On Nov 4, 1:46 pm, Ritchie <ritchie1... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Nowhere near
as bad as my cousin though, his kidneys started going bad and he was
on dialysis for 8 years before a donor became available, but thank god
it did.

  Some people have suggested that I might look into getting a pancreas
transplant, and that could cure the problem. I am not sure. It is
something I will ask my doctor when I get to the appointment.
  One thing I have heard and seen for type 2 diabetics is that lap-
band (stomach) surgery is said to cure that in 80-90% of the times
it's done. That can't help me, but it could help a lot of other people
who may not know that.

Tom

On Nov 5, 5:25 pm, Ritchie <ritchie1... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

My best friend is on an insulin pump and it gives him 2 units per hour
automatically, he is type 1. I don't know if I could handle having a
pump attached to me 24/7. Its small, about the size of a tic tac case
but its always there, clipped on his belt and at night clipped to his
PJ bottoms. Diabetes runs on both sides of mt family so I figured I
had a good chance of eventually getting it.

  How does that work?, does it stick him every hour, or is there some
sort of IV type hook up he has to have all the time?
  Funny thing, when they pulled the IV from my arm, the needle came
out bent. I didn't realize that would happen. I had it in a few days
and it was at the crease of the inside of the elbow.
  Yeah, that first few hours they assulted me with needles and such to
try and get my blood sugar back down. When your blood sugar is a
number usually used to describe the speed of a jet, then it's not a
good thing.
  From what I understand, it sort of runs in my family as well. I am
just glad that I am not 5-9, 250 pounds and have to be told I have to
lose a lot of weight. I weigh about 150 pounds.

Yes a pancreatic transplant does most of the time cure diabetes but in
some cases the disease has returned years later. Also lap-band surgery
is for obese people and my doctor told me that the surgery that
sometimes gets rid of diabetes is when they do the permanent rerouting
and resizing surgery of the stomach.

The draw back to a pancreas
transplant is that you have to take anti rejection pills (sometimes 4
pills 4 times a day) for the rest of your life and that can get really
expensive, even with health insurance. When my cousin got his kidney
transplant he was immediately put on anti rejection pills, as all
transplant patients are and has been on them since.

IV needles are not really needles at all. When they first stick you to
put the IV in it is a needle but then a thin plastic tube goes over
the needle and takes its place. So what is inside of you is really a
very thin plastic tube and yes it bends.

The insulin pump contains a reservoir �lled with a insulin, a battery-
powered syringe plunger, and a small computer to control the insulin
delivery. The syringe is attached to tubing, which in turn is attached
to a small plastic tube inserted under the skin. My friend had trouble
controlling his diabetes until the doctor put him on the pump and he
swears by it. His pump comes with a glucose tester that when he does
testing automatically relays the result to the pump (as long as its
within 10 feet, which there is no reason for it to be further if its
attached to him) and then the pump
self adjust according to what the reading is.

My best friend is on an insulin pump and it gives him 2 units per hour
automatically, he is type 1. I don't know if I could handle having a
pump attached to me 24/7. Its small, about the size of a tic tac case
but its always there, clipped on his belt and at night clipped to his
PJ bottoms. Diabetes runs on both sides of mt family so I figured I
had a good chance of eventually getting it.

My best friend is on an insulin pump and it gives him 2 units per hour
automatically, he is type 1. I don't know if I could handle having a
pump attached to me 24/7. Its small, about the size of a tic tac case
but its always there, clipped on his belt and at night clipped to his
PJ bottoms. Diabetes runs on both sides of mt family so I figured I
had a good chance of eventually getting it.

Just went to my doctor for the follow up. I have been released to go
back to work, so no 10 posts from 9-10 AM anymore.
I did get the pens as we were talking about before. Ultimately my
doctor wants me to be on an insulin pump as well. I think probably
sometime next year. From what he's saying, once I go on the pump, I
will only have to use it. No other insulin shots.

Tom

 I did get the pens as we were talking about before. Ultimately my
doctor wants me to be on an insulin pump as well. I think probably
sometime next year. From what he's saying, once I go on the pump, I
will only have to use it. No other insulin shots.

Tom

Sorry to hear that you have to go back to work. Glad that you're ABLE to
though.