Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 Hi , Thanks for your posting - you're right the words I used (avoid etc.)were not the most carefully chosen. You mentioned that anyone following the new dietary guidelines carefully would never eat, or even think of eating pizza. Ok pizza is not a 'health food' all that salt and fat, but surely an occasional slice can be accomodated if it doesn't have a detrimental effect on your bg - I acknowledge that many have found that it does. Please lets not allow the day that we all eat gm and all are gm - we might all agree all the time and that would be dull. Well each to their own - and mine's the occasional slice of 'goodfella's cheese and tomato' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 wrote: << ... Ok pizza is not a 'health food' all that salt and fat, but surely an occasional slice can be accomodated if it doesn't have a detrimental effect on your bg - I acknowledge that many have found that it does. >> You are a type 1. We type 2's tend to focus more on the foods we eat - and the foods we avoid - than 1's do, because it is as if our " insulin doesn't work. " I'm sure it's difficult to imagine others also being called diabetic, but having different responses and different needs from your own. Imagine going to Goodfellas and ordering two slices of pizza, injecting the proper units of Humalog, and it just doesn't work! So you inject more insulin - and still, it doesn't work! That's the pickle we are in. We have to keep slogging along, trying stoically to lose weight, keep our numbers in check, and lose that pesky insulin resistance. I admit I'm chicken-**** and don't know if I can handle injecting insulin if the time comes that I must. It must be really tough to have to be so careful about schedules. But the " payoff " (I use that term loosely) is more freedom in food choices. For us, there's no such thing as pizza that doesn't have a detrimental effect on our bg's. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 In a message dated 00-06-26 15:04:34 EDT, you write: << I admit I'm chicken-**** and don't know if I can handle injecting insulin if the time comes that I must. It must be really tough to have to be so careful about schedules >> ....but Susie, with H you don't need to keep to schedule. Just shoot before you eat. and as I've mentioned before, insulin/needles aren't all that bad -- so when the time comes, you don't have to be chicken. Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 > << I admit I'm chicken-**** and don't > know if I can handle injecting insulin if the time comes that I must. It > must be really tough to have to be so careful about schedules >> ****the super thing about insulin is the way better control - IMHO. Most of the time I don't feel the needle at all. Sometimes it stings a bit. Barb www.RainbowFarm.com/foals2000.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2000 Report Share Posted June 27, 2000 Vicki, I use actrapid insulin - and I also don't need to stick to a schedule - thank goodness. Re: Re Pizza In a message dated 00-06-26 15:04:34 EDT, you write: << I admit I'm chicken-**** and don't know if I can handle injecting insulin if the time comes that I must. It must be really tough to have to be so careful about schedules >> ....but Susie, with H you don't need to keep to schedule. Just shoot before you eat. and as I've mentioned before, insulin/needles aren't all that bad -- so when the time comes, you don't have to be chicken. Vicki ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 out of 3 have it and they don't know it. ARE YOU AT RISK? Find out and win $1500! http://click./1/5606/2/_/529507/_/962067086/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public website for Diabetes International: http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2000 Report Share Posted June 27, 2000 Hello everyone! There has never been anyone more " chicken " than me when it came to injecting. I literally cried....big ol' BOOHOO..when my doctor informed me that I had to start insulin. Boy what a big ol' baby! Well, it really doesn't hurt. Once in a great while it stings just a tiny bit but most of the time it's really nothing. I just pinch a spot on my tummy and inject. I know you're going to laugh but I was told to NOT inject in the same place twice. I couldn't remember which side I did last but then realized that I have a small red mole on the right side of my " belly button " . When you look at your alarm clock there's always a little dot on the P.M. side so that's how I determine where to inject. Left side for A.M. and right side for P.M. My doctor just laughed and laughed when I told him how I remember. Oh well, it works for me. LOL Best of luck, Tootie Re: Re Pizza In a message dated 00-06-26 15:04:34 EDT, you write: << I admit I'm chicken-**** and don't know if I can handle injecting insulin if the time comes that I must. It must be really tough to have to be so careful about schedules >> ....but Susie, with H you don't need to keep to schedule. Just shoot before you eat. and as I've mentioned before, insulin/needles aren't all that bad -- so when the time comes, you don't have to be chicken. Vicki ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 out of 3 have it and they don't know it. ARE YOU AT RISK? Find out and win $1500! http://click./1/5606/2/_/529507/_/962067086/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public website for Diabetes International: http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2000 Report Share Posted June 29, 2000 > I know you're going to laugh but I was told to NOT inject in the same place > twice. I couldn't remember which side I did last but then realized that I > have a small red mole on the right side of my " belly button " . When you look > at your alarm clock there's always a little dot on the P.M. side so that's > how I determine where to inject. Left side for A.M. and right side for P.M. Tootie, what a great idea! I also have a lot of trouble remembering, and in fact, I have had some " favourite " spots for injecting which has resulted in some tissue scarring (underneath the skin). Luckily I do have a lot of space to choose from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2000 Report Share Posted June 29, 2000 > I have had some " favourite " spots for injecting which has resulted in >some >tissue scarring (underneath the skin). Hi , I had a diabetic friend in high school who had dents up and down her thighs were she would inject the insulin. Is this common? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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