lionrampant
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I've been reading. Lots. And that's never a good idea when it comes to diabetes. You start to question the efficacy of your treatment, and the safety of it. I've been reading about animal insulins (i.e. pork).
Currently as you may have gathered from other threads I'm on NovoRapid and Levemir. I managed a 1.8% reduction in my HbA1c over the course of three months this summer. But... something just isn't right. Ever since I switched to the basal-bolus regime back in 2004 I've just not felt right. I'm convinced (and managed to convince a board of lecturers) that I goosed the first half of my fourth year at uni due to the sudden instability in my diabetes thanks to my first attempt at a BB regime.
I've swung from NovoRapid to Actrapid/Humulin S (when the hospital had a spat with Novo for doing away with Actrapid) and then back to Novo. On the whole, my control has improved in the last year thanks to a final combination of NovoRapid and Levemir... but when I read about the differences experienced by other people who went from "analog" insulin to animal insulins, I see myself in their stories.
I honestly can't remember the last time (other than when I was hypo, or about 8 years old) that I felt hungry-hungry. I can't remember the last time I felt like actually "doing" anything with any great passion for more than five minutes. I can't remember the last time I didn't just want to lie in bed in the morning even after eight hours sleep.
Now my the question is this - has anyone here have any experience with animal vs. human vs. analog insulins, and if so what side do you come down on?
Currently as you may have gathered from other threads I'm on NovoRapid and Levemir. I managed a 1.8% reduction in my HbA1c over the course of three months this summer. But... something just isn't right. Ever since I switched to the basal-bolus regime back in 2004 I've just not felt right. I'm convinced (and managed to convince a board of lecturers) that I goosed the first half of my fourth year at uni due to the sudden instability in my diabetes thanks to my first attempt at a BB regime.
I've swung from NovoRapid to Actrapid/Humulin S (when the hospital had a spat with Novo for doing away with Actrapid) and then back to Novo. On the whole, my control has improved in the last year thanks to a final combination of NovoRapid and Levemir... but when I read about the differences experienced by other people who went from "analog" insulin to animal insulins, I see myself in their stories.
I honestly can't remember the last time (other than when I was hypo, or about 8 years old) that I felt hungry-hungry. I can't remember the last time I felt like actually "doing" anything with any great passion for more than five minutes. I can't remember the last time I didn't just want to lie in bed in the morning even after eight hours sleep.
Now my the question is this - has anyone here have any experience with animal vs. human vs. analog insulins, and if so what side do you come down on?