Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
Not very urgent, just a comment by someone who's just gone on insulin. It's, well, a little weird!
My endocrinologist's PA (whom I deal with mostly) told me things would be very different on insulin. Not worse, just different. Like, in the past, when just on pills, if I was high at lunch I could count on being higher at dinner (and I'd worry about it all afternoon). Today I was high at lunch and low at dinner. wtf? (pardon my language!) I mean, that's great, but it's like my BG is doing totally different things and I'm having to learn all over.
Guess that's why my doc & PA are having me test 4 times a day -- it's not just them looking at the numbers, I'm having to get a feel for the numbers.
Of course, the good thing is that every once in a while (not often!) I can shoot a little extra and have a little treat -- like tomorrow, when the guys at my office are celebrating the birthdays of a couple of friends and myself. For once I can actually have a (very small) piece of my own birthday cake!
Another random weird thing is that I'm suddenly hungry at meals, even tho I'm not down into normal ranges yet (low for me is about 225 -- I'm still coming down from some real heights).
And I'm really enjoying food again. You know that stage we go thru, where food seems like the enemy? Well, even tho I'm not down yet I don't feel that way anymore. On pills I never felt like I had much control, but on insulin I know I do.
btw, this is not in praise of insulin or trying to persuade anyone to go on it. I just hadn't realized there would be differences in how I feel on insulin compared to pills, and my reactions are different too. It's strange....
My endocrinologist's PA (whom I deal with mostly) told me things would be very different on insulin. Not worse, just different. Like, in the past, when just on pills, if I was high at lunch I could count on being higher at dinner (and I'd worry about it all afternoon). Today I was high at lunch and low at dinner. wtf? (pardon my language!) I mean, that's great, but it's like my BG is doing totally different things and I'm having to learn all over.
Guess that's why my doc & PA are having me test 4 times a day -- it's not just them looking at the numbers, I'm having to get a feel for the numbers.
Of course, the good thing is that every once in a while (not often!) I can shoot a little extra and have a little treat -- like tomorrow, when the guys at my office are celebrating the birthdays of a couple of friends and myself. For once I can actually have a (very small) piece of my own birthday cake!
Another random weird thing is that I'm suddenly hungry at meals, even tho I'm not down into normal ranges yet (low for me is about 225 -- I'm still coming down from some real heights).
And I'm really enjoying food again. You know that stage we go thru, where food seems like the enemy? Well, even tho I'm not down yet I don't feel that way anymore. On pills I never felt like I had much control, but on insulin I know I do.
btw, this is not in praise of insulin or trying to persuade anyone to go on it. I just hadn't realized there would be differences in how I feel on insulin compared to pills, and my reactions are different too. It's strange....
I am more than willing to take advice but I will take advice from my dietician, the diabetic clinic and my GP.... but for something as important as my diabetic control, I will listen to what they say before you... sorry. My AIC is great, my bs all day is great. Why cant you understand that is a good thing? If I were really high, I could see you being concerned.