Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 30

 

DSMA: Fill-in-the-blanks

Q1. The current state of diabetes technology is good in general but should be a world of a lot better then it currently is.

Q2. I wish my meter would connect to my mac instead of only being able to connect to a windows comp.

Q3. I want my cell phone to do be an iPhone to help me with my diabetes management.

Q4. I wish my insurance company paid for everything because as it is I can't afford anything that I'm taking.

Q5. I wish Pharma would ?? because ?? (no idea what Pharma is).


Q6. I spend 30 minutes w/ my Physician/Endo. After the appointment I feel like I'm no further ahead then I was when I arrived at times.

Q7. One thing I want my Physician/Endo to know about my diabetes is that I am NOT my mom (I've told him time and time again) but it still seems like he thinks I should be able to control things as she has, but I'm not her and I can't do it as she's dun it, its just not in my cards to be able to do so.

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Insulin Injection Points

I know that my Endro said that there was three points of injection that I could do to myself

Should/Upper Arm
Tummy/Side
Thy

Now I can’t reach my upper arm to give myself an injection, so that isn’t happening … when I tried a year ago to inject into my tummy/side area it was to freaking painful (wasn’t able to find a spot that didn’t scream at me when I tried), so this left me with using my thys to inject into.

What I am wondering is from other Diabetics who have to inject insulin where do you do it and do you notice a difference from where you do it in how your body makes use of the Insulin injected?

My endo said it didn’t make a difference – but just like other injections i’ve gotten it does make a difference where some things are injected into. As in muscle vs fat.

I’m wondering if the reason I need to take the 20 units of lantus is because I inject into my thy and not my tummy/side .. same goes with the 8 to 10 units of humalog that I now take with meals.

Oh well I know I’ve asked my endro about it and he still says it doesn’t matter – so it likely doesn’t but I do just wonder what other diabetics who inject have found for themselves, since I know oh so well what works for one doesn’t always work that way for another.

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Well I think i found my answer on a diabetic site … Abdomen: fastest … Thigh and Arm: slower and Buttocks: slowest … article does say meal time shots work best in the tummy area (winces – ouch).

Well take care everyone!
Nyx

PCOS and what Supplements I take

Well when it comes to weight loss, for myself its taken the addition of supplements to boost my body into lousing the extra weight – eating healthy and being active just wasn’t cutting it, I needed the addition of various supplements to help my body shed the excess.

In two years I was able to shed 50 pounds, with taking the supplements plus my standard healthy eating and activities.

Now when it comes to the supplements, I am currently under my doctors directive when it comes to what supplements I take – for the most part I am taking the following supplements according to the direction of my doc and the bottles recommendations…

Flex Seed – 1,000mg
Wild Salmon Oil – 1000mg
Calcium – 333mg
Magnesium – 167mg
Vitamin D – 1,000 IU )
Chealted Chromium – 200mcg
Beta Carotene – 10,000 IU
Pacific Kelp – 650mg
Orderless garlic – 500mg
Vitamin E – 200IU
Vitamin B12 – 1,200 mcg
Vitamin B50 Complex
Vitamin B6 – 250 mg
Vitamin C – 500mg
CoQ10 – 30mg
Milk Thistle – 4,500mg
Vitamin A – 10,000 IU
Zink – 50mg
Selenium – 50mcg
Folic Acid – 1mg
Ginkgo Biloba – 2,000mg
Brewer’s Yeast – 500mg
Niacine – 500mg
Evening Primrose – 500mg

Luck and take care everyone,
Nyx