Insulin & Dave's Post

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Dave, you certainly have the right idea about insulin. I never achieved

any degree of control with pills. Tried diet alone and finally my

endocrinologist said I would have to take insulin. Hope you get to talk to

your doc and he tries you on insulin.

I think the main reasons most diabetics fight insulin are - 1. They think

that somehow having to take insulin means they're in the last stages of

diabetes. 2. Some cringe at the idea of giving themselves injections.

It becomes a part of your life style and I'm glad my doctor recommended

insulin.

Kay

> Dave wrote:

> <<I'm a type 2 on 2200mg of Glucophage daily. It works for me, and my

> numbers are doing pretty good. I'm not overweight. I was hoping my dr.

> would put me on insulin, and it may yet happen if I yell loud enough..

> Why?

> Well, from all that I've read I think I'd prefer using a natural hormone

> to control my diabetes in stead of a medication that does unnatural

> things to my body to control glucose readings. Yes, it works, and I'm

> grateful for that, but no one can truly tell you the long-term effects

> of medication, even though it's been around a long while.>>

>

> Hey, Dave, go ahead and yell! Or at least ask your doc what objections

he

> has to insulin. I agree with your reasoning totally, and I was so

> concerned about tight control (still am) that I insisted on at least

trying

> insulin within 1 1/2 years of my diagnosis. I mean what was the guy (doc)

> going to say? He couldn't come up with any reasons not to start on

> insulin, other than not being really conscientious about it, which

doesn't

> even seem difficult for me. My dietician always said I was very

motivated,

> and I am. I can only think of twice I forgot to take my insulin in

almost

> a year. I also like that you know how it works and the duration of each

> kind. I never had any sense of that with the meds, which never worked

very

> well for me, anyway.

>

> Maybe all that booze killed my insulin making cells totally, cuz now they

> call me I'm a type 1.5. And, I'll add, as a recovering alcoholic, you

all

> are right. You can't stop eating like I can stop drinking. All we can

do

> is become aware of where we're apt to be out of control. In the

beginning

> I found a food diary to be very useful. I did it off and on for months

> until I figured how it all worked.

>

> Cheers, eveyrone.

> Barb

Keep on keepin' on Barb! Sounds like you've got it nailed. Figuring how

it all works for us as an individual is the key to this sucker.

--

Dave -- April 16, 1999

t2 08/98 Glucophage

Davor's daily aphorism:

A man needs a good memory after he has lied.

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