover it, which may put it beyond most people’s means? The Wikipedia page was pretty brief and I got distracted and didn’t look around for more info.
I agree with Renka that that’s a good one!
Thanks, AR, I always get leery when someone’s response on multiple topics is “try this panacea for whatever ails you!”
Lynne,
Many people here suggest my problems are mental but I know how I am supposed to feel physically and mentally because sometimes I do feel well but its not very often. Fix my diabetes and basically fix my life. If you are extremely sensitive to the levels both high and low at least in my case there is big time disturbance that sets in when out of that narrow range. Yeah you can fix it but its relentless and you can’t live in peace as your living to regulate your sugar. I basically stopped going out socially over the last few years other then with one close friend I’ve had since high school and even then its only once in a while. It sounds to me you have quite a few things on top on just not feeling well and I wish I could help but it is what it is. Without remaining hopeful that there will be some kind of breakthrough I really have nothing to look forward to. To remain having to live like this is pure torture as far as I am concerned.
There are a few non invasive meters in the works that may be out in the next few years and it will be helpful for sure but its just another tool. Heck the diabetes doesn’t even know we check our levels. We need a biological fix (regeneration / encapsulated transplantation) or glucose responsive insulin. If you haven’t followed Dr Faustman’s research I suggest you do and donate whatever spare funds you can.
That’s true however I am always intrigued by new things. I used to IV R shots pretty regularly back in the daze so I am aware that IV > any other way to get your BG down fast. Unfortunately, I suspect that it may be extremely hazardous and all that too. Perhaps that’s why it costs a lot?
Gary don’t forget that they usually put epinepherine in with Novacaine shots when you go to the dentist. Every time they give me novacaine I get the exact same response as you describe. Not the diabetes in this case.
I actually have been declining the epinephrine in my Novocaine for years. A drug that makes me feel wired and anxious is just what I don’t need at the dentist. It’s no problem to leave it out, but you sometimes need a bit more Novocaine and it doesn’t last quite as long (which to me is a good thing!)
Hey Gary,
Hope you are having a better day.
I have read a number of your posts with interest over recent weeks and I have to concur with others, there does seem to be a strong sense of underlying anxiety and depression coming through many of your posts.
Anxiety and depression can be extremely powerful and over whelming, you seem to be fixated on finding a cure, which I can understand but why focus your energies on this primarily?
I have been in a similar place to you, my mother a type 1 diabetic died following a severe hypo that left her with zero brain activity at the age of 46 and I hated the disease for many years. I have no family, had no girlfriend, no money and really did go to a low place. I was crippled by anxiety and spent all my time focusing on the negatives of diabetes.
This was obviously a recipe for deep unhappiness in the long term. I started by making small changes, I changed my healthcare team, started seeing a counsellor, took anti depressant medication, exercised and made small changes. This didn’t happen overnight, but over time my attitude began to change, I started to worry less and I started seeing my diabetes differently and things started falling into place.
Anxiety, depression, stress, exhaustion and diabetes all go hand in hand, if you are dealing with these you are often unable to see the wood for the trees.
Yes it is a ■■■■■, yes I don’t like it. But it isn’t going anywhere soon, so you have to make the best of the cards you’ve been dealt.
Rather than be dismissive, why not try and make a few positive changes and see what happens?
Platitudes aside, you only have one life and you owe it to yourself and your loved ones to make the most out of it I reckon. 
Maybe stop focusing on your diabetes so much for a while (I know this is difficult), take a break (e.g. stop being so hard on yourself/panicking about highs and lows), stay off forums and focus on getting yourself in better place mentally?
I really feel for your mate and I hope that things start looking up for you.
Lynne, I saw the same report about Alzheimer’s. I’m constantly amazed at how bad science can be published. The researchers made the sweeping assumption that ALL people with diabetes (Type 2 in the case of this study) have high, abnormal, uncontrolled blood sugars. So the conclusion was that people with high, abnormal, uncontrolled blood sugars have a higher chance of getting Alzheimer’s.
I think the problem isn’t necessarily the researchers, is the low goals that the medical industry provides for people with diabetes? If 160 is your goal, it’s not likely that you are going to “push it” to do better which, in turn, sets you up for the higher risks of complications that go along with the higher blood glucose. I googled National A1C average a while ago and it seemed that it was somewhere around 9%. If I look at TuAnalyze for my state, it seems to be somewhat skewed as only people who are “winning” are posting since there aren’t any 9s logged in the data? A lot of people here seem to be achieving decent results but the researchers data may be gleaned from some other source, e.g. public health records, that could substantiate their findings in a scientific manner?
I am nervous about Alzheimer’s as well as I have it on both sides of the family plus, of course, T1 on top of it. I had better start smoking or something to make sure it doesn’t get me!!
I saw a recent study that linked Alzheimer's to insulin resistance, a characteristic of T2. They posited that the brain cells are being starved because they are unable to metabolize insulin like other cells of the body. I posted some details here
The study I’m referring to specifically, takes ‘diabetes’ to mean ‘abnormal [high] blood sugar’.
The full pdf is subscription only so I can’t unpick it any further. I take your point about a possible link to insulin resistance - which doesn’t necessarily mean high blood sugars or diabetes. But my objection to this particular survey was the assumption that diabetes automatically means abnomal high blood sugars.
As the official press release puts it, '(t)he study found that people with diabetes were 1.74 times more likely to develop dementia from any cause and twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as people with normal blood sugar levels.
The citation confusingly refers to disorders of lipid metabolism; it doesn’t say anything about the A1C levels of the subjects. I agree that the official goals are too lax.
The study was published in the September 20th print edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
I think you touched (briefly) on a good point there. Even if there is no mental illness, as Gary is quick to point out, anxiety and depression are also a part of diabetes. Sometimes a counselor/social worker/etc. can help out with that, and help with one’s overall outlook and motivation. Mental illness is not a prerequisite for talking to someone about the things that trouble you on a daily basis.
Hi Zoe: That’s good to know! I too dislike that wired feeling…lasts for days!
Joanne