Rick, And your actually on the "CARE TEAM" ?? And your going to take the inhale-able insulin through your nose.. WOW !!
No need to berate anyone. It might be easier to just show this:
My apologies for berating someone that thinks you take AFREZZA up you nose. A little research by Rick might have helped !!
Thanks for the correction Rick. I really didn't mean to belittle you. I was just shocked to read someone actually thought you snorted it up one's nose. They way you treat your Diabetes is your own personal decision, and I wish you nothing but good luck with whatever your treatment regime is.
I apologize for my confusion. Oh well canât take some people anywhere. Including me of course.
That's a relief.
Do try to keep your nose clean. Owww, that was too easy., had to take it. Sorry! :) Please don't get your nose out of joint. D'Oh!!! Sorry again!
Wait⌠You mean to tell me it doesnât go up the nose? Why else would it be shaped that way? Unless Iâve been doing it wrong.
Rick, you're a good sport!
Ahh-Choo Darn guys I put this stuff in the wrong orifice. Ahh-Chooo I have been sneezing for 13 hours. But on the good side I have found Ahh-Choo that when my dog breaths the air around me her blood sugar drops. I may have found a Ahh-Choo new way to give insulin to animals. Ahh-Choo. .......................Ahh-Choo.................Ahh-Choo....rick
Thank you for that information. Things are improving the last few days with BG dropping significantly so for now, it appears to be on the right track.
Good Morning Dave and thanks for your reply. Tu would be beneficial for him but he is not one for computers. The last couple of days his numbers improved tremendously so it appears between meds, changes in diet, weight loss and a bit of exercise he has crossed some type of threshold. His energy level is up a bit too. For now, it is more of the same as long as the trend is positive. Someone else suggested the needle thing and I went to a couple of websites and saw how small the needles are now. Had a family member from many years ago who was diabetic and the difference in needle size today is significant. The pens make it safer for him if that is the route he would need to go in the future but for now, he is going to continue on oral meds. I appreciate your time.
Thank you Mike and others who responded to my question as to what motivated you to try Afrezza. It seems like the product works so well and is so easy to use. For now, my father remains on his oral meds and along with diet changes he is making a lot more progress the last couple of days. His doctor originally asked him if he would be willing to do injections and the thought of doing so created a nearly paralyzing fear. One day at a time with all of this and no need to cross the bridge until it is required so we will see if what is being done now is the right long term solution. Thanks to all of you for the feedback.
Dave, his weight has crept up and that is clearly part of the problem. The day of diagnosis resulted in an immediate change in diet. Carbs and calories were both reduced but the carb reductions are being done in smaller increments. To take them all away overnight for him is not realistic. Good suggestions, thank you.
Nicely done. You have soul. (Shows up in your singing too. I suspect its a family trait.)
Howâs it going for you? I recall that youâre in the entertainment business and travel and have long hours. The video you posted a few weeks ago was very good and informative. Have you learned new things which would be good to share? For example, does your schedule and travel present any special challenges for using Afrezza as compared to RA insulins? Conversely, do you enjoy any particular benefits as compared to RA insulins from using Afrezza? I have a longtime friend who is a T1 who travels quite a bit with long hours in his job and he is reluctant to try new things (and he used to smoke, so Afrezza may not be a good choice for him in any event), but it seems like Afrezza is especially helpful for T1, so Iâve encouraged him to look into it with his doctor.
OK, Iâm on information overload. Iâll mention your first link took me to a search result for diabetes literature that had many questionable looking advertisements and it was hard to sort out what you had in mind when you posted that link. (Not complaining so much as mentioning you might want to check that link and perhaps not recommend it to others because it wonât do much for your mostly sterling reputation.) The second link was straight to a very helpful and informative page on your website. I am very curious to know what your career was. You are a very good writer. In any case, that page scared the daylights out of me. I am 56 and overweight and love pasta, potatoes, and rice. I actually was on a low-carb diet in 99, 2000 which is when a good friend of mine was hospitalized and diagnosed with T2 diabetes and convinced me to cut back. Iâm thinking I need to get back to something like the âSouth Beachâ diet after reading your page. Diabetes has not been a problem in my immediate family (although my 86 year old Momâs last A1C showed 6.5), so hopefully making some useful dietary and lifestyle changes will help. Iâm an Afrezza fan because of how I see it helping many people and because I own MNKD stock, but its not a miracle cure and avoiding diabetes (and Afrezza) is a much better idea than being glib.
So enough about me (mostly). I have a simple question for you. What does the âdawn effectâ feel like to those of us who donât know how to test for blood glucose? I wake up around 5am everyday (my alarm clock is set to that because it takes me awhile to wake up and I rely on my morning transfusion of brown blood - aka coffee). I am never, ever, hungry when I wake up. Food does not appeal to me at all. I donât usually feel hunger until around 10am. As I mentioned, I am overweight. My indulgences are large dinners, often with pasta or other starch, and I love beer and often have one or two each night. Does the increase in blood sugar from the âdawn effectâ affect my hunger (or lack thereof)? I assume it does, but I canât find any simple answer to the question. Every thing I Google on the question leads to a diabetes website with commentary about blood sugar. Aargh! As always, your insight is appreciated.
It looks like the first link I posted earlier got screwed up when I posted it in the message somehow. Try it again: How Blood Sugar Control Works and How It Stops Working.
I don't think dawn effect has a specific feeling. There are probably other factors that make some people's digestive tracts wake up early and other people's not. I'm like you with not being able to look at much of anything until I've had some coffee (decaf now, unfortunately) and some time. But it doesn't matter what my fasting blood sugars are, I always feel that way when I wake up.
In any event, if you don't have diabetes you don't need to worry about dawn phenomenon. For people with diabetes it can push the fasting blood sugar w-a-y up and be impossible to bring down, which is why I wrote it up.
My career has been in quite a few fields. I was a professional musician in my youth, then I became a software developer, and finally a writer. I've supported myself writing since the late 1980s though I still write some software at times to support my own web sites and those of people I help out.
I just meant that I support his feeling in that the only thing I would want attached to my body is my girlfriend too.
Some folks were curious about this earlier: I just got the bill for the spirometry test, and full charge was $500, with a $50 insurance adjustment I owe $450 for the test. Pretty expensive!
Ouch, that is painfully expensive! I'm still waiting for my bill. I heard that it's cheaper at a general practitioner's office,but I couldn't find one near me that could do the test. So I had to go to a specialist. I hope it isn't $450!
My GP didn't have a machine either, so I had it done at the hospital.