In Reply to: Re: I had my first ever glucagon shot on Sunday... posted by Margaret Aspinall on November 23, 2000 at 17:27:57:

I was diagnosed almost ten years ago. I had several health problems since I was a child that have disappeared since I started injecting insulin. Kidney and bladder infections, yeast infections, dizziness, fainting, excessive urination... all things I lived with since I was small. I'm 35 now and thankfully have had no lasting effects from the disease. I think the main reason is that I NEVER was big on sweets. Anything sweet gave me a headache and I just always avoided sugar as a result.

I got my hb a1c done the other day and it's within normal range, as is my cholesterol and kidney function. I guess I'm just a perfectly healthy woman who is prone to coma! I went for more tests yesterday for my thyroid and liver. I've cut my insulin in half over the last week, and noone can tell me why!

My diabetes has always been VERY well controlled. I suppose that the better control you have, the more likely you are to have hypoglycemic episodes...

I'm considering going on Humilog, and if I like it, I think I'll be getting a pump...

Is your heart disease related to diabetes?

Sue

: : Sue
: I am recently diagnosed type 1, and have suffered from hypos, but this was due to not enough food to much insulin and bad control. if I eat a bannana my sugar level shoots up, I would love to try a fudge!! Its all trial and error, but I hate it and can not see it ever getting better. How long have you been diabetic, have you had any other related illness, I am now suffering from angina, and will be having a nuclear medicine heart scan on the 6.12.00.

• Re: I had my first ever glucagon shot on Sunday... Margaret Aspinall 09:41:07 11/25/00 (0)