Hello

[Isometric]

Hey there - I'm a 28 yr. old married father of one seriously cute little girl that'll be two in March. I've been diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic since I was 23. The first couple of years went great with just oral medication, then there were a couple of years of steady decline in my control, which led to a scary 12.9 A1c this last Spring. I started Lantus this summer, switched insurance and doctors this fall, after which I started a brief course of 70/30 premix that ended two days ago when I switched back to the Lantus, but this time with Novolog for every meal. I'm tapering off some oral meds, but probably staying with glipizide and metformin.

I ran across this site while I was trying to plan for a movie night tonight, because let's face it - it's not a trip to the theater without the popcorn. Nutritional info is so scattered and varied on the web that it's hard to get a handle on how exactly to count some foods, but I think I've got a pretty good grasp on the count for tonight, thanks in part to a thread on this site devoted to just such a conundrum. :)

I've only recently learned how important it is for me to be in constant communication with friends, family, and my medical team about this disease. Flying solo was a large part of ending up with such a high number, because it's too easy to lie to myself - too easy to ignore what's going on, even when I know it's to my own detriment. My new endocrinologist said it well in our first visit: "The biggest problem I have with treating diabetes is that it causes no pain." Of course, this is only true up to a certain point, but that point is almost too late if serious damage has already been done. So I joined up here, looking for encouragement and support, but more importantly, hoping to give encouragement and support to others who share this road.

Looking forward to being a part of the conversation here!

[notme]

Welcome to Diabetes Forums Isometric! Glad you found us.

What's the movie tonight????

[Isometric]

National Treasure: Book of Secrets was on the bill tonight. Not too bad, all told. There's a new theater nearby that's projecting DLP on all screens, so a friend and I have gone these first two Friday's to check the place out. It's like watching a movie in HD at home...if your home TV were a 40-foot wide DLP. I won't ruin any plot in case others here have yet to see it. I'd say it was north of terrible but south of really good, and family friendly (some tense action, but no sex or swearing).

I shot for 90g on the popcorn, had a 90-something pretest, and a 177 post. Not bad, and it could have been worse, considering that my ratio and correction factor are just a conservative guess to get things started. I'm more concerned by the fact that I had a 56 post-lunch today and didn't feel it. Two days ago, I was down in the 50's and I was a wreck for a few minutes - cold sweat, nausea, the works. Is there such a thing as sporadic or intermittent hypoglycemic unawareness? The only difference between the two events that I can think of was that I was on my feet and active before the low that I didn't feel, whereas I was actually trying to lay down for a nap before the other one hit me like freight train. Make any sense?

Thanks, by the way, for the welcome!

[mho357]

Hello Isometric and welcome to the forum.

Mark

[DCaplinger]

Welcome aboard. :)

Regards,

Darian

[xMenace]

Welcome to the forum. Your absolutely right about the solo part.

I'm more concerned by the fact that I had a 56 post-lunch today and didn't feel it. Two days ago, I was down in the 50's and I was a wreck for a few minutes - cold sweat, nausea, the works. Is there such a thing as sporadic or intermittent hypoglycemic unawareness? The only difference between the two events that I can think of was that I was on my feet and active before the low that I didn't feel, whereas I was actually trying to lay down for a nap before the other one hit me like freight train. Make any sense?

You can experience hypo-unawareness from experiencing hypos. It's a hormonal response. Compare it to another hormonal response: sexual activity. Can you engage in sexual activity continuously? Are there differences one, two, or three days between?

Will you think twice about not testing next time you get behind the wheel of a car? 'I feel fine' doesn't cut it.

This is one reason why we aim for great control.

[Isometric]

As a matter of fact, I just got back from a three hour round trip in the car! I took my morning mixed shot and ate right before leaving, tested at my destination before leaving again for home, and just tested, shot, and ate after getting home. So yes, I'm absolutely thinking twice (or even thrice :)) about driving under the influence of insulin. Especially so, since this is only my third day with the Novolog added in.

Thanks for the welcome and comments! Having two or three hypos in as many days is totally foreign to me. In the preceeding six months I'd had about that many total, so it's been a fast lesson in self-discipline over the past few weeks as I've introduced fast acting insulins in to my system. I'm not - or was not, I should say - gifted in that area. I'm getting there, though!

Edit to my original post: I was thinking about this last night, and I realized that I was not 23 at diagnosis - I had actually just turned 24.