Paging the Sugar Mongs

I need some info on Type 1 diabetes.

Suggestions for a brief run down on it and the treatment involved would be
appreciated.

 

As a bit of a Newbie I suggest Beav.

If early onset - Insulin
Slow onset - initially drugs like pioglitazone/glucophage - then Insulin

www.executivehm.com/article/Diabetes-mellitus-and-autoimmunity

 

Various forms I'm afraid and most depend on where you are and whether you've
got a good doctor or a crap one.

For me there was no other option other than to adopt he (what was then
called) "MDI", but which is now called "Dafne". MID meaning Multiple Daily
Injections and Dafne meaning Dosing as for normal eating". Same thing
anyway, but "Dafne" brings with it the idea that if you use that method, you
can eat anything you want. Not strictly true. In fact, not true at all.

My original consultant wouldn't have anything to do with the MDI system, so
I fucked him off and went elsewhere and got what I wanted. I've since
changed all my insulin's as "new and improved" ones came along or (through
trial and error) discovered the oldest ones were better than the new ones. I
now use a combination of the oldest type (From a cow) and the newest type
(Humalog). The cow juice is slow and gives good feedback if your levels
drop to low and the Humalog is as quick as it's possible to get right now.
If a faster one comes along, I'll move to that.

So you can have a morning injection of a slow acting insulin (plenty of
choices, I use Hypurin Beef Lente) and an injection of a fast (Actrapid) or
VERY fast acting insulin (Humalog) whenever you eat anything, or you can opt
(if given the choice) for a single injection each day where the insulin will
be permanently trying to lower your sugar level, which inevitably leads to
the need to *feed* the insulin to remove the risk of sending your sugar
levels too low (Hypo- for Hypoglycemic). Instant weight gain.

A meter is really "A Good Thing" if you want to *know* what's going on
rather than guessing and knowing is the key to using the right amount of
insulin, eating the right amount of the correct foods and exercising to
suit.

The perceived wisdom for all diabollocks is that their meals should consist
of around 60% carbs, but you'll soon discover that go with that, you'll be a
fat **** within weeks and have sugar levels far too high to remain healthy
for the rest of your time on earth. It's your choice to either accept this
"wisdom" or ignore it.

The injections (or at least the number of them in a day) is not something to
base your decision on as they soon become just "summat else" to do during
the day and they don't hurt. Not even a little bit unless you snag a nerve
and then it's just a sting, so don't let them bother you. I was needle
phobic before I discovered I was a mong, but after reading up on how
effective the MDI system could be, it was *me* who forced the issue. I've
now given myself somewhere in the region of 40,000 injections and I'd still
rather do another one than take a tablet. I don't know anyone who's ever
chocked on an insulin shot, but I've fired more than one or two tablets out
of my throat and across the room

If you want to email, feel free.

beavis dot original at ntl world dot com

 

Who has obliged.

Cheers.

 

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Cheers Beav. Useful stuff.