Guest guest Posted October 21, 2001 Report Share Posted October 21, 2001 Sounds like to me that your body is producing the insulin you need. Praise the lord and keep testing. Who told you you needed insulin if your A1c is that good and fasting excellent and not spiked? Hmmm. sounds like to me you had better just watch it and see how your BS's go. Good luck Fran --- Kristy wrote: > OK, I have a question. I was told that when you are > pg you require > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I > didn't use any > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been > normal. My > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I > would have took L > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay > normal even 2 > hours after eating? Also when I got tx with diabetes > mt A1c was only > 6 and now it is 5. That is why it is hard for me to > believe I have > diabetes and need insulin my Mom thinks so also. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2001 Report Share Posted October 21, 2001 A dr told me that since I was tc I need insulin right away and started me on it. I hate it but if I need it I dont mind to much but it is hard to know if I do. I may need a second opinion.... Kristy Mommy to Blake (2-15-95) Wife to Josh Due 2-4-02 (Less than 105 days) 25 weeks and 0 days pregnant Join a due in Feb group www.yahoogroups.com/group/duefeb02 Join a pregnant diabetic group www.yahoogroups.com/group/pregnant_diabetics Re: question... > Sounds like to me that your body is producing the > insulin you need. Praise the lord and keep testing. > Who told you you needed insulin if your A1c is that > good and fasting excellent and not spiked? Hmmm. > sounds like to me you had better just watch it and see > how your BS's go. Good luck Fran > --- Kristy wrote: > > OK, I have a question. I was told that when you are > > pg you require > > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I > > didn't use any > > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been > > normal. My > > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I > > would have took L > > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay > > normal even 2 > > hours after eating? Also when I got tx with diabetes > > mt A1c was only > > 6 and now it is 5. That is why it is hard for me to > > believe I have > > diabetes and need insulin my Mom thinks so also. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Kristy, if I were you, I'd test frequently, keep good notes and see how it goes. You seem to know what good numbers and good control is, and as long as you can control with diet, I'd do it. It seems to me that insulin with your good numbers would put you at high risk for hypos. Not a doc, just a t2 diabetic, Barb > OK, I have a question. I was told that when you are pg you require > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I didn't use any > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been normal. My > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I would have took L > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay normal even 2 > hours after eating? Also when I got tx with diabetes mt A1c was only > 6 and now it is 5. That is why it is hard for me to believe I have > diabetes and need insulin my Mom thinks so also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 > > OK, I have a question. I was told that when you are pg you require > > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I didn't use any > > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been normal. My > > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I would have took L > > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay normal even 2 > > hours after eating? Also when I got tx with diabetes mt A1c was only > > 6 and now it is 5. That is why it is hard for me to believe I have > > diabetes and need insulin my Mom thinks so also. During my diabetic pregnancy, I was told that the baby would increase its insulin production and provide extra for me during the later stages (last trimester?). She did and I, in fact, needed less insulin during that period than earlier periods of the pregnancy. Check with a doc who knows more about diabetes and pregnancy. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 > > OK, I have a question. I was told that when you are pg you require > > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I didn't use any > > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been normal. My > > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I would have took L > > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay normal even 2 > > hours after eating? Also when I got tx with diabetes mt A1c was only > > 6 and now it is 5. That is why it is hard for me to believe I have > > diabetes and need insulin my Mom thinks so also. During my diabetic pregnancy, I was told that the baby would increase its insulin production and provide extra for me during the later stages (last trimester?). She did and I, in fact, needed less insulin during that period than earlier periods of the pregnancy. Check with a doc who knows more about diabetes and pregnancy. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristy > I was told that when you are pg you require > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I didn't use any > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been normal. My > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I would have took L > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay normal even 2 First, get the book Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. It is a must for anyone with any blood sugar issues. In the meantime, parts of it can be read at his web site: http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/. Next, what was the basis of your diagnosis as diabetic? If you were not told, it is worth finding out. If you find out and post it, someone here may be able to provide more useful information. Diabetes is a self controlled condition. Your doctor is not with you continuously monitoring your blood sugars, etc. I don't use meds (and I certainly have never been pregnant), so I cannot comment from personal experience, but I do read a lot, and I think that taking a basal insulin dose if your blood sugar levels night and morning are under 100 sounds like a great risk of severe hypo (bad enough to kill one). Insulin users may add more, but my understanding is that you must self monitor and adjust dosed to your own requirements -- which may mean eliminating them. Again, read Bernstein. Regarding whether or not you are diabetic, this is a separate question from whether or not you need to use insulin. Many of us type 2's do quite well by watching our diet, exercising, and keeping our weight down. If we do need insulin (either temporarily or permanently), it is not really that bad. Insulin, done right, can have fewer side effects than other diabetic meds (and, of course, is needed by type 1's). You need more information, and Bernstein's book will help you start asking the right questions. Tom the Actuary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristy > I was