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Pawsom
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Impervious
Canada4217 Posts
On March 11 2011 04:51 deafhobbit wrote: Wow, that's really fucked up. Given that type one is an autoimmune disease where your body kills all the insulin producing cells in your body, I'm pretty sure you were misdiagnosed. Still though, interesting story, and i have to wonder what caused your initial highs. Whatever it was, it took ~6 months before I started getting consistent lows..... And it took another ~year before the amount of insulin I was injecting was only long-acting, and then another ~6 months before stopping completely. All throughout this, I was in contact with my diabetic specialist, who was suggesting that I decrease the amount of insulin I was injecting whenever these consistent lows appeared. It makes zero sense from what I know of diabetes. PS - type 1 is not always caused by an autoimmune disease..... They're not entirely sure what causes it in some situations, although it is still diagnosed the same. | ||
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-Erik-
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Impervious
Canada4217 Posts
On March 11 2011 07:25 Oslo wrote: Are the daily injections painful? Hard to do? Not at all. And I actually preferred injecting in my stomach, rather than my arm. And, apparently, that's pretty common. | ||
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-Erik-
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Impervious
Canada4217 Posts
On March 11 2011 07:28 Oslo wrote: Just from the point of view of someone who has never done it, it sounds terrible having to inject yourself every day in the stomach They aren't long needles..... They're like 1 cm (less than 1/2 an inch) long, or less (I was using .7 cm or roughly 1/4 inch needles), so they don't go very deep, and they are very sharp, so you don't feel them much at all. They also have a very small diameter, so on the rare occasions where you'll hit a vein or artery, they won't bleed much at all either (much less than a drop). It is nothing like the needles that you'd get for a flu shot, or when you have blood drawn for bloodwork or to donate blood. | ||
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-Erik-
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tonight
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mikeymoo
Canada7170 Posts
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deafhobbit
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Impervious
Canada4217 Posts
On March 11 2011 07:33 Oslo wrote: well thats comforting, i have no issue with shots/blood tests at all, i guess its just administering it myself thats kind of....yeah I found that testing my bloodsugar was far more uncomfortable than actually injecting myself withthe insulin. And, even then, it's not too bad. You get used to it really quickly. Injecting myeslf wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. If you are diagnosed with diabetes, they will teach you everything you need to know. You won't be simply thrown a bunch of insulin and told to figure things out yourself..... There will be things you do have to figure out yourself, but the specialists will teach you more than enough to be prepared for that. | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On March 11 2011 07:37 deafhobbit wrote: You'll get over it. Shots go into fat, so they only hurt when you get too close to a vein. Pretty quick, you'll figure out where they are and learn to inject around them. As for blood tests, most meters today barely even require a pinprick, and you'll figure out which fingers are least sensitive quickly too. The daily maintenance of diabetes is the easy part, its things like worrying about lows or watching your long term health that's a bitch. Oh, and paying for medicine if you live in America. Insurance for diabetic supplies is brutal. | ||
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Impervious
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-Erik-
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Im lucky i live in the Eu with free healthcare (taxes of course but basically free) | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On March 11 2011 07:54 Oslo wrote: Im lucky i live in the Eu with free healthcare (taxes of course but basically free) My lab work isn't covered which is the worst part. | ||
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Pibacc
Canada545 Posts
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On March 11 2011 19:20 Pibacc wrote: Someone mentioned that most alcoholic drinks have carbs and you need to give insulin when drinking. From my understanding and experience this is completely false. Alcohol lowers your blood sugar and every time i've drank w/o giving insulin i go low guarenteed. So be careful of that. Complete opposite for me. | ||
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Pibacc
Canada545 Posts
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deafhobbit
United States828 Posts
On March 11 2011 19:20 Pibacc wrote: Someone mentioned that most alcoholic drinks have carbs and you need to give insulin when drinking. From my understanding and experience this is completely false. Alcohol lowers your blood sugar and every time i've drank w/o giving insulin i go low guarenteed. So be careful of that. Alcohol does lower your blood sugar, but the amount varies. For me, i almost always need to inject when i drink, but not as much as i would for the same amount of carbs in a non-alcoholic drink. Also, it varies depending on what you're drinking. Hard liquor has a low carbs/alcohol ratio, so you'll probably not need to inject if you drink it straight. On the other hand, a mixed drink with fruit juice or other sweet stuff in it will have a higher carbs/alcohol ratio, so almost everyone will need to inject. I pretty much stick exclusively to two types of drinks - craft beers (which generally require 1-3 units of insulin per 12 oz for me) and mixes of booze and diet pop (which i can drink without injecting). | ||
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
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