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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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...
View ArticleBy: 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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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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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.
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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...
View ArticleBy: 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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