Just upped my dose to 20 units and ate lunch. Feel a little full and a little odd, but not really nausea.
One good side effect, my GERD seems to be a bit better. I’ve been having problems even though on medication.
Checked my blood sugar two hours after, and its at 135, slightly under my goal.
Still no nausea, actually feel a bit bloated and full.
It is bigger than the Flash (my current standard) according to a table in Diabetes Health, and it says nothing about a backlight, which by the way, I used last night.
I like the idea of the lancing device so will probably snag one and try it out when I can. FYI, I do NOT pay for meters. I refuse to, when I am testing 10 times a day.
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Just heard from my CDE and she agrees to up the dose and said to feel free to drop it back down if I can’t tolerate it.
So I’m on 20 units now.
Benefits so far:
It is definately making eating easier to control. I don’t feel hunger as often, and feel full more. I have been able to drop my calorie intake without feeling deprive.
I’m definately losing weight, though I’ve also upped my cardio this week.
Insulin usage is down.
Cons so far
Injections — one of the reasons I went to the pump. The pump manufactures need to find a way to deal with this.
Supplies — I have to carry syringes and another vial in my daily pack. I was carrying syringes before. I do try to keep the carrying weight down.
One more thing to keep up with.
Math — I have to remember to half the carbs when I do symlin.
For lots of good reasons, I stopped and had a fast food meal on the way to dog agility — I needed more calories, I was a bit low, I’d eaten healthy all day.
I did another dose of Symlin, and did fine with it. Still a bit high after meals, but I’m not on the full dose yet.
I’m certainly not having hunger problems I have had before.
Good advice here.
Cyber-Pancreas: Depression and Diabetes
This is half the reason I am seeing a CDE right now. I’m been to a couple of mental health care peaople, and they didn’t specialize in diabetes.
Well, one was diabetic himself, but not taking care of himself as well as I take care of me, and he was supposed to be helping me with some of my eating issues. Hard to take someone seriously who is gaining weight himself.
Next time I decide to see someone like that I’m going to be VERY specific on what I want.
Good advice here.
Cyber-Pancreas: Depression and Diabetes
This is half the reason I am seeing a CDE right now. I’m been to a couple of mental health care peaople, and they didn’t specialize in diabetes.
Well, one was diabetic himself, but not taking care of himself as well as I take care of me, and he was supposed to be helping me with some of my eating issues. Hard to take someone seriously who is gaining weight himself.
Next time I decide to see someone like that I’m going to be VERY specific on what I want.
This dose is fine. Absolutely no problems. Blood sugars are a tad higher right now, but I expect they will be better when I up the dose.
I just emailed my CDE to ask if I can go up to 20 units tomorrow.
This dose is fine. Absolutely no problems. Blood sugars are a tad higher right now, but I expect they will be better when I up the dose.
I just emailed my CDE to ask if I can go up to 20 units tomorrow.
This was probably the worst reaction I had. Today’s lunch is a tuna apple salad on a pita and has a lot of bulk to it. About halfway through I started feeling full and a bit off.
Not real bad though.
This was probably the worst reaction I had. Today’s lunch is a tuna apple salad on a pita and has a lot of bulk to it. About halfway through I started feeling full and a bit off.
Not real bad though.