Sillymilly
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Hello everyone,
As you can see I am totally new to this forum so please bare with me if I make mistakes etc.
I am so glad to have found you and to "listen" to everyone else, I dont feel like I am quite as alone as I thought I was.
I have been type 2 diabetic since May 2005 and have been taken metformin. My levels has always been very stable approx 5.5 - 6. All of a sudden in July last year my levels started to increase for some unknown reason. They were in region of 15 -25 in the evening before bed. Mornings were around 10- 15 sometimes higher. I have tried various other tablets along side my metformin with no success. At the beginning of December I was started on Lantus insulin which was once a day with my metformin, no change so then they added Novarapid to have before my evening meal. Still no change but now they have started me on Novamix 30 which I have to do before breakfast and evening meal. I am using 24 in the morning and 20 in the evening which has been steadily increased since starting.
This weekend I have had two hypo's but each time my levels were only 7.9 and 6.7. I cant get back to my normal level of 5 - 6 without feeling so awful. I suppose my body has got so used to the high levels it difficult to get back without feeling awful.
Sorry for the essay but I just needed to get this off my chest. Needed someone to talk to who knows how I must be feeling. My family are great but of course they dont quite understand as none of them or diabetic.
If anyone has any ideas as to how I should deal with the drops other than the usual, it would be a great help.
Thanks for listening.
As you can see I am totally new to this forum so please bare with me if I make mistakes etc.
I am so glad to have found you and to "listen" to everyone else, I dont feel like I am quite as alone as I thought I was.
I have been type 2 diabetic since May 2005 and have been taken metformin. My levels has always been very stable approx 5.5 - 6. All of a sudden in July last year my levels started to increase for some unknown reason. They were in region of 15 -25 in the evening before bed. Mornings were around 10- 15 sometimes higher. I have tried various other tablets along side my metformin with no success. At the beginning of December I was started on Lantus insulin which was once a day with my metformin, no change so then they added Novarapid to have before my evening meal. Still no change but now they have started me on Novamix 30 which I have to do before breakfast and evening meal. I am using 24 in the morning and 20 in the evening which has been steadily increased since starting.
This weekend I have had two hypo's but each time my levels were only 7.9 and 6.7. I cant get back to my normal level of 5 - 6 without feeling so awful. I suppose my body has got so used to the high levels it difficult to get back without feeling awful.
Sorry for the essay but I just needed to get this off my chest. Needed someone to talk to who knows how I must be feeling. My family are great but of course they dont quite understand as none of them or diabetic.
If anyone has any ideas as to how I should deal with the drops other than the usual, it would be a great help.
Thanks for listening.