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She has always had trouble controlling her diabetes. I am not sure of how much insulin she should be taking. It seems that she is always taking insulin. I know that stress does raise the sugar level, but what else can cause this. She does not like to eat the way she is suppose to eat. I am not sure if her doctor has told her how to. We recently took legal guardianship and we are learning. Her mom just let her do whatever. She sees a Nurse Practioner for her diabetes. I am not sure about this.
I had a friend who was on insulin for type 2 diabetes for years. He was over weight . then he lost a lot of weight started exercising and ate better and came off the insulin.
The fact is even if he achieved these things he would still need to be monitored by a Dr. and he would probably need to keep an eye on his blood sugars.
as to your third question I think you are worried about him having children and what that can mean for them.
I am going to concur with Waverider and egbrew.
There is a basic problem in that nobody has adequately explained to you the use of your life-saving medications. Do not be embarrassed to tell the doctor of health care practicioner "I don't understand" and walk out of the office.
(....I spoke to my diabetes specialits and she says its expected and we may increase the insulin units (earlier they were increased from 4 to 6 units but still coming high).
Has anyone else been taking insulin shots? any long term effects or dependencies on these for me or the baby? I am really scared of getting diabetes as my dad's side has a history of diabetes and scared of the restricted life u have due to it.
Your veterinarian will help you with a game plan for regulating her diabetes. Some cats need insulin, others can do just as well on special diets. Many veterinarians are now recommending trying to keep the cat on a grain free canned diet, but not all cats are accepting of that type of food.
Beyond the information you might get here, I would recommend asking questions in our Ask the Vet expert forums here on MedHelp. Another good resource is caninediabetes.org.
I just wanted to add the explanation for why we need both. The book, "Think like a pancreas" is aptly named because that is what we try to do with our insulin usage. We are trying to mimic the action of the pancreas in people who don't have diabetes. Their bodies have a low level of background insulin all the time and that's why we take our basal which lasts 24 hours (sometimes not so we split the dose).
So I posted on here a couple of weeks ago about odd symptoms I was having and being sick.
In the past 5 1/2 months I have lost a total of 61 lbs and went from an A!c level of 12 to 5.8
In the past 5 1/2 months I have been totally cut off my insulins A member by the name of Waverider suggested that I see and Endo. I did and she says the only thing she can think of might be the fact that I was dig. with Diabetes after starting the Depo shot. I was on it for 9 years and went off it 2 years ago.
i think its my body and the diabetes. I am the side effect queen.....when I had to take insulin shot yrs ago I would look like I had dermatitis on my thighs. I have to start back taking insulin again. I'm 51 and it been 23 yrs. Now I am type 1. So tell your little guy he is not all alone. This old granny gets the bumps and itchies to...
In pregnancy everything slows down to allow for the baby to absorb nutrition. Because of this your pancreas typically produces more insulin. Sometimes your body doesn't produce enough insulin. It's nothing that you do wrong. It just happens. You'll have to take the three hour test to determine whether or not you have GD. I failed the one hour and didn't pass completely the three hour. I dune have full blown GD, but am considered to have glucose intolerance.
We solved this problem by myself or my husband getting up, checking her blood and give her shot while she was sleeping or she would get up take her shot and go back to bed. Then we got her the insulin infusion pump. Now she can sleep as late as she wants and it is not a problem.
I would suggest you call your endocrinologist and discuss this with him. He might adjust the dosage or give you some better ideas of how to handle sleeping late.
Hi! I would like to ask you an opinion about something (I would say weird) recently happened to me. I am 31 years old diabetic (insulin dependent) since 1996 and I am injecting insulin 3 times a day (before meals) + 1 (lantus, 24h coverage). I experienced only once loss of consciousness (in 2008, when my blood sugar was 39 mg/dL... I have absolutely no memory of what happened then if not what my friends told me about...
Hello I'm 11 weeks and 3 days and have gestational diabetes .. I have to take a shot at night because my fasting sugar levels are high.. anyone else have this problem. .
My 10-year-old daughter was diagnosed with diabetes 1 last summer. Last week, we got her a flu shot because we were told that diabetics should have flu shots. The day after she got the shot, she had a seizure. We took her to the ER. She had numerous blood tests done and a CAT scan which all turned out to be completely normal. Her blood sugar, when the paramedics arrived, was 81. The ER doctor told us he thought the seizure was due to a drop in blood sugar.
s on 70/30 insulin, one shot in the morning and one at supper time. While he does not monitor his blood sugar, he does modify the amount of insulin he takes by what and how much he plans to eat. He pretty much eats whatever he wants to, and does snack during the evening. Over the last six months, he's had episodes of hypoglycemia during the night - anywhere from 1 to 4 am - on average once every two weeks. Most times he wakes because he's sweaty.
s best for the baby when you find out you have Gestational diabetes. The insulin has definitely made a difference though! You still have to monitor your carb intake, and watch your sugar intake, but it helps! And yes, I'm pretty much on the same diet. I'm supposed to eat 6 times a day. For breakfast I can have 45g of carbs, and for lunch and dinner, I can have 60g for both. Anything over 60 sends my levels through the roof, so to speak!
Does or did anybody else that has or had gestational diabetes ever have to take a pill or shot? My Dr didn't really explain ALOT to me and was wondering everyone else's opinion.
m not a medical professional, just the parent of a kid with diabetes. Lantus is a long acting insulin that starts working within 1 to 2 hours, with a minimal peak in about 6 hours, and lasts 24 hours. You take one shot of it for your long acting insulin, and you still need to take a fast acting insulin to cover your corrections and meals. It is provides a fairly constant basal insulin all day long.
My daughter was put on insulin at 3 for her diabetes.... we have had trouble keeping her levels stable... she has had some kidney problems but they have run several tests and think we are thru with that... My question is has anyone used an insulin pump on a 6 year old? Right now she is on 4 shots a day and takes 2 of them while at school...it is of course embarrassing to her and other kids make fun of her...
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