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By: bert shlensky

INsualin is not a failure noone answers the question of how many type 2 patients go on insulin by the time they are in their 60′s and 70′s . We all try but it does get worse as you grow older.

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By: judyg

Very informative article, as always. My GP (who has an interset in T2, and admits he had to “study up” on this_ says I’m a probable Mody 3. I continue to refuse the testing that would confirm it, for...

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By: billw

I was started on metformin after diagnoses about fifteen years ago. The metformin only worked for about four years and then would not hold back the blood sugar. Don’t remember there being any other...

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By: billw

One other thing about that insulin pump. I have always been concerned about a malfunction with that machine and I have known some that would fail to watch it and get a low that would cause a wreck...

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By: fuddy p

Thank you for the informative article. My doctor has wanted me to inject insulin for the past two years but I have resisted. #1 reason is I HATE needles. #2 reason….see #1. I don’t even like testing BG...

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By: bert shlensky

there are a lot of things we don’t like but get used to . insulin is one of thembut after a short while it just gets built in your system like shaving or brushing your teeth . Frankly I find caring for...

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By: Simon Frost

I am not a type 2 diabetic but a type 1. My mother was diagnosed a type 1 diabetic at about the same age as myself. i.e. around 30. The shock of this diagnosis was at least as strong as your diagnosis...

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By: macca59

Excellent thoughts on insulin. I commenced insulin 3 months after diagnosis and being on the maximum dose for Metformin and Diamicron. Insulin brought things under control and made me feel a lot...

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By: fuddy p

I just became a Victoza user. My fear of the needle was really unfounded. It really was painless. For Burt – I go to a community clinic and they cut my toe nails every 6 weeks.

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By: kelvin72

Simon, how did you manage it before meters were available?

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By: chopstix

Imagine my surprise April 2013 when I was told I was being put on insulin when I was recovering from heart bypass surgery. The first thing that popped into my head was my grandmother giving herself...

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By: David Kevin Rogers

im also a type 2 diabetic and going on to insulin was the best thing i ever done, brought me so much needed energy,as i was so tired before then, so if your diabetic doctor suggests it do it, you will...

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By: AmericanWay

How does knowing something about your own condition harm your son??? Thanks to the the health care transportability law passed under the Clintons in the 90s, if your son continues to be covered by some...

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By: Nancy Leighton

I am Type 2 on one injection insulin daily. Am still weary and tired most days. Was not diagnosed until 70 yrs old so that doesn’t help. I also have osteoarthritis so have pain. Am now 82 yrs , widow,...

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