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Permalink Reply by karen on May 11, 2012 at 3:39pm

Hi Richard, I've had two evening shots now and was very pleased to find it was painless, I hope it is for you too. It will take some time I think to get things under control again, so we will be patient as we have no choice :) We love our Yorkie he has about 1/4 of maltese in him so he is a morkie lol, his name is Dexter. Yes, good luck to us both. Karen

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Permalink Reply by richstacy on May 11, 2012 at 3:56pm

Yep it's painless! That's good. So far Ive only been precribed levemir, which is the very slow kind of insulin, and still take the oral meds too. I have been pleased this wieek with my morning blood sugars. 110, 122, 115.

Our daughter's Yorkies are half sisters Penny and Sophie Penny is 15 and I'm afraid not long for the wolrd, Sophie is 13 and still in pretty good shape:-).

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Permalink Reply by karen on May 11, 2012 at 6:46pm

I am also on levemir starting at 10 units and increasing one unit per day, in addition to my oral meds as well.

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Permalink Reply by Trudy on May 12, 2012 at 2:27pm

Hi richstacy. A bit off-topic, but I understand re your daughter's Yorkies. Our oldest and first Golden Retriever is almost 12, and probably also not long for this world. Believe me, she is getting spoiled! Our two younger Goldens are half-sisters and totally bonded.

Hi karen, on topic, insulin is a life-saver. Some learning involved, have you read blogs and/or books by Wil Dubois? He is a member of TuD, has his own blog and writes on www.diabetesmine.com. Really, your control of diabetes is going to improve. Best wishes.

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Permalink Reply by karen on May 12, 2012 at 5:31pm

Thanks, I'll check it out!

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Permalink Reply by PatientX on May 11, 2012 at 3:50pm

Karen. I am a type 2. When I was first diagnosed I was put on only insulin and no oral medications at all. For that 1.5 years on insulin I felt better both physically and mentally that I do on medicines. I liked insulin therapy way better than oral medications. If my numbers ever go up again I don't want pills. I preffer insulin over meds. The meds make me feel bad and I rather do insulin. I had both so insulin will be my future choice instead of playing with doses of meds and different types. Don't feel bad. Sometimes our bodies need a different tool to make us feel better.

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Permalink Reply by karen on May 12, 2012 at 1:26pm

Still not feeling great but am being patient, glad you have had success, waiting for mine. :)

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Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on May 12, 2012 at 2:28pm

I'm a T1, so insulin is all I've ever known, BUT, when my BGs are high, I definitely feel tired, anxious, and irritable. I really hate that feeling, actually. You may find that you feel better on insulin once your BGs are closer to the range of what's normal.

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Permalink Reply by karen on May 12, 2012 at 5:31pm

Will be really glad when that happens, thanks for sharing!

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Permalink Reply by richstacy on May 29, 2012 at 3:52pm

Uh, folks, I got 4 emails today from TuDiabetes notifying me of four new posts on this thread. But there aren't any. Computer glitch, or what?

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Permalink Reply by Peetie on May 29, 2012 at 5:22pm

Hi Richstacy. How is the insulin working out for you? Do you still take the meds with the insulin? Joanne

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Permalink Reply by richstacy on May 29, 2012 at 5:50pm

Hi Joanne/peetie,
the insulin is working out great. I have stopped the Januvia but am still taking glimepiride. Fasting BGs are between 100 and 120, lowest in years.

On another subject, now I have gotten at least 16 emails today that were apparently delayed for weeks by some cyber gremlin on this and other threads?? Is it just me?

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