told that when you are pg you require > more insulin, right? Ok, for the past few days I didn't use any > insulin (another story) and my blood sugar has been normal. My > fasting has been between 73 and 92. I wonder if I would have took L > at night what my fasting would be. Why would it stay normal even 2 First, get the book Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. It is a must for anyone with any blood sugar issues. In the meantime, parts of it can be read at his web site: http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/. Next, what was the basis of your diagnosis as diabetic? If you were not told, it is worth finding out. If you find out and post it, someone here may be able to provide more useful information. Diabetes is a self controlled condition. Your doctor is not with you continuously monitoring your blood sugars, etc. I don't use meds (and I certainly have never been pregnant), so I cannot comment from personal experience, but I do read a lot, and I think that taking a basal insulin dose if your blood sugar levels night and morning are under 100 sounds like a great risk of severe hypo (bad enough to kill one). Insulin users may add more, but my understanding is that you must self monitor and adjust dosed to your own requirements -- which may mean eliminating them. Again, read Bernstein. Regarding whether or not you are diabetic, this is a separate question from whether or not you need to use insulin. Many of us type 2's do quite well by watching our diet, exercising, and keeping our weight down. If we do need insulin (either temporarily or permanently), it is not really that bad. Insulin, done right, can have fewer side effects than other diabetic meds (and, of course, is needed by type 1's). You need more information, and Bernstein's book will help you start asking the right questions. Tom the Actuary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 Sandy wrote: <<During my diabetic pregnancy, I was told that the baby would increase its insulin production and provide extra for me during the later stages (last trimester?). She did and I, in fact, needed less insulin during that period than earlier periods of the pregnancy. Check with a doc who knows more about diabetes and pregnancy.>> Are you sure that this is possible? I wasn't aware that the baby's production of insulin could cross the placenta to the mother. My research and reading has shown that the baby would increase its insulin production only if my blood sugars were high (since extra sugar will cross the placenta). Which, in turn would lead to low blood sugars in the baby after birth. Did your baby have low blood sugars after birth? If what you are saying is correct, the baby couldn't just stop making that extra insulin immediately after birth and she would very likely have very low blood sugars (especially if she were making enough to lower yours). I'm just curious - I have never heard/read that before. But, in response to Kristy's question, I don't know what is going on with her... Starting at 23 weeks for me, my insulin doses started steadily going up (by about 50 units/week). Now, in my 32 week, I am seeing my needs for NPH (taken only at bedtime) curiously going down while my needs for Humalog are still going up... D. Christian, EDD: December 21, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 Sandy wrote: <<During my diabetic pregnancy, I was told that the baby would increase its insulin production and provide extra for me during the later stages (last trimester?). She did and I, in fact, needed less insulin during that period than earlier periods of the pregnancy. Check with a doc who knows more about diabetes and pregnancy.>> Are you sure that this is possible? I wasn't aware that the baby's production of insulin could cross the placenta to the mother. My research and reading has shown that the baby would increase its insulin production only if my blood sugars were high (since extra sugar will cross the placenta). Which, in turn would lead to low blood sugars in the baby after birth. Did your baby have low blood sugars after birth? If what you are saying is correct, the baby couldn't just stop making that extra insulin immediately after birth and she would very likely have very low blood sugars (especially if she were making enough to lower yours). I'm just curious - I have never heard/read that before. But, in response to Kristy's question, I don't know what is going on with her... Starting at 23 weeks for me, my insulin doses started steadily going up (by about 50 units/week). Now, in my 32 week, I am seeing my needs for NPH (taken only at bedtime) curiously going down while my needs for Humalog are still going up... D. Christian, EDD: December 21, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 ><<During my diabetic pregnancy, I was told that the baby would increase its >insulin production and provide extra for me during the later stages (last >trimester?). She did and I, in fact, needed less insulin during that period > >Are you sure that this is possible? I wasn't aware that the baby's >production of insulin could cross the placenta to the mother. I didn't make this info up or find it " on the net " but from my OB during a pregnancy in 1979. The OB did lots of extra research (re: diabetic pregnancies) at the time. If the info is wrong, the OB (and his sources) was wrong but we got an incredibly healthy baby out of the process nonetheless <g>! >My research and reading has shown that the baby would increase its insulin >production only if my blood sugars were high (since extra sugar will cross >the placenta). Which, in turn would lead to low blood sugars in the baby >after birth. Yes, that jives with what I remember being told . . . that the baby would produce extra insulin and " donate " it to me if I needed it . . . so I can only assume that the placenta is permeable in both directions. (My insulin requirements did decrease during the last couple months of pregnancy.) Yes, that could conceivably lead to low blood sugars in the baby after birth and, as a precaution, my newborn was put in an incubator and monitored closely for just such an effect. They expected to need to give her glucose immediately after birth but she had neither low blood sugar nor any other of the signature symptoms of a " diabetic baby. " My OB translated this as us having " done it right " (or just gotten lucky <g>) though I must admit that I was not diabetic during my first trimester . . . it came on suddenly during second trimester (but that's another story). That baby is now 21 and, so far, not diabetic or symptomatic in any way. Wishing you all the best -- Sandy T1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 How can I have both hyper (temp above 98.6 and high pulse) and hypo (hair falling out and migraines) symptoms on 75mcg of cytomel??? I have reduced it to 62.5 mcg but I am wondering how this can happen and very confused! Also, is a temp of 98.8 acceptable?? I was also getting cold chills when I was at 98.8 temp- very confusing symptoms! Any input appreciated!!Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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