I haven't posted in along while mainly due to a few health issues, but I didn't want to post them here and make anyone worry it might happen to them too. When I don't feel well I normally go into seclusion so my body can regenerate and recuperate.
Todays posting has been on my mind for quite sometime now and this I need to get out there.
As many of you know I voluntarily started using Insulin (long-acting) last year because I could read the writing on the wall. My blood sugar levels were rising and knowing that Prograf and Prednisone were the culprits I wanted to correct it before it got bad.
I started with 15 units a day and have finally settled at 8 IU.Well that's what my Doctor has me on. I've been using 6IU for the last 4 months. I am still having morning low readings and sometimes waking in the night with severe lows.
The one thing bothering me at the moment though, is the churning in my stomach all hours of the night. If you're on insulin you know this is when the time release is "releasing" the insulin into your system. Three times last night it woke me up. As usual I lay there waiting for symptoms of low blood sugar to appear and when they didn't I knew it was time release at the wrong time. This is happening alot lately and I would really like to get a full nights sleep without waking- waiting-then trying to go back to sleep after being on full alert.
I remember I had a radically self-motivated strict diet prior to insulin. I am considering going back to that diet. One big issue I have with insulin is it gives me too much freedom. Freedom to eat things things I shouldn't; sweets, potatoes, bread-you know all those carbohydrates that love to raise our blood sugar. It also creates the mind set that I have insulin why exercise? It'll only lower my blood sugar and I'll have to eat to bring it back up. What a vicious cycle this insulin creates.
So we sit back, eat what we shouldn't and are afraid to exercise... Sorry, not why I got these 3 organ transplants. This is NOT honoring my donors and their families.
Wow, Bette...First off -- so nice to put a face with the name! Secondly, I had no idea you had been through so much with your health! It never ceases to amaze me the things that goes on in the lives of others we encounter on a daily basis...whether it be passing one another on the highway or the produce department, those we know in real life from church or online...even those we are blood kin to or best friends whom we THINK we know but have no insight to their innermost thoughts and goings-on.
ReplyDeleteSo, what do you think is the solution to your situation? You're right, our better living through modern medicine tends to allow us an "out" to doing what is right...I am guilty of that myself.
Hugs to you and hope to hear that things are better for you soon!
Hi Kathryn,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting what many don't realize. The fact that the person next to us may be undergoing some major real life issues we could never fathom.
My solution? I'm caught between a rock and a hard place... I know my diabetes will continue due to my meds.. but I'm hoping that right now I can get back into my "major" control issues with it. I've always been a control freak where my health is concerned and now I think I want this control back..
We'll see if it works out :)
Best wishes on your endeavor, Bette! I know it is no easy feat, but if it can be resolved with diet and exercise, and you are disciplined enough to maintain it, I say that is definitely the way to go! Many times the side effects of medications can be as bad as, if not worse (more inconvenient) than the ailment that it is treating...especially if there is an alternate/natural way to treat it.
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