New to the list - an introduction
Hi!
I’m Kathy, a 40 year old (at least for a few weeks that is), diabetic
type II. I live in the Washington DC area.
I was diagnosed 4/2000 with an A1C of…(drum roll, please) 14.5.
Because my husband and I were trying to have a baby at the time of
diagnosis…I went straight onto insulin (humalog, R and L). I got
my A1C down to 4.9 which my doctor thought was maybe a wee bit too
tight (but my numbers were real good with no lows). Anyway, I’ve
gotten a bit sloppy over the past year…overeating, gaining weight
and not really adjusting my insulin and my A1C has crept up to 7.1.
Since nothing is happening on the trying to conceive front (we have
male factor problems) - I asked my doctor last week if I could try to
get off the insulin and go on oral meds. I know I’ll have to clean
up my act in order to see if this will really work. Losing weight on
insulin is a bear - it makes the body too darn "efficient" in the
words of my doctor. I was given a prescription for Glucophage and
I’m supposed to start easing it in and cutting back on the insulin.
I haven’t started yet. I had planned to take a trip this next week
but that is now cancelled so I’ll start the glucophage tomorrow with
1/2 pill at dinner time (per the doctor). We’ll see.
Kathy