{"id":3660,"date":"2003-12-15T08:44:36","date_gmt":"2003-12-15T08:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/i-have-a-real-p\/"},"modified":"2003-12-15T08:44:36","modified_gmt":"2003-12-15T08:44:36","slug":"i-have-a-real-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/i-have-a-real-p\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a REAL problem with the Mayo Clinic Q&#038;A page on diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"MayoClinic.com - Medical and health information for a healthier life from Mayo Clinic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/invoke.cfm?objectid=26E71AED-A51D-448D-A1673204AE07D7F8\">MayoClinic.com &#8211; Medical and health information for a healthier life from Mayo Clinic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really have a problem with several of their answers:<\/p>\n<p>\n<i>Q: What should you do if you forget an insulin injection?<\/p>\n<p>A: Missing one dose generally isn&#8217;t a problem. Wait until your next scheduled time for injection and give yourself the regular amount. Don&#8217;t double the dose to make up for the missed injection.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Q: What should you do if you forget to take your diabetes medication?<\/p>\n<p>A: If it&#8217;s only been a short time \u2014 less than six hours \u2014 since you were supposed to take the medication, take the dose you missed. Then continue to follow your normal schedule.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Why is it okay to skip pills but not injections?  It just doesn&#8217;t make sense at alL!  It takes days to get over a missed injection &#8212; been there, done that.<\/p>\n<p>\n<i>Q: Can you use an insulin pump if you have type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes)?<\/p>\n<p>A: A pump is an option if you take insulin, whether you have type 1 (formerly called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes) or type 2 diabetes. Most people with type 2 diabetes aren&#8217;t advised to use a pump, though, because they do well with less-intensive treatment. A pump is a beeper-sized device that delivers insulin through a tiny catheter inserted under your skin.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>But gee, it makes your life SO much better.  No more eating to insulin but taking insulin for what you eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MayoClinic.com &#8211; Medical and health information for a healthier life from Mayo Clinic I really have a problem with several of their answers: Q: What should you do if you forget an insulin injection? A: Missing one dose generally isn&#8217;t a problem. Wait until your next scheduled time for injection and give yourself the regular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}