Rider down

Possible side effect...

"Falling down stairs"
"Death"

Heh

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Beav

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Zed 1000
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Depends on the meal. Generally in the 8-9 range (I know, too high). I'm
still not convinced that the metformin+pioglitazone is working for me.
I'm due an A1C soon so we'll see.

Yeah - but you are an injector. I suspect I may be going that way if
the drugs are not working..

And I'm not convinced it'll change the auto-immune issues. I had
psoriasis as a kid and have had psoriatic arthritis for at least 10
years - long before I was diabetic.

Phil

 

I jst the results of my latest MOT. A1c at 5.9% so I'm a happy bunny.

Yeah, which means I've got to do EVERYTHING with no automagic intervention.
As an example, a single ginger biscuit or digestive will take me from 3 to
over 8 in less than 15 minutes, so I have to inject for EVERY morsel of food
and I've got to make sure it's the right amount or I'm either in the
stratosphere or hunting for carbs VERY quickly.

The "problem" with insulin is that there are so many different types on the
market, finding the "right" one osn't easy. Some are very slow (great for
use as a background/basal level controller) for when you're asleep or not
eating, while others are very fast and are ideal for coping with high carbs,
but they all have an "active" period where they're busy working away and
you're "not" IYSWIM. Eat a high(ish) carb meal and shoot a fast insulinb.
Magic, no high spike in your BG, but a couple of hours later, you're
trembling and would happily kill for a bowl of Frosties (really Get the
type wrong and you're at strtospheric levels followed by a massive (and I
mean MASSIVE) crash as your BG drops like a fucking rock making you feel
hypo when you're still too high.

It can be a ****, I'll tell you. Get it right though and it's not bad

Injecting is better than any of the "zide's" but it something that needs
learning (types of insulin and their activity curves v doses v timing v carb
intake v exercise blah, blah) and . And insulin makes burning fat a fucking
nightmare, so losing weight is a long and steep hill to climb.

Lots of things are associated with the endocrine system and present sooner
than others. Frozen shoulders are a classic. How the **** they're associated
with diabetes I've no idea, but they're VERY common amongst the mongs.
Thyroid problems too are linked to diabollcks, but I've no idea if Psoriasis
is, but I'd still bet money on it. It's worth checkinh up on, coz if it is
linked, then tight control could help. Then again, there're no guarantees no
matter what we think or how hard we work at keeping on top iof things. A lot
of luck is needed too.


Anyway, stay well and don't rush to start injecting.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

#Now the drugs don't work,
#They just make you worse.

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