tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post964656747043830219..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Insulin vs Expensive Orals: Higher Satisfaction, Less Weight GainJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-38340656990965712952009-09-17T11:46:34.857-04:002009-09-17T11:46:34.857-04:00Bingo! That secondary insulin resistance is one of...Bingo! That secondary insulin resistance is one of my problems, even a brief spike will shut down my glucose transporters for a few hours. I know this because my muscles become weak despite my meter telling me there's excess glusose in the blood. It also happens to Type 1s looking at how their ratios change bringing down a low high compared to bringing down a high high.<br /><br />FortunatelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-72290296030800499342009-09-16T07:50:01.784-04:002009-09-16T07:50:01.784-04:00No researcher has EVER followed people with Type 2...No researcher has EVER followed people with Type 2 diabetes who attain 5% A1cs by cutting carbs for any significant period of time. <br /><br />Most of the medical world whole doesn't know about the power of cutting carbs to lower blood sugar. When they do study low carb diets, they are often diets that include 150 g of carbs a day.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-26280723297573256842009-09-15T21:48:43.925-04:002009-09-15T21:48:43.925-04:00Thank-you Jenny for the Good Words and I know that...Thank-you Jenny for the Good Words and I know that losing more weight will not make me lower my A1C as a promise, and yet I know I will feel better no matter what for me when I was walking too. My focus is good blood pressure, blood sugar and other such health items. I know all of you are not giving up on your weight, health and diabetics. I knew a girl named Jenny in Elementary school who I saw Vernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313507965109211993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-25829805617159108352009-09-15T21:38:16.173-04:002009-09-15T21:38:16.173-04:00I am grateful for the kindness since that blessed ...I am grateful for the kindness since that blessed me, but I wasn't meaning to come across as judging those on insulin since I am sensitive about my weight and such, so I need to make it clear I know diabetics who need insulin would love to be off it, even if it is cheaper or not.<br /><br />My scale at the hospital today said I had lost 11 pounds since May 29th, but if you include the scale Vernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313507965109211993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-65214537493778273892009-09-15T08:47:39.838-04:002009-09-15T08:47:39.838-04:00Thanks for the info Jenny. I've only been doi...Thanks for the info Jenny. I've only been doing very low carb for about a month now. Before, I was still doing lower carb, probably about 100 per day, and my A1C numbers just kept steadily climbing. I think my doctor will be okay about insulin, because he suggested it as a possibility a few months ago. Of course, back before I'd read your site, it scared me to death, thinking that Risharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881476755202131659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-53524379750184492862009-09-14T20:43:00.356-04:002009-09-14T20:43:00.356-04:00Vern,
It sounds like you are doing a wonderful jo...Vern,<br /><br />It sounds like you are doing a wonderful job of getting your sugars down!<br /><br />Insulin needs to be injected into fat, not muscle. When you get a shot in your shoulder area for a vaccine, it is supposed to go into muscle. But insulin is absorbed best from fat.<br /><br />The fat on your thigh and tummy and fatty parts of your upper arm are best. If you shoot into a muscle Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-10416676192159365712009-09-14T20:31:46.182-04:002009-09-14T20:31:46.182-04:00If its hot and you take sugar shot, what would you...If its hot and you take sugar shot, what would you do, remember I am talking about a devastating storm from the Gulf? I know the doc won't put you on this if your doing well with the blood sugar. I know my sister and my friend have had very high highs and very low lows and I don't trust this and I refused to get something shot in my tummy, I got a lot of pressure from my family, to Vernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313507965109211993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-87487182625634219722009-09-14T18:18:21.004-04:002009-09-14T18:18:21.004-04:00Rishara,
I was in exactly the same situation as y...Rishara,<br /><br />I was in exactly the same situation as you are for seven years. I could not eat more than 30 grams of carbs a day and maintain my blood sugars. Doctors gave me no help at all and told me insulin would me gain weight when I asked for it.<br /><br />I finally nagged a doctor into giving me basal insulin. I had such a strong response to it--hypoing on tiny doses, that he sent me Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-27098453129828800022009-09-14T18:12:15.560-04:002009-09-14T18:12:15.560-04:00I really wish I would have found your site a long ...I really wish I would have found your site a long time ago. The more I read your information, the more I think I should be on some sort of insulin. I am taking the max dosage of Januvia and Metformin and on a strict low-carb diet (no more than 20 per day--Atkin's induction levels) and still struggle with morning fasting numbers around 140-150. During the day I fluctuate from around 90-130.Risharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881476755202131659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-71737610770584721502009-09-14T14:06:50.483-04:002009-09-14T14:06:50.483-04:00A big "seconded" to all your comments, J...A big "seconded" to all your comments, Jenny. I am a type 2 who was put on insulin at diagnosis, probably because I fit the "admitted to hospital with above-500 mg/dL blood glucose" paradigm.<br /><br />Two years later, keeping up a basal/bolus insulin regimen and low-carb diet, my A1C tests routinely come back 5.6 or 5.7. In that time I've gained back the weight I lost inMeerkatdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217892733792461253noreply@blogger.com