Cloudedbrains" <donna_williamson"@ wrote:
> If I snapped at people last night I am sorry !!
> It was a problem elsewhere that had wound me not people
here SORRY !!
>
> Perhaps one day I will describe my whole list of medical
issues -
> perhaps then people may understand why every piece of
advice I have
> been given is discussed with my medical team GP - GP's
nurse - DSN !!
>
> I don't ignore what people say but I discuss it with my
team and my
> team know my health issues and know how best to work
things amongst
> my other health issues !!
>
> I do appreciate everything that people have said but like
I have
> already said I do discuss it with my team before acting on
any of it
> !!
>
> If people are interested I will described the quagmire
that is me
> health (or lack of it) because of medical issues BUT I
will not waste
> the time (its so complicated it does take time to explain
it) if
> people are not interested !!
>
> My team fully comprehend my medical issues as it seriously
> complicates how things are having to be done with my
diabetes now !!
> Basically my diabetes is a side-effect of medication I
take just to
> breathe but that is ONE issue - it goes alot further than
I have told
> people !!
>
> THANKS for reading this !!
Just one thing to remember Donna. The taking of
insulin is
just exogenously giving your body what it would naturally do
itself if you weren't either on steroids or a type 1
diabetic, or type 2 with very impaired beta cell function
etc. In other words using insulin is something quite
"normal" for the body. It's not like you would be taking
another medication which possibly could upset the applecart
that is your current medical life. Using insulin to correct
the steroid effect wouldn'y be adding to your list of
problems. In fact it would be helping prevent a swag of
other problems. Kidney problems can develop very quickly
with lon term high bg's.
Even type 2's are rarely in a very high range long term
before diagnosis. They might rumble along with highish
numbers for quite a while but once they get very high, the
body feels it in a big way, what usually gets a person off
to the doctor for diagnosis. I think you can agree that
steroids are not going to go away for you.
A little help with fast acting insulins can take you out of
this territory where you are asking for serious problems.
Unfortunately diabetes is one disorder where we need to be
more rather than less proactive when it comes to treatment.
My kids' stepbrother has steroid induced diabetes, he is 9
years old. He was put on
Lantus and a fast acting insulin
immediately, he is still very overweight so he is also on
Metformin. What people are suggesting here to you is common
practice. Many of us have been here for years and watched
how some people suffer from under doctoring. I can
understand your thoughts about not adding anything to the
mix but insulin is just replacing what is natural not adding
a drug.
Apologies 
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