Yesterday I wrote about how my endocrinologist assumed I was a type 2 simply because of my current weight.

Today I want to tell you why this is such a problem.

When I went in to see my doctor I wanted to talk to him about using Symilin in my diabetes regimen.

He agreed that it may help with postprandial spikes and possibly some weight loss.

(See yesterday's post for the play by play)

He had his nurse bring in a Symilin pen for me to take home and also gave me a prescription for some more pens.

I admit I was excited because I have never had a pen device before so I was interested on how it would work. The nurse was not too comfortable explaining it to me but gave me a bunch of literature to read about it.

She showed me that the pen offered two dosage amounts, 60u and 120u. "Take 60 units before every meal and then after a week go up to the 120 units."

Her lack of confidence was noted and I told her I would make sure I read all the literature she gave me.

When I got home I read the info, watched a DVD that was with all the stuff I got and felt pretty good about trying it for my dinner meal.

That first dose hit me about ten minutes after I took it and I got terribly nauseous. I had to stop eating, stopped my bolus, and walked around outside a while to get some fresh air and away from the smell of food.

The next night I tried it again. I did not have the courage to try it during the day and since Symilin can cause some lows I wanted to make sure I was home the first couple of times I took it.

I got sick again. This time it seemed to last about an hour and a half. That first bout was only about 45 minutes.

Yesterday morning I tried it before breakfast thinking that maybe my body would be getting use to it. This time it made me so sick I ended up throwing up and feeling sick for almost 2 hours!

I hopped on Twitter and looked from some guidance from the people with diabetes I follow.

Quickly it was confirmed that the dosage and pen the doctor gave me was for type 2's, not type 1's. In fact what I found was that the dosage I was taking could have had me dealing with some very difficult to treat lows!

I called my doctors office and told the nurse that I wanted to get the lower dosage pen. I told her that the nausea I was having was unbearable.

She said she would have one waiting for me at the front desk. I went by after work and met her in the office.

When she handed it to me she said, (you are not going to believe this) "You know, the doctor thinks you might be a type 1. Are you a type 1?"

"Yes. I am. That is what I have always been told."

With a giant smile on her face she said, "Wow! That's what the doctor thinks too!"

I took the pen, turned on my heel and left.

By the way, I took the recommended first dose for type 1's this morning and had no nausea at all.