August 17 at 7:51am
Yes, I am type II. This morning at 6:30 I am at 130 and feel pretty
comfortable, took my 20U Novolog with breakfast. My nurse practitioner never
returned my call so I suppose I am pretty much on my own being that I took my
last dose of Levemir last night and will be going back on Novolog 70/30 tonight
at hs. This is the kind of stuff that scares me, I need to know this is ok or
should I wait until Saturday morning to resume the Novolog 70/30 (I was taking
Novolog 70/30 AM & PM before we decided to try the levemir) I will have to
switch to Humulin 70/30 anyway because I hit the donut hole and no way can I
afford the Levemir or the Novolog 70/30. The decreased appetite with the
Levemir frightened me as well and I did not feel comfortable taking the bolus
before, I would have rather have had a sliding scale and take the insulin afterwards.
I made a lovely salad with a roast chicken breast last night and after a few
bites couldn't even swallow it, so I was able to eat sugar free yogurt because
I was afraid if I couldn't eat that bolus would, quite frankly, kill me. I
cannot believe that here in Nashville there are no diabetic support groups to
be found. I live by myself so support is not an easy thing. I don't want to be
a pest at the doctors or burden my friends and alienate them (and their lack of
understanding of diabetes is unreal) I thank you all so much, I didn't sleep
much last night due to leg pain from an exacerbated sciatica (I tried to add
some floor exercises to help take my mind off of things) so I am going to try
to get some sleep since the pain seems to have abated. Again thank you, I think
I can deal with 100 - which gives me some leeway as far as hypo is concerned,
and I do hope y'all can help me get to where I want to be. Realistically that
is managing without obsessing, losing weight to lessen the insulin or to go on
a pill. My greatest hope is to get off the meds altogether and reverse the
diabetes but I know that is big hope. I tried an ayurvedic med (when I had the
doctor who did not know a hill of beans about diabetes and I was on a very low
dose of insulin), which heals the pancreas, and I responded beautifully but
didn't continue because I could find no one close to supervise me - esp. not
now when taking the right amount of insulin for my weight - too much risk of
hypo. So my pancreas is still working somewhat.
Checked with the pharmacist and he sad it is ok to resume the Novolog
70/30 at HS (24 hours after my last dose of Levemir), ill just check my BG as I
always do.
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