Yeah, I had to change like 3 docs tough, in the end i have become as expert as them or even more on that thing
You have to take pills or injection? It sure gotta take a lot of effort expecially with food, I know people say like "i don't care i take the pill and eat what I want rather than no pill but strict diet" because of lazyness but I don't really like that approach
Type 1 man, injections every time I eat or drink.
Not enjoyable. There (currently) is no oral version of insulin, just Metformin which is taken orally and helps a functioning pancreas produce insulin; if it doesn't then injections are required. Type 2 diabetes is medicated with Metformin usually because the pancreas is still insulin-pelrodicing. It's complicated though, this is just a simplified version.
I saw a few days ago that an Australian group are developing (trying to develop) an oral insulin but because insulin has to go into the blood it's complicated. They start trialling it on humans later this year - I won't do clinical trials though. Fuck that shit.
Type 2 diagnosed in 2019 later in life. Metformin right off the bat prescribed. However, three months later, I developed an awful rash over my entire body. During the entire time, the bathroom was my best friend. Good thing I was retired. Anyway, after a year, I was given a combo along with Glipizide, Glipiride, and any other Glip they could think of before trashing all. Ozempic / Trulicity now. Have lost 50 pounds. A1C fell from 15 to 5.
I'm a happy camper now, but feels like I've aged ten years going through these tumultuous six years.
It's often a horrific and stressful journey and can seem endless at the time but if diligence is applied, hard work and discipline, then the results speak for themselves.
I wasn't on the Glips but have had a strong of other things. Now it's Novorapid for bolus usage (when I eat/drink) and Optinsulin for basal once every 24 hours to maintain non-food sugar levels...my old pancreas just doesn't have the ability to produce insulin and so I have to be my own pancreas. Sucks ass, but no choice if I want to live.
Thanks for sharing.
You are right...no choice if we want to live. Take care and have a nice upcoming weekend. It's the 4th of July weekend here, so hoping the predicted rain comes. I'll keep hope alive because those illegal fireworks are stressful.
Happy 4th July, a big day for y'all, and hopefully you don't get hit by a stray firework! 😉
It was a bittersweet celebration with the catastrophic flooding in another part of the state that claimed the lives of some youth at summer camp.
What a pain in the arse that must be every single time...
I agree, i would skip being used for clinical trials unless I get some illness that's a death sentence, let others risk their health if they want to... But hopefully sooner or later something oral can get done