Wellness

[Jackhound Mom]

The first one (I wrote about here) was a funny taste & smell.  Now there are more and back to the doctor I go.....

Maybe just like other health issues, no one number is right for everyone.

I reported to the company that makes it and they assured me all reports go to the FDA.

Please no bashing here   Please answer only if this has/is a concern for you.  I am grateful Thank you so much! 

[Group 5 minus 1]

Ask your pharmacist.

[Trinity11]

Hi @Jackhound Mom. The only problem I have had with insulin is that it can induce weight gain and hypoglycemia.

Are you refrigerating your insulin? (You should be) Are there air bubbles in your insulin pen or is the insulin cloudy? All of this can have an effect on the outcome of using insulin. Also check your expiration dates.

What specific problems are you having with using insulin? I hope I can help.

[september]

@Trinity11  Just want to say that I read all your posts about diabetes and insulin.  My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just over a year ago. When you share your knowledge here, it helps me to understand what she’s going through.  

Shes very good about about sharing too.  I do want to learn all I can about this.

[Trinity11]

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@september wrote:

@Trinity11  Just want to say that I read all your posts about diabetes and insulin.  My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just over a year ago. When you share your knowledge here, it helps me to understand what she’s going through.  

Shes very good about about sharing too.  I do want to learn all I can about this.

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Yes @september, I remember our discussion that your daughter had to take a 1/2 a unit of insulin sometimes.

Your daughter is so lucky to have you as her mom. Support is such a help with diabetes.

If your daughter has any questions about insulin, I always refer to the book "Think Like a Pancreas." Even after nearly 50 years of diabetes, I still find it like the bible of all things diabetes.

Hope you are doing well....

[september]

@Trinity11  Thanks. I’ll ask her if she knows about this book.

so you remember her dosage!  She is a small person...so she takes a small amount. 

She recently relocated to another part of the country and is taking part in a trial.  Her doctor is very supportive and she can call him any time. He checks in with her, too.  He called her once while I was visiting her during Christmas week.  

All her visits and her insulin are covered. She has a good insurance plan, but this all helps since she just got a job as a federal employee and went on involuntary furlough about a week later.  So..No money for copays and even her insurance is iffy until this all gets settled.  Whenever that may be?! 

[Trinity11]

@september...it sounds like she is being very pro-active about caring for herself. She will do well!

Keep me posted about the trial and how she did with it. So sorry to read about her being affected by the shut-down. My thoughts and prayers with everyone affected. I can only imagine the stress involved...

[september]

Yes...she had a week of orientation, then was more than ready to start work...but got furloughed.  

At least her diabetes treatment is paid for 100% with the trial. She said with her old job insurance (as a UC grad student), her insulin was getting more expensive. 

I think it’s a very new trial so should go on for some time. Will post updates when I hear them from her. 

[Jackhound Mom]

@Trinity11  Dear one,

Thank you for your always kind offers!!!  I tried to answer this morning but couldn't get this to work, sorry.

Lantus was my first try.  Awful taste never felt good one day of the almost year that I used it.  Started with 10 units.  Bleeding, blood blisters, bruises, insulin blisters, leaking so mostly pen problems.

Levimer, probably spelled wrong.  Never felt good one day of about 8 months of use.  Starving morning until night, mad cravings, bad taste & smell that got worce as the months went by.  Dry now thin hair, dry feet and skin, breakout complection, of course weight gain.

Honestly I'd rather have a fasting blood sugar of 160-200 and feel good and have my hair and skin back and energy to work out than feeling rotton every single day. 

I read somewhere on here that a new treatment regarding the lining of the colon had a positive effect.  How can that organ be involved?  

There must be another answer for us.  Alos I looked up how insulin us made.  It comes from bacteria, that can't be good.  I thought it came from cows and pigs.

Cathy

[cherry]

@Jackhound Mom  it is on my diabetes thread for Dec.  Your colon has a lot to do with digestion. It is still in trial  testing. I think it is only for type 2 ,so far