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Comment by ryan on January 18, 2011 at 10:59pm

i had taken r and nph since diagnosis 14+ years ago. not more than a month ago i was able to try out the humalog/lantus approach. let me just say that i am terribly happy, and i really feel like my next a1c will be significantly improved!

Comment by knittykat on January 10, 2011 at 4:58pm

Woohoo! I was dx'ed with type 1 in October with an A1c of 11.5, and I already have it down to 7.0! I'm on Lantus and Humalog right now :)

Comment by Lisa on November 12, 2010 at 7:39pm

Some one said something about gaining weight on Insulin and it doesn't have to happen. (I'm a fat--resistant type 2) I take a lot of insulin and I've only gained 4 pounds since february last. The weight is due to bad eating habits not insulin.

Comment by Phill Dill on November 6, 2010 at 10:32am

Lots of discussions on here what if you are on both or multi types like me?

Comment by bikette on August 24, 2010 at 10:12am

Thanks people. I see the doc on Thursday and can ask about this 'early rising' - among a few other things I've learned here - like this Victoza drug, as I'm sure to gain weight on the Lantus.

I'm not sure I could be a candidate for a pump. I already have a couple appliances on my belly for missing digestive tract organs. My biggest problem is my allergy to adhesives. It takes a very long time to get my body to accept any kind of tape. And like Hank - I sweat like a priest in an all boys congregation ;-) And I'm way up here in the vast northern wilderness! A couple of my meds apparently contribute to my higher body temperature. Personally, I think my body thermostat broke years ago.

Hey Kelley - at least you wake up high! I have to take the Notty drugs to get that way! As for the 2 a.m. snack - there's some good TV in the middle of the night! I'm also a really light sleeper but I just tell everyone that "sleep is for wusses" and hope they don't ask anything else. :-)

Thanks again, Janice.

Comment by Janice L Cotton on August 24, 2010 at 7:08am

@bikette...sounds like you're experiencing the Somogyi Effect. Blood sugars drop low in the middle of the night. If you eat a snack, it would counter act this and you have normal readings in the moring. Otherwise w/o a snack, your body tries to compensate and you end up with a high morning BG.

Comment by Hank Barnes on August 24, 2010 at 5:48am

I was on the pump for almost 3 years after injecting for 16. I had to get off pump about 4 months ago as I developed what appears, to me anyway, an alergic reaction to the infusion set. I kept failing, sometimes 5 times in one day, and my BG started going all over the place. Now am on Lantus, 25 units twice a day, and Humalog at meals (I count carbs, which I learned while on the pump). That means I inject several times a day, but I am happy to be off the pump. In North Carolina, where I live, it gets very hot and humid, so I sweat a lot. The pump infusion set does not do well in a sweaty environment, so it would come off a lot. If you decide to go on the pump, get a hold of a product called IV3000. It is a wipe that leaves your skin tacky (like contact cement) and helps the sets stick better. As I have found in 19 years of being Type 2 that tahes insulin, we all seem to be a little different. You have to use all the knowledge and use what works for you.

Comment by Kelley on August 23, 2010 at 7:25pm

I'm always high in the morning. I know it's not a late night snack...if I see 2am there's something wrong. If you ever figure this disease out bikette let me know. :)

Comment by bikette on August 23, 2010 at 4:49pm

Those pumps sound amazing - scary, but amazing. My first reading in the morning is often high even several (8+) hours after any carbs. And yet, I can eat something naughty at 2 a.m. and get an almost perfect reading by 7 a.m. My BG never seems to cooperate with my diet the way it is supposed to. I really don't understand how this disease works and I've had it for 12 years. But I'm learning a lot at tuD!

Comment by Janice L Cotton on August 23, 2010 at 4:24pm

I suffered, if that is the correct word, from this. Before using an insulin pump my endo kept increasing my Levemir until my morning BG was within the prescribed range. Then I was continualy going low throughout the day. Now I have a higher basal rate in the evening. This solved the problem...one of the many benefits of an insulin pump.

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