I will use that!
Hallelujah! Hopefully things will get better now. We saw the endo today and she’s officially off NPH. Her numbers have always been a bit variable but the past three weeks it’s been just WHACKED. So at today’s appointment I strongly expressed my concern that we do not have tight enough control and they switched her to Lantus and Novolog only. More shots but she’s pretty compliant so I’m not worried. Her numbers have been all over the place lately and her A1C was 8.5 again today. They expected it to be better since the last A1C was with 1 month undiagnosed time. I’ve been rigid and compulsive about carb counting and adhering to the scales. Not working. Glad the endo recognized the need for a change.
Could have started with a port so that I wouldn’t have had to poke her so many times. Don’t know why I didn’t take that option. Dumb. But we have a nurse appt. in 3 weeks and I plan to get it then. Want to transition to pump sooner than later and this seems like a good way to get her used to having a “site” for 2-3 days at a time!
Anywhooo…that’s enough rambling for now. Thanks for reading!
You are not dumb, DIABETES IS DUMB!!!
Lantus is such a better option. One thought though, while I was on Lantus it did not last 24 hours for me, so I had to up my evening humalog at dinner, but eventually that did not work either, so I ended up splitting my Lantus and taking every 12 hours.
Something to think about if numbers go way low over night, and shoot sky high after dinner, if taking Lantus at bedtime that is.
Things will improve.
Glad your little one is going onto Lantus. I think NPH should be left to the doo doo birds. I know when I was little (I only got diabetes at 6) - my Mum went thru’ hell trying to keep me from having hypos. In those days, back in the ‘60’s children were a small percentage of the diabetic population - so we were just test rats to the doctors. Tho’ I did used to love all the cooing I’d get since I was such a sweet (ha!ha!) little girl being cuddled by all the older diabetics. Luckily, times have changed now for the better as we come out of the Ice Age so to speak.
I keep on telling my Mum that she should come onto this website - as boy oh boy - am sure she could tell you all a few stories of scares with me - the child that would never stay put. I’ll have to ask my Mum next time we talk - if she remembers what my A1C’s were then (did they have that back in the '60’s I wonder???).
I’m hopeful that they will improve. We’re going to try giving it in the morning this time to avoid the lows at night (she was on it when first diagnosed but honeymoon took over and she starting diving overnight). It’ll be an adjustment period but I’m just done with NPH and how unpredictable it can be. We talked today about how we might have to try different times and possibly splitting so we’re going to give it a go and see what happens!
Yes, everyone I’ve talked to (besides the endo, of course!) thinks that NPH is evil…LOL. And lately we haven’t had a great time with it either so I’m glad we’re ditching it!