Well the Doctor said

[theking]

...that I need to be put on insulin. I have not made a decision at this point. Any of you people on insulin have any input?

[alias]

Are you dense? Go for the insulin.

[CaptainWolfy]

my dad is on insulin, 4 times a day, nothing scary.. just need to take care about it get it reagularily and hava a candy by your side all the time, if your blood shugar decide to go down...

[Elli]

My man put off the insulin and stayed on the meds that weren't working for a year after the doc recommended he switch to the needle. Now he's been on the insulin (fast acting humalog for meals, Lantus once a day for the baseline) for a year and his sugars are completely in control. It's night and day difference and wishes he had switched sooner.

[theking]

Originally Posted by Elli

My man put off the insulin and stayed on the meds that weren't working for a year after the doc recommended he switch to the needle. Now he's been on the insulin (fast acting humalog for meals, Lantus once a day for the baseline) for a year and his sugars are completely in control. It's night and day difference and wishes he had switched sooner.

Sounds good. I am maxed out on meds. My Doc told me to test before I eat (I normally only eat once per day and that is during the evening)...refer to a sliding scale for the dosage of insulin...dependent upon my sugar level and test once more before I go to bed.

[MrBottomTooth]

Maybe try eating more than once a day? Obviously that is not healthy at all and is going to mess up your blood sugar.

[dyna mo]

i'm on insulin, you get used to the routine, cept for pricking your finger/arm. 26 years and that part still sucks. not sure why you eat only 1x a day but that's not gonna work when you fire insulin. balanced meals throughout the day, exercise, less stress are what's needed if you are sincere in your attempts to maintain low blood sugars.

[NaughtyVisions]

Type I or Type II? My wife has diabetes, only recently did a new endocrinilogist decide to test to determine if it was I or II. Turns out she has Type I. She's on two types of insulin. I give her a shot of Humalin (which is a slow acting insulin) in the morning and at bedtime. She gets 18 units in the a.m., and 40 units in the p.m. (Her body develops a high insulin resistance over night.

She also is on Humalog (fast acting) with meals. The endocrinologist put her on a carb counting plan, and determined a scale to counter the carbs (which turn to sugar). For her, she takes 1 unit of Humalog per 6 grams of carbs in the meal, plus 1 unit for every 20 that her blood sugar is over 90 (obviously testing her blood sugar before the meal).

Her biggest beef is that the Humalog causes weight gain. So we've starting getting more active, going on multiple bike rides, etc., during the day to help counter the carbs she eats, so she can cut down on the amount of Humalog she takes. So far its working. She's also talking with the doc about being put on an insulin pump, which actually makes it a lot easier to keep her blood sugars under control.

[theking]

Originally Posted by NaughtyVisions

Type I or Type II? My wife has diabetes, only recently did a new endocrinilogist decide to test to determine if it was I or II. Turns out she has Type I. She's on two types of insulin. I give her a shot of Humalin (which is a slow acting insulin) in the morning and at bedtime. She gets 18 units in the a.m., and 40 units in the p.m. (Her body develops a high insulin resistance over night.

She also is on Humalog (fast acting) with meals. The endocrinologist put her on a carb counting plan, and determined a scale to counter the carbs (which turn to sugar). For her, she takes 1 unit of Humalog per 6 grams of carbs in the meal, plus 1 unit for every 20 that her blood sugar is over 90 (obviously testing her blood sugar before the meal).

Her biggest beef is that the Humalog causes weight gain. So we've starting getting more active, going on multiple bike rides, etc., during the day to help counter the carbs she eats, so she can cut down on the amount of Humalog she takes. So far its working. She's also talking with the doc about being put on an insulin pump, which actually makes it a lot easier to keep her blood sugars under control.

Type II and I will be taking Humalog when I eat...on a sliding scale of 2-12 units depending on what the sugar count is and I think...he said to continue with my other meds...which is Glyburide....Advandia...Metformin...Pravastatin... Enalapril...some of which is for Cholesterol and hi blood pressure. I also take Aspirin twice per day to help avoid strokes...and have Morphine patches and Vicodin available for pain.

[dyna mo]

wow. that's a lot of pills man. i can only imagine the contraindications of all that combined with not eating right and being sedentary.

why wouldn't the doctor suggest you eat right and get more activity? well, i guess i know the answer to that.

[PenisFace]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

wow. that's a lot of pills man. i can only imagine the contraindications of all that combined with not eating right and being sedentary.

why wouldn't the doctor suggest you eat right and get more activity? well, i guess i know the answer to that.

Didn't he run himself over with a jeep while gloriously defending american freedom by standing in some sand in iraq?

[rhon23]

I am a type 1 had it for 23 years. Diabetes is nothing to mess with. Trust your doc. The shots arent bad at all once you get over the whole I am shoving a needle in my skin thing. They dont hurt

[theking]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

i'm on insulin, you get used to the routine, cept for pricking your finger/arm. 26 years and that part still sucks. not sure why you eat only 1x a day but that's not gonna work when you fire insulin. balanced meals throughout the day, exercise, less stress are what's needed if you are sincere in your attempts to maintain low blood sugars.

After some years in the Army I quit eating breakfast...some years after the Army I quit eating lunch and have only been eating in the evenings for the past ten years or so...although I do sometimes have a little something for brunch. As for exercise...I go fishing...hiking and camping with some frequency but that is all of the exercise I do anymore and all I intend to do. I really am not that concerned about my blood sugars or anything else. I live with such severe pain 24/7 that I kind of wish something would take me out...but I would hate to lose my eye site or body parts before I go.

[theking]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

wow. that's a lot of pills man. i can only imagine the contraindications of all that combined with not eating right and being sedentary.

why wouldn't the doctor suggest you eat right and get more activity? well, i guess i know the answer to that.

He...of course has made such suggestions...every time I see him.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by theking

After some years in the Army I quit eating breakfast...some years after the Army I quit eating lunch and have only been eating in the evenings for the past ten years or so...although I do sometimes have a little something for brunch. As for exercise...I go fishing...hiking and camping with some frequency but that is all of the exercise I do anymore and all I intend to do. I really am not that concerned about my blood sugars or anything else. I live with such severe pain 24/7 that I kind of wish something would take me out...but I would hate to lose my eye site or body parts before I go.

well, good luck man. i'm not a gfy doctor and not one to diagnose across a message board but you appear to have several major issues going on and i always hate to hear about doctors throwing more and more scripts at peeps.

[Agent 488]

just die. you are not real anyway. who cares. like donald duck dying.