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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Women's Issues
Tags: Side effects
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At the end of this month, I'll see my endocrinologist for the first time since leaving the hospital with that adorable little bundle of joy. Prior to getting pregnant, I started taking insulin and I'm still on it. When I see the doctor again, I'll have the opportunity to change things up. Now that I'm done breastfeeding, I can go back on oral medications and put the insulin behind me.
Today, I started questioning if I really want to do that. What are the pros and cons of oral meds versus insulin? The obvious is a pill versus a shot, but after 15 months on insulin, I really don't have a problem with needles. Insulin is natural and the only real side effect is low blood sugar. Most oral meds have much worse side effects, like upset stomachs, headaches and rashes, in addition to hypoglycemia. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Complications Real Life
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I mentioned the other day that there were some issues with my health during my blogging hiatus, and I thought I should share a bit about what was going on during that time.
I've written previously about the trials and tribulations that I've had with oral medications; they've either worked great as far as blood glucose control is concerned but had horrible side effects that I couldn't handle, or they just didn't work well at all. It's been an on again/off again struggle for the last couple of years and, unfortunately, I dealt with more of that during my time away.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: insulin pills
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One of the first things I do when I get to work every morning is check my email. Most mornings I get an email from a person in my family that simply says "Good morning!" It's a nice way to say hi and keep in touch with people who live far away. Ok, it's a nice way to procrastinate, too.
This morning when I responded to that email, I remarked that I was ready to go back to bed. Sure, it was barely 9 a.m., but I was plain mad at diabetes today for reasons I'll explain in another post.
"Bob" said he was ready to go back to bed, too. He had started on medicine today for a condition that runs in his family. He knew he needed to just bite the bullet and take the pills, but he was afraid of side effects, afraid of the "life sentence" of taking a pill a day. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Emotions Real Life
Tags: monogenic diabetes
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False hope begins with an article torn out of a magazine, folded up into a neat square and given to me by my friend's mother. A photo of a cute 7-year-old girl with an embroidered pink flower clip in her hair lying on her bed alongside an expressionless Hello Kitty doll tucked behind pink pillows. The girl displays three white pills in one hand and a blue insulin pump in the other. And, of course, a smile. A warm, understated smile.
And my focus turns to words. Words in bold; words that are capitalized; words that are enlarged.
"From Pump to Pills"
"LIFE-CHANGING NEWS"
"First grader with DIABETES can now live her life free of daily insulin injections"
Being cautious about getting too excited, I scan the article for conjunctions such as however, but or although floating across the page like dark rain clouds. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: bio-identical hormones pill interactions
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It's been eight months since I started the bio-identical hormone treatment. I've seen progress. I've seen some setbacks in my progress. Overall, the last eight months have been interesting, slightly grueling, and very trying on my patience.
Between the supplements and medications that I take, my blood sugars have seen highs and lows. I have no idea how much this process has affected my blood sugars, but I do know that it certainly plays a part. I'm always wondering which supplement raises blood sugars and which lowers. I try to watch for trends, but it's too much to handle when you're taking this many supplements and prescriptions.
Just how many supplements and prescriptions am I supposed to take (I say supposed because I seem to lack discipline in this area)? Well here's my daily list:
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Complications Real Life
Tags: keeping track of supplies multiple health issues prescriptions
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The one thing that I'm truly exhausted with regarding my health lately are the details of having one chronic illness on top of a slew of hormonal issues. The bills, the prescriptions, the actual supplies...I'm tired of dealing with them all. I'm running out of room in both my actual living space and in my life.
Throughout the month, I spend quite a large amount of time and money organizing and ordering supplies. Sometimes it's insulin prescriptions, vitamins and supplements, and sometimes it's all the hormones that keep changing on my endless list of pills to take. No matter what it is, it gets thrown into the mix of everything else going on with me, which sometimes means that things slip by or end up in disarray.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Complications Women's Issues Real Life
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I usually research every prescription I get (minus typical decongestants, cold medicine, antibiotics, etc) before I even think of filling them. I've never been one to trust that the doctor knows everything. Too many years of the doctor knowing just too little of everything. Plus a strong sense of taking care of my body in a more natural way...all leave me wary of conventional medicine.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
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Back in 2007, I was on approximately 30 pills and supplements per day. It was extreme, but I was fighting a multitude of hormonal conditions that I couldn't seem to overcome. Although I'd see minor improvements with certain things, the side effect (severe acne) of a major medication at that time forced me to abandon the regimen. Burnout got the best of me and I decided I didn't want to take anything "extra" for awhile. So I just didn't.
From my last post, you know that my new job has me run down and I'm battling my fatigue more than ever. Luckily, I'm distracted a lot of the time so I don't even think about how exhausted I am or how I haven't slept well. But every couple of days, I get so depleted that I find myself wanting to nod off in the middle of testimonies or I drift into no man's land at my desk. This isn't okay.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Women's Issues Real Life
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Views: 729
I switched birth controls last week to Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo. A birth control pill I'd been on back in 2007 with no issues. It was a much needed switch since the Seasonique was giving me horrible nausea and had caused breakthrough bleeding.
Unfortunately, I've totally messed up my hormones now I believe. Because even after switching, I'm still getting breakthrough bleeding. And it's much worse than before. Not only is it a different kind of bleed (less spotty, more like a normal period), but I'm having pretty severe cramps on a regular basis.
This is day 21 of the breakthrough bleeding. And I thought at day 11, I was done. But now, I'm so incredibly annoyed and frustrated that I can't even put it into words. All I want is to go back in time and not take the Seasonique. Or at least not without getting a period.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Real Life
Tags: cures diagnosis diet DKA holidays insulin pills symptoms Thanksgiving
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In response to Mike Durbin's Diabetes Blessings Week, I've put together some first "thanks" we might have given upon our diagnoses...
The DKA Survivor — Thank goodness I'm alive!
Symptomatic Solly — Thank goodness we know what it is!
The New Type 1 (adult) — Thank goodness there's insulin!
The New Type 2 — Thank goodness I don't need insulin!
Type 1 (at Thanksgiving dinner) — Thank goodness I have insulin, so I don't have to say "no" to anything!
Just a Touch of "The Sugar" — Thank goodness there's a pill for that!
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