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How did you feel about switching onto injections?

My nurse said to set the pen to 2 units then press the button to dispense it that's gets rid of any bubbles. You do get used to it, I was scared stiff at first, I'm on my 5th week on insulin now.
 
willowbunny said:
Any progress so far, did you practice a lot?
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Yes I've done my arm a couple of times now, need to try the right arm but when your right handed it's more awkward, using the wrong arm lol, I use top of my thighs for the long acting, but last 2 nights have a vein so bled a bit.

Sods law, when you need to find a vein they vanish
 
I've been on insulin injections 6months & I have put on two stone in weight,I'm having about 4or5 hypos per month.but my biggest problem is my appetite.since I've been on insulin I'm 70% better than I was on tablets.but like I said I'm starving all the time.


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Shirty that is what I am afraid of. Due to start insulin next week but dont want to put on the weight and not sure if I will be able to control my appetite

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Have not posted here for a while. Still injecting fast acting insulin but would like to eliminate all diabetes drugs. I've injected Byetta, then Victoza, and now humalog insulin. Injecting with a pen in your stomach is no big deal and after doing it 3-4 times a day, you become really good at it. I'm starting a program to get off all diabetes drugs through a medical office, using just nutrition and extensive medical tests. The new doctor thought I might be 1.5 LADA rather than type 2, but the tests showed I'm not a 1.5 afterall. They are using a nutrition protocol, but seem confused about inflammatory foods vs. high allergen type foods in the first phase of elimination diet. So I continued taking me insulin but had to restrict my diet initially to no grains, dairy, soy, only low glycemic fruits at midday, and lots of almond milk, nuts seeds, etc. So a very low glycemic diet. My blood sugars started coming down gradually but at one point I had gained 11 pounds probably from being more diligent with my insulin injections, and their requirement that I eat animal protein every 2.5 hours. Probably anyone would gain weight doing this. So what I've found is I'm the only one who seems to know anything about nutrition for diabetes, period. I just read an article in Diabetes Forecast magazine that showed a graph on average HbA1C for type 1 diabetics, by age, for 26,000 patients. Not a single average HbA1C by age was under 7.0%. This shocked me as I thought type1s would have better control than this as damage to your retina and kidneys starts at the low 6%. We learn something new every day when it comes to diabetes.
 
Are you are on a fixed dose and eat to the insulin ?
It sounds like too much insulin or you have a carb cravinghave a look at the lchf diet
 
hi there,
i wanted to ask, my father taking Insulin and i want him to keep on medicines so is there any cure so that he can be back to medicines again??
 
Under Specialist supervision I came off 130 units of insulin per day and onto 4 tabs and diet with better control and lost some weight and lost my raging hunger and spot on blood test results.

It was simple and easy.
 
Was on injections slow release am.....found I had too many hypos so went onto new tabs to try them...worked for a short time how ever now sigars seem to be raising so gonna see if need some fast acting Insulin for evening meal .....
 
I am starting on Byetta Tuesday. I really dont like needles but feel if its going to help I have to get over it and just do it!
 
PatsyB said:
Was on injections slow release am.....found I had too many hypos so went onto new tabs to try them...worked for a short time how ever now sigars seem to be raising so gonna see if need some fast acting Insulin for evening meal .....
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Hello @PatsyB the advice on our website in Australia is to split your carbs up and not have them in one meal.to avid going high on the main meal of the day.

I bought bulk almond meal and coconut flour and Xanthan Gum and I have been adapting recipes to lo carb - even bread rolls.and custard and rum balls and frozen yogurt slices and cakes and tinned fish cakes.

Most of mine is microwave cooked or in the flat sandwich press toaster or just a cold mix, so it s all quick and easy except the bread rolls.

So between that and spreading he carbs between meals I avoid mealtime jabs.
 
I'm not type two, but I thought I'd put my experience in the pot. I thought I was going to have a really hard time. I am fine with pain and what not, but wasn't sure how I would react while looking at a needle being put in me, let alone doing it myself. A nurse at my ER taught me how to, and it was a lot easier and less painful than I thought. With the insulin that I took I found that most of the time it didn't hurt... but when I tried to put it in my leg that did, it really didn't want to go through the skin.

I used 29 gauge needles, very nice.
 
this is my second month on Levemir 30unit along with Forxiga 10mg tab, i have lost over a stone in weight and here was i believing insulin made you put on weight!!..Injecting was a scary thing to have do toourself but as the needlre small and slim it gets easier but i can't say i like the red and bruised maks on my pper thighs ue to injections. Moving from scotland to Engand i have to admit my Diabetes team have been so much more easier to work h and will talk overlans and meds.
 
You are lucky. I am on novomix 30 and I put on 20 lbs in 8 weeks. I am so miserable
 
claymic said:
You are lucky. I am on novomix 30 and I put on 20 lbs in 8 weeks. I am so miserable
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awww I'm so sorry to see you are having this problem, my diabetes team used me as a guinea pig to try this new combination so maybe you couldask your nurse/doc to try you on it! I started out 2 years ago seriously not giving a **** about my diabetes and weighing 17 stone 3lbs i now weigh 13 stone 10lbs....still not active in exercise but will go for a walk and not a chocoholic but do like my 2 chocolat biscuits in the morning. So being 49 and young at heart i feel great please speak to your diabetes team as you'll probably end up depressed.
Take care....xxx
 
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