AntiPro&T1.1DM <HELP_Pro!@everyday.thx> wrote:
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Me. So he spins his wheels going nowhere fast. Oh well, what can he
do?
Actually, I still read your posts. I avoid Danny's posts, most of
them, due to their prolixity, and the fact that they are usually
highly offensive
OK! Then just the three of us!
That sounds like the start of a joke!
So how is your new insulin therapy working out? What changes have you
been forced into after porcine insulin was removed? How long before your body adjusted, stabilized to the change?
Pretty well, to be honest. I'm needing quite a bit less insulin since
the bovine Lente (not the porcine, which I still use) was withdrawn.
That's less regular as well as less delayed action.
The Levemir is sadly only available in cartridges, whose rubber seal is a
lot tougher on the syringes than the traditional vial's rubber. Also,
the cartridges are only 3ml., so I'm forever having to start a new one.
Before you ask, I do this because I don't like injections, and using the cartridges as intended would mean five jabs per day rather than three.
The adjustment time when I started on the Levemir was surprisingly brief. Mostly just the time required to cut the dose (by around 30%).
I am contemplating the time when the pork insulin will become
unavailable, too. I fear this will happen before my demise, so maybe I
should look around for replacements now. The great thing about the pork regular is it produces dependable symptoms of hypoglycaemia. I don't
know how well the newer analogues do this, though I spent nearly two
decades on "human" regular, which was horrible stuff, pretty much lacking
all hypo symptoms. I avoided dead-in-bed, though.
My insulin therapy has been very stable after not using Humalog
(Lispro). I've found my body has been changing as I age as well.
More insuln resistance as I get older it seems. So I need to slow
down the fast Novolog in the morning to produce a flat BG in the
afternoon when I fast (no lunch). I do this by mixing with the old
rDNA human Novolin Regular. Today fasting BG was 95mg/dl and I dosed
3U Novolog mixed with 7U human Regular in 1 bolus. Test in progress
to see if BG rises or lowers at 3 hours. But also have a slight
hangover from 700mL Italian Grande Red last night. So insulin
resistance is lower than usual this morning. Removed 2U for the booze effect. Will see.
My therapy is a lot less mathematical. I reckon that if T1D hasn't done
me any harm in 56 years, then it's not going to. So I don't bother
calculating things the way you do, just inject as seems appropriate at
the time and eat sensibly.
My Doctor retired this year, so will see a new Doc in September. Both
are in the same practice so records are shared.
I got kicked out my diabetic practice last summer. I don't know if I
mentioned it, but the practice insisted I sign up promising to have my
blood tested four times a year, and four consultations a year, over which
we had quite an argument. _I_ am going to decide when I need to consult
a doctor, thank you very much, and I already spend more than enough time
in doctors' practices. So we parted company, and I now get my regular
supplies from my general practitioner. This is all caused by the
bureaucracy of the German health system, but I'm thankful it's there,
compared with what you folks have to put up with.
Have not been posting much about COVID-19. But have been watching the
local infection data that is rising from 4% to 6% positive rate for
the last 2 weeks. The Delta variant from India is kicking ass here.
So have started to mask-up again. The Lambda variant from Peru is
also on the radar. So back to a semi- isolation as the new data rolls
in.
I still can't get excited about this disease. If it gets me, it gets me. Currently in Bavaria, we still have to wear a mask in shops and in public transport, but not any more in the fresh air.
My last A1c was 6.5% so working to get it at 6% for September Doc
appt. Current calculated A1c is 6.1% with a new math model under
test. New model has an exponential decay after 30 days of uniform RBC
cohort lifespan. 50% of A1c in last 30 days and 50% in 31-120 days
set the exp rate constant for the RBC daily cohort weighted average.
Removed very low A1c values in curve fit data as alpha lipoic acid bad
data (too low, not believed).
So long-term A1c experiment in progress too. (Elsa left no damage either.)
Glad to hear it!
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APT1.1DM = SAID+T5 = SAID+(MARD/50) = T1.1, per Lancet 5 DM Groups. Insulinitis = Insulitis: β-cell destruction by lymphocytes, not a
disease name. Islit, cellosis and diminosis are nonsense words used
by 1 crazy person on Earth.
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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