Grazer
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Hi all. This new member is on insulin and could do with some advice. Thought I'd put a link on here so some of you could help - I can't as a T2. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=27930
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help for new member on insulin
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daisy1
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Hi Tracey 
According to his profile, Grazer isn't on insulin, he is Type 2, diet only. He is just helping a member.
According to his profile, Grazer isn't on insulin, he is Type 2, diet only. He is just helping a member.Thanks for putting that link in Grazer.
Hi,
I am new to this site but have read loads of good things since finding it. I am a type 2 diabetic who only discovered I had diabetes because I went to the doctors in mid thirties with permanent "red hot pins and needles" in my feet. It was discovered that I had diabetes and permanent nerve damage in both feet!! I am really bugged about why I have this horrible disease. I have no family history of it, I am not the usual template for it, I am about ten stone and quite fit still I am regularly in the park with my young son running around and playing football, though I have to be careful as I can't feel my feet.
The trouble is I find it so hard to accept that I have this disease, I am always forgetting to take tablets and injections but I don't seem to feel any different.
Another thing that really really bugs me is that there is so much conflicting information, I have been visiting a diabetic clinic in a hospital as I am due an operation on my shoulder and they wanted to monitor me for a while to be sure surgery is safe (don't see why I can't just sign a form to release them from any blame if anything happens to me!) and they have been checking my blood work etc BUT when I visited my lovely diabetic nurse at my GP's this week she told me that I am on the WRONG TYPE of insulin and on the WRONG dosage!!! How can this happen??? Who are you supposed to actually trust when you have questions, who can you really ask for the truth??
Just fed up with the whole situation, it is really depressing me.
Hi,
I am new to this site but have read loads of good things since finding it. I am a type 2 diabetic who only discovered I had diabetes because I went to the doctors in mid thirties with permanent "red hot pins and needles" in my feet. It was discovered that I had diabetes and permanent nerve damage in both feet!! I am really bugged about why I have this horrible disease. I have no family history of it, I am not the usual template for it, I am about ten stone and quite fit still I am regularly in the park with my young son running around and playing football, though I have to be careful as I can't feel my feet.
The trouble is I find it so hard to accept that I have this disease, I am always forgetting to take tablets and injections but I don't seem to feel any different.
Another thing that really really bugs me is that there is so much conflicting information, I have been visiting a diabetic clinic in a hospital as I am due an operation on my shoulder and they wanted to monitor me for a while to be sure surgery is safe (don't see why I can't just sign a form to release them from any blame if anything happens to me!) and they have been checking my blood work etc BUT when I visited my lovely diabetic nurse at my GP's this week she told me that I am on the WRONG TYPE of insulin and on the WRONG dosage!!! How can this happen??? Who are you supposed to actually trust when you have questions, who can you really ask for the truth??
Just fed up with the whole situation, it is really depressing me.
You have been diagnosed for 7 years, so do you normally see your DSN, GP or a specialist consultant about for your regular check-ups and such? Generally, I'd follow the advice of whoever you normally see.
Who prescribed the insulin you are currently taking, and what type of insulin are you taking? Without any further information all we can do is speculate. You could be on a long-acting analogue like Lantus or Levemir instead of NPH suggested as first-line treatment for T2s - or vice versa if your DSN thinks that that analogues are better; you could be on basal-only when the DSN thinks that a mix might be more appropriate e.g. if post-meal spikes are a problem or any number of other things.
As for the dose, there should be little disagreement because they will basically tell you to start some dose (fixed or tied to weight) and adjust the dose until you get acceptable BG readings... of course, the acceptable target will be decided case by case. To be able to say more we'd really need to know what insulin you are taking, how much, what your BG is like at relevant times (fasting for long-acting only, pre and post meal for Multiple Daily Injections or mixes) and what your BG targets are.
Who prescribed the insulin you are currently taking, and what type of insulin are you taking? Without any further information all we can do is speculate. You could be on a long-acting analogue like Lantus or Levemir instead of NPH suggested as first-line treatment for T2s - or vice versa if your DSN thinks that that analogues are better; you could be on basal-only when the DSN thinks that a mix might be more appropriate e.g. if post-meal spikes are a problem or any number of other things.
As for the dose, there should be little disagreement because they will basically tell you to start some dose (fixed or tied to weight) and adjust the dose until you get acceptable BG readings... of course, the acceptable target will be decided case by case. To be able to say more we'd really need to know what insulin you are taking, how much, what your BG is like at relevant times (fasting for long-acting only, pre and post meal for Multiple Daily Injections or mixes) and what your BG targets are.
With respect, but I suspect that they actually care about helping patients and are not just doing it to cover their rear.
