Does anyone know any helpful tips for diebetes?

Question:

I came down with Diabetes a year ago this august. It still isn't under control after being on 4 different meds and changing diet with exercise. I'm fed up with 2 foms of insuline because i hate needles and i hate having to swallow 2 differnt kinds of pills because i feel i'm poisoning myself and have always hated taking pills for any reason. Any one out there know of any alternative i can try?

Answers:
first of all get a really good endocrinologist.
i had a terrible time because my hmo had never tested to see if i was type one or type two diabetes. then i was actually resistant to one insulin, then allergic to a pill as it was a suplha drug derivative! once i was not dealing with idiots, i got my diabetes under control in 48 days .
try asking your current doc if you can try Lantus (human dna shot) at night (it works over a 24 hour period) via a pen device, and Humalog fast acting with meals and throughout the day when your levels need to be lowered--it works in about 15 mins to lower it--also an easy to use pen.
also get the small book about eating for your blood type, it makes a big difference. "diabetes fight it with the blood type diet" by dr peter j d'amamo.
also, if you eat protein, like a steak, combine it with a baked potato so that the protein is not converted to sugar faster than it would be alone, and jack up your levels.
it is not a nice disease, so you have my sympathy. i am going to try drinking the decaf coffee to see if i can cut my insulin back. there was a study announced yesterday that women who drank decaf-coffee, 6+ cups a day were 33% less likely to develop diabetes.
another thing my hmo did not teach me how to do was count carbs. they had me counting calories, so my math was a pointless waste of time. yes watch calories so you can keep the weight off, but it is the counting of carbs that gets your insulin dose right. you have to work out your ratio=how much insulin it takes one unit to lower glucose. a useful tool is put out by Aventis, looks like a ruler, and you slide numbers along to get your correct dose for eating or correcting a high sugar level on the other side of the slide rule thingie.
the body responds better to real human dna insulin than the synthetics or pills
also get the "diabetes carbohydrate and fat gram guide" book put out by the american diabetic association.
good luck.

Other Answers:
My best friend is a diabetic and she used to take shots too. But then she got the pump. She said it makes it much easier to regulate her sugar .

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