[Angeldove]

This may sound like a strange question, but I'm tired of wondering about it. My Mom had been on oral diabetic medications, cholesterol medications, high blood pressure medications, etc., and was 81 years old when she was switched to insulin last year. In a couple of months they noticed that she had an irregular heartbeat and from that point it all went downhill and ended with stents for blockages in her heart and a few days later she had a stroke. From time to time my sister asks me if I think the switch to insulin brought on the stroke and I just have no idea. The fear in back of our minds is looming closer and closer as I know I should have been on insulin for quite awhile, but I've been afraid of it. I think my sister needs to be on it too, so it's time to face the facts and try to make some intelligent decisions.

Another fear that I've had about insulin is that I'm afraid that it might bring my sugar down too low during sleep. This happened to my 91 year old grandmother many years ago and I know that's in the back of my mind too. I don't know why, but I think I rationalized that as long as it was oral medication that I could more "know" if that might happen, but over the past few months with my oral medications dropping my sugar too low in the middle of the night, I have come to the conclusion that my thinking is wrong and that the oral medication does not keep me any safer from this happening.

I've been reading on the forum some very positive things about switching to the insulin and it does help! If anyone would care to share their thoughts, I'd appreciate it!