Short and sweet
It has been quite a while since I have posted.
I am now 45. My blood sugars are fairly well controlled with insulin but it takes an extremely large amount of insulin to accomplish this. I now take 200u of Lantus (long-acting) insulin and almost 500u of Novlog (quick-acting) insulin every day. It scares the hell out of me. I think that, unless something changes soon, it will
Anyway, I had to try to type it.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The History of a Diabetic - Me!
I am 42 and was diagnosed with diabetes 11 years ago. My former, idiot, doctor did not see the symptoms as far back as age 22. I don't know if I am a rare case so I thought I would post.
At diagnoses I weighed 140lbs. Meds worked right away but within 3 or 4 years my blood sugars went back up. New meds were added, and combinations tried. With watching my diet and some exercise I managed to get my weight down to 210lbs. This helped my blood sugars but only to a small degree. Just a little stray from a strict diet and my sugars were running 300-400 even with all the meds.
I got busy exercising and started to loose more weight. I felt great but my blood sugars still ran 200-300 on average. Rarely did I see numbers below 200, which was my goal at the time. I got down to 185lbs. "They lied to me", I thought. 185lbs is a respectable weight for a "big boned" guy. Still my blood sugars were in the 200-300 range. At times my blood sugars spiked to 300-500 range and I started to get worried.
My mother died, depression set in, and I stopped exercising. At the same time the doctor decided to put my on insulin. I was like a balloon. Back up to 240lbs in 8 months.
I decided, on my own, to take as much insulin as it took to regulate my blood sugars. I was taking 300+ units (a boat-load) of Novolog and 92 units of Lantus. Success at last. I had numbers that ranged from 45-250 but very few in the extremes. I had a formula that worked.
The problem is that now I don't feel good like I did when I was 185lbs. I just visited the doctor again and he said 2 things to me. Byetta and bariatric surgery. I started taking Byetta (a previous drug that had been tried and stopped prior to insulin) on Monday 7/6. Today, 7/7, I took only 73 units of Novolog and have normal blood sugars (70-110). Is this going to be the thing that works? And, for how long?
At diagnoses I weighed 140lbs. Meds worked right away but within 3 or 4 years my blood sugars went back up. New meds were added, and combinations tried. With watching my diet and some exercise I managed to get my weight down to 210lbs. This helped my blood sugars but only to a small degree. Just a little stray from a strict diet and my sugars were running 300-400 even with all the meds.
I got busy exercising and started to loose more weight. I felt great but my blood sugars still ran 200-300 on average. Rarely did I see numbers below 200, which was my goal at the time. I got down to 185lbs. "They lied to me", I thought. 185lbs is a respectable weight for a "big boned" guy. Still my blood sugars were in the 200-300 range. At times my blood sugars spiked to 300-500 range and I started to get worried.
My mother died, depression set in, and I stopped exercising. At the same time the doctor decided to put my on insulin. I was like a balloon. Back up to 240lbs in 8 months.
I decided, on my own, to take as much insulin as it took to regulate my blood sugars. I was taking 300+ units (a boat-load) of Novolog and 92 units of Lantus. Success at last. I had numbers that ranged from 45-250 but very few in the extremes. I had a formula that worked.
The problem is that now I don't feel good like I did when I was 185lbs. I just visited the doctor again and he said 2 things to me. Byetta and bariatric surgery. I started taking Byetta (a previous drug that had been tried and stopped prior to insulin) on Monday 7/6. Today, 7/7, I took only 73 units of Novolog and have normal blood sugars (70-110). Is this going to be the thing that works? And, for how long?
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