Wellness

[Trinity11]

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@Sage04 wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@FranandZoe wrote:

Insulin is the best choice for Type 2s.  When I was first diagnosed with diabetes I was against taking it but now there are types of insulin that you take once daily - even twice - without having to check your glucose numbers and adjust your carbs/protein.

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Insulin is rarely the best choice for Type 2 diabetics as it is a fat building hormone and the last thing most Type 2 diabetics need is to gain weight. Only when all other choices have been exhausted should a Type 2 diabetic incorporate insulin into their treatment plan. You are talking about background insulin BASAL insulin that is usually taken once per day, sometimes twice. You always need to check your blood glucose levels because you can go too low (hypoglycemia) resulting in coma or death if not immediately corrected.  All diabetics Type 1 and Type 2 who use insulin need to adjust their insulin to their food intake. Not testing and not making sure that food intake matches insulin useage is a recipe for disaster.

Signed,

A Type 1 diabetic for more than fifty years.

@Trinity11  I have a question for you. What if your blood glucose level is a little too high, what could be done? I don't mean daily. Just in case you ate something that affect it then. If this has happened to you, what did you do?

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Do you mean if you perhaps ordered a Diet Coke and the waiter brought you Coke instead @Sage04 ? When an unexpected high comes from a dietary mishap, it is dependent upon how high. After a real Coke, I can immediately jump to a 400 blood sugar that I would need to treat with insulin. Every hour I would check, thereafter for about 3 hours trying not to overtreat. If I ate pizza and went to 250, I would take a few units extra to bring it down. A few points beyond target blood sugars, I would leave alone rather than risking hypoglycemia. I hope that helps...😊

[Sage04]

@Trinity11  yes a few points above. Sometimes I can feel it so that's why I check to see whether it's low or high. 

I have a cousin who ended up in the hospital because she thought her level was low because of the way she was feeling and she kept on drinking orange juice without checking her blood glucose level. She was over 350 by the time she got to the hospital.

[Trinity11]

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@Sage04 wrote:

@Trinity11  yes a few points above. Sometimes I can feel it so that's why I check to see whether it's low or high. 

I have a cousin who ended up in the hospital because she thought her level was low because of the way she was feeling and she kept on drinking orange juice without checking her blood glucose level. She was over 350 by the time she got to the hospital.

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@Sage04 , my glucometer is like my right arm. I am dependent upon it. I feel fine at 350, or at least I can function so I need to check about six or seven times a day.

Are you insulin dependent @Sage04 ? It can be a learning experience daily. I can eat exactly the same thing each day, yet get completely different blood glucose readings dependent upon the day...😩

[Sage04]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Sage04 wrote:

@Trinity11  yes a few points above. Sometimes I can feel it so that's why I check to see whether it's low or high. 

I have a cousin who ended up in the hospital because she thought her level was low because of the way she was feeling and she kept on drinking orange juice without checking her blood glucose level. She was over 350 by the time she got to the hospital.

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@Sage04 , my glucometer is like my right arm. I am dependent upon it. I feel fine at 350, or at least I can function so I need to check about six or seven times a day.

Are you insulin dependent @Sage04 ? It can be a learning experience daily. I can eat exactly the same thing each day, yet get completely different blood glucose readings dependent upon the day...😩

@Trinity11  no I'm not but I was in the hospital with pneumonia when I was diagnosed and I had no idea what they were talking about. I was put on insulin then and continued for maybe a year then my Doctor took me off and gave me Metforman which seems to be working well.  I'm type 2.

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[Trinity11]

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@Sage04 wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Sage04 wrote:

@Trinity11  yes a few points above. Sometimes I can feel it so that's why I check to see whether it's low or high. 

I have a cousin who ended up in the hospital because she thought her level was low because of the way she was feeling and she kept on drinking orange juice without checking her blood glucose level. She was over 350 by the time she got to the hospital.

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@Sage04 , my glucometer is like my right arm. I am dependent upon it. I feel fine at 350, or at least I can function so I need to check about six or seven times a day.

Are you insulin dependent @Sage04 ? It can be a learning experience daily. I can eat exactly the same thing each day, yet get completely different blood glucose readings dependent upon the day...😩

@Trinity11  no I'm not but I was in the hospital with pneumonia when I was diagnosed and I had no idea what they were talking about. I was put on insulin then and continued for maybe a year then my Doctor took me off and gave me Metforman which seems to be working well.  I'm type 2.

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@Sage04 , metformin is a wonderful medication. I take it off label for insulin resistance in addition to mealtime and basal insulin. I am so happy for you that metformin is working for you. Insulin is a very annoying med...with a lot of side effects.

[CelticCrafter]

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@Sage04 wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Sage04 wrote:

@Trinity11  yes a few points above. Sometimes I can feel it so that's why I check to see whether it's low or high. 

I have a cousin who ended up in the hospital because she thought her level was low because of the way she was feeling and she kept on drinking orange juice without checking her blood glucose level. She was over 350 by the time she got to the hospital.

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@Sage04 , my glucometer is like my right arm. I am dependent upon it. I feel fine at 350, or at least I can function so I need to check about six or seven times a day.

Are you insulin dependent @Sage04 ? It can be a learning experience daily. I can eat exactly the same thing each day, yet get completely different blood glucose readings dependent upon the day...😩

@Trinity11  no I'm not but I was in the hospital with pneumonia when I was diagnosed and I had no idea what they were talking about. I was put on insulin then and continued for maybe a year then my Doctor took me off and gave me Metforman which seems to be working well.  I'm type 2.

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My husband takes Metformin and it works well for him now that we know how pair the carbs with fat and protein.