Do I really need insulin??!
Question: For awhile my blood sugar was around 450 because I wasnt taking meds. When I started taking metformin it slowly started going down now I am around 120- 180 and my doc says that is still to high and that I need insulin shots. Some days like today my blood sugar was like 86. I dont think that I need shots. Do you???
Answers: For awhile my blood sugar was around 450 because I wasnt taking meds. When I started taking metformin it slowly started going down now I am around 120- 180 and my doc says that is still to high and that I need insulin shots. Some days like today my blood sugar was like 86. I dont think that I need shots. Do you???
Taking insulin shots isn't determined by what your blood sugars are on a daily basis. Your doctor does blood tests to see what hey have been over the last 3 months (which he can tell by the test he ordered). If your number is more than 7 on that test, you need to use insulin. When it is under 7 then you can usually stick with oral medication, diet and exercise. You don't say if you have lost weight or not, but if you are over weight and don't want to go on insulin, ask your doctor for a diet OR go to Weight Watchers. The more weight you lose the better your chances are that you won't need injections. Good Luck!!
450 to 120 is a pretty big drop. Have you tried exercising to lower it first? If that doesn't work...then maybe?
that could be related to your food intake, or lack of. if your blood sugar was 86 while on insulin than yes, it is working, so keep taking it. Also, if you are normally at 120-180, but didn't eat for five hours and then checked in at 86, that is why.
Sounds like you just need some lovin.
If you need a shot one day, then you need it. If you don't the next day, then hoo-rah, you don't need it.
It's not the end of the world, and you'll probably find that doing shots once in a while is a lot more beneficial to your overall health, rather than just letting your numbers fluxuate and hope for the best.
I'm a type 1 diabetic, and I don't have the luxury of being able to chose wheather or not I should or shouldn't do my needles. I'm on a sliding scale, so I do about 3 to 5 needles a day (depending on my activity and meals). It's not a walk in the park, but in the long run, it takes a minute to do, and isn't nearly as bad as the treatments for plenty of other diseases out there.
Point here is;
I think you should start doing shots as you need them. This may not be often if you have been managing to keep your numbers down by whatever means, but in the long run, it will keep you healthier, and out of the hospital! :) Having high bloodsugars over a long period of time leads to plenty of complications that you wont neccessarily feel the onset of until it's already too late.
I hope you get it all sorted out, and figure out what is best for you :)
Docs rarely recommend insulin unless they have a good reason. However, if you still have a lot of improvement to make in your diet and exercise I would do my best to improve those areas and then if blood glucose STILL doesn't get better then consider insulin.
Normal fasting blood glucose is under 110
Normal blood glucose 2 hours after a meal is under 140
So if you reach 180 regularly then you are way out of range.
The closer to normal your blood glucose is the healthier you will be so in that case insulin can be very helpful.
As a holistic health clinician I have done some research on diabetes and there are now scientific studies that are showing that if you drink water between 6.2 and 6.9 pH you have a four-fold increased chance of getting diabetes. Most of the tap water is in or below that range which means that it is more acidic than mentioned above by the American Diabetic Association. Bottled water is more acidic than most tap water. Research is now suggesting that diabetes is caused by dehydration and an acidic condition in the body.
My suggestion is to keep taking your Metformin and try alkaline, ionized water. It is produced by a machine that sits on your kitchen counter. Gradually increase your intake of this water and you may find that your blood sugar will normalize.
It will not normalize by just drinking tap or bottled water.
If you want more information or copies of the research, you are welcome to email me at iamradiantrose@yahoo.ca. If you remain dehydrated and acidic, you are headed for the needle.
80-120 is a preferable dose. you just want to be sure you're following your diet if you are going to be taking insulin shots to be sure your not going too low. running too high can cause long term damage. try what they suggest and if it's not working <60 just communicate with them!
i think that you should do what the doctor recomends. to high of a blood sugar can cause you to have health problems further down the road, which im sure you are aware of.
Just listen to your doctor. It doesn't mean you have to stay on insulin. This is a common treatment for people whose test results are still high I'm not talking about just your blood glucose readings. Please, just listen to your doctor
Check 2 hours after eating. If you can keep it under 160 then no.
If you have any doubts go to another doctor. It may just mean that your diet may need to be adjusted or you might need to exercise a little more.
If I were you, I would not go on insulin unless it was absolutely necessary.