Re: Question About Taking Insulin

[Guest guest]

Yes it is good to have other things to keep your mind on and it really helps

to keep occupied and to stay sane.

But one of the things I really have enjoyed is cooking and eating good food.

Now with on a feeding tube and having to restrict my own eating that

has become not as much fun as it once was.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement.

Lora

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To: <blind-diabetics >

Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:43 AM

Subject: Re: Question About Taking Insulin

> Lori, I thank god you are having a little joy in your music and books. you

> always have to give yourself a little time and joy or you will go nuts. I

> realize you love your husband and want to do your best for him. I get that

> and understand totally. but the load is so hard on the caretaker you.

> especially when you too have health issues. I feel for my husband when he

> nurses me thru bad low reactions when I cant help myself. it really gets

> to him when I have a lot of problems so I encourage him to get out and

> when he is in I have purchased him his own headset and gave him my older

> computer to enjoy his music. he loves to find new songs and learn to sing

> them as that is his hobby. I will even tell him of a new song that I think

> is similar to his voice so he too can look it up and enjoy it. but I find

> I can get lost in the music and books and get recharged. this is a good

> thing.

> I have been diabetic for about forty three years and always been on

> insulin. all you can do is your best. eating proper foods and medication

> and exercise are key. if you have a bad day so be it. it is past and

> tomorrow may be better. don't worry about things you cant do anything

> about. but being diabetic never stop trying. you can go to Hadley and

> listen to a sixty minute workshop or take a course down the road .

> whatever feels good for you. no pressure but it gives you contact with the

> outside world without leaving your home, smile. god bless you.

>

> Question About Taking Insulin

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi All,

> > has been home one week and he has been taking some insulin

> > whenever his blood sugar comes above 120, well, we go above 125 and he

> is

> > being tested four times a day because they were concerned about the

> > glucose content in the food he gets in the feeding tube and the fact he

> > has pancreatitis.

> > So they may be over cautious with him. It was a bugger getting the

> > insurance to pay for the insulin and the pharmacy was wonderful enough

> to

> > let him have a box the first night Georgie tried to pick it up. I think

> it

> > has 100 units in there and it is so tiny.

> > Georgie has been injecting and we are using my Prodigy because

> the

> > meter and test strips they supplied with 's prescription are not

> > compatible with each other. He has the ten strips with his meter and

> they

> > claim to be the same company yet are made differently than the separate

> > strips. Lucky I had bought that supply of test strips and have just

> > started the ones I got from CCS Medical.

> > Well, I decided to get a couple testings right when I get up before my

> > medication in the morning and give it to the doctor today. when he

> comes.

> > I had 151, 170 and today a whopping 230.

> > I think I know he is going to put me on insulin. I have been dreading

> it.

> > Now, what do you guys recommend I get so I can give it to myself or can

> I

> > do with what they provide. I see what a tiny amount 2 units must be and

> it

> > gives me the Willies along with just thinking of injecting myself. It

> even

> > gives me Willies to think of Georgie doing it to me. I still skip a

> beat

> > when he does the lancet for testing even though I have had two months

> to

> > get used to it.

> > I still have about 28 glyburides left in this bottle but I think he is

> > going to make a change and I am anxious about what he is going to say

> > about my foot too.

> > I had a rough night with calling me every 5 or 10 minutes

> between

> > 1:30 and 3:30 this morning until I just started crying and could not

> stop

> > and told him nothing could be so important as to call me that many

> times

> > in two hours. It was just little things like move his leg an inch this

> or

> > that way, straighten his head pillow, pick him upward in the ged, pull

> him

> > up toward the head of the bed, move his arm, recover his site where the

> > feeding tube is, just dittling with this and that.

> > I felt awful and am darned scared of what Dr. will say and do

> > about my case. Also have to keep track of some matters about 's

> > case.

> > It was an awful setback to burst out crying in front of him when he is

> so

> > weak and helpless. But I really did feel he was pulling my chain for

> > security or I should say insecurity reasons.

> > So maybe you can put my mind a little more at ease about insulin as you

> > did about testing.

> > Thanks.

> > Lora

> >

> >