Diabetes Denial

synger · 07-24-2010, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SusanB

Synger! this blood sugar 101 page is wonderful!
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045524.php
Thanks for the tip!

You're VERY welcome! I hear about it so often on the Diabetes boards that I figured everyone here already knew about it. It's because of that page, and the information on it, that I feel much more in control of my disease. It's not quite so mystifying, and I feel like I can face the changes that will come in time.

kathyhegg · 07-25-2010, 04:05 AM

I'm going to go see a doctor soon. I need to see him about other stuff anyway, and I know this bloke wont yell at me like other doctors do. This one is more compassionate. I'm hoping that if my bsl are under control, I wont be in so much muscle pain all the time. I have been to diabetes educators previously, and have found in general that some can be compassionate, but on the most part I have found them to be rude and obnoxious, especially their dieticians.

srmb60 · 07-25-2010, 08:14 AM

Synger

I posted it on facebook

I wish I could print it out and give it to my pateints.

fatmad · 07-25-2010, 10:34 AM

Kathy: are you on metformin? I get terrible leg cramps with it, and thanks to Butterbutt I realized that lower folate levels could be part of the problem, I started taking a B supplement and no more problems! If I forget them for a few days, the cramps come right back, so I am convinced it makes a very big difference. Even my digestive discomfort is better with the b's. Don't hesitate to check in with your doc about it.

kathyhegg · 07-26-2010, 04:52 AM

No, I've been on metformin several times, and each time I get so much gastric distress I cant function. Another doctor tried me on Avandia (I think) and I got heart palpatations.

I actually have pain in all my muscles, different to cramps, I know about those too, when I try to get off diet coke, I can barely walk from the cramps in my legs. This is muscle pain, in all my large muscles, in my back, neck, arms, hands, legs and feet, all over really.

I've just gotten to thinking lately (I think because we have just started getting the Dr Oz show here) that I'm not the person who in the end will suffer if I dont do something now. Its my darling husband and my darling daughter.

Of course, I think the doctor will try getting me on it again. My bsl's are out of control.

ww123mimi · 07-29-2010, 08:27 AM

i read everyones replies and was thinking if i were only pre-diabetic again. but i've been a diabetic probably 15 years now. i didn't believe my doctor when he first told me i had diabetes. but at that time i went on a diet and started walking and lost about 45 lbs. i gained it all back and continued to deny diabetes. i have gone through spurts of taking care of myself, but have always gone back to my horrible habits.
the worse thing about my denial is that i'm a nurse. i work peds right now, but i worked rehab for awhile and most of our patients were diabetics. some had amputations and some had strokes. what i saw should have made me a compliant patient. but it didn't.
i got sick 2 weeks ago and was unable to eat much. i got my blood sugar under control and started taking my medicine again. i went to the doctor last week and he put me on novalog, a short acting insulin. i love it. i'm on levimir and have cut my levimir dose in half. and my blood sugars are reallyt good. i told the doctor it was probably a good thing i got sick. it got me back on track.
to those who are prediabetics, you might end up having type 2 in the long run, or you may be lucky. if you do become diabetic, good control can help prevent you from every having the complications of diabetes.
thanks everyone, this is a great thread.