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[tnmom_37]

 Feel free to vent about anything on your mind.

[lonelygrandma]

I am so aggravated because my insurance, Humana, paid for my  Continuous Glucose Monitor but won't pay the 80% they promised for the  sensors to make it work!!!!!

[JanieR]

Insurance is frustrating.  I want to vent about going thruogh stages where I'm afraid when I take shots or when I change my pump site.   I get anxious, especially if the last one really hurt.   I have trouble sometimes finding a comfortable pump site location and then the next time, am worried it will happen again.    I also get so frustrated when my blood sugars get really high and I don't have a clue why.  I'm real in tune with my diabetes but it's aggravating.

[Mom2aMiracleBoy]

I'm so irritated that my insulin has been switched so many times that I can't remember the names of what I'm on without looking or the dosages without looking! I'm sick of, "Did you bring your log?" I'm sick of weekly Dr. appts an hour and a half away from home and a falling apart car. I worry about how I will get my meds and see a doctor after I'm pregnant and not on Medicaid anymore. I'm pissed that my Dr. wrote me a Rx for big needles, knowing I'm used to the short, ultra-fine's - I'm little damnit, I don't have enough fat for these big ass needles! And I'm freakin' pregnant and HUNGRY but I can't have cookies, or cake or anything that I want! I think the Dr. put me on this new insulin so I can't just eat what I want and take more rapid acting to balance out. Bastards. 

[tnmom_37]

I am sorry to hear that you are all going through similar things. Insurance sure isn't what it used to be. I have to pay for a monthy supply but if I do it mail order it is free. Who has time to wait. I hope things start getting better for all of you and feel free to vent all you want anytime. 

[Kendrakbp]

My numbers are driving me crazy.  I am acting allot in the summer and my numbers are not showing it.  UGH!!!!  Whats the problem?  Any suggestions?

[jlmorrow]

i am tired of always being told by my family not to forget that i am a mom and need to take better care of my health to make sure i am alive to take care of my son. i have an open ulcer on my leg and i have alot of pain associated with it and i am going through a divorce and im on disibility and fighting with medicare and medicaid so i have alot on my plate and the stress is showing its ugly head in my blood sugars. they have been so high im afraid to eat because idont want them to get any higher or have to bolus more insulin. there that is my rant or vent.

[wittymomma]

Oh man this is just the place I need... I NEED someone to talk to who understands.. My husband tries and he does a great job.. he IS the head of our house & my best friend.. he helps more then I ever tell him.. BUT he is my only friend... my only sourse of comforting half the time..

So.. my big vent... My doctor STINKS!! and if I change, I can no longer go by myself. My doctor I have is the only 1 of 2 that is in our town. and the second one is not taking new patients.. I COULD change but I dont like driving esp with my eyes going blurry like they are... but at least I can get to his place fine.. But he doesnt CARE.. he doesnt Understand I NEED help..

I was diagnosed in january. But I have NO CLUE What is too high or too low for me.. what do I do when I get too high? I know too low.. that one isnt hard to deal with. I have only gone too low once.. I get too high a few times (& get the headaches to prove it)

But I ask, and I get stupid litature... I have READ so much online.. what is their brochure going to do for me that the internet hasnt done already kwim??

Oh & my mother.. ugh. she has a friend that was like 600 lbs (no lie) & she has lost like 300 lbs.. well she is diabetic & On insulin (which I am not) & she is the "Wise" one of this disease.. I am SO aggravated with hearing "well my FRIENDS said this & my friends say they have no idea what you are talking about & My FRIENDS say you are high" ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh I dont give a FLIP what your FRIENDS say.. my mom lives in Florida.. I live in Georgia (purposely to get away from both our families LOL )

I am just so sad.. it bugs me so much.. my numbers are normally around 120 give or take. (first thing in the morning before breakfast is when my "doctor" told me to test) Now if I dont sleep (which is normal for me) then it is higher. if I get 8 hours (doesnt happen often) then it is around 118 or so. ugh.

anyways that is my vent for now... I feel a bit better.. ty for reading/ignoring/listening/whatever LOL.

[parksmom98]

i just found out on may20th,2009 that my son had diabetes. i will not lie it scared me to death. i didnt understand how and why him? think what got me the most is some of my friends just dont understand that on some days i just cry. i hate seeing my son give himself shots and watch how pther people react to seeing him do that. and now i just joined him into the boy scouts and a over night camping trip is coming up and i am scared out of my mind!!! before i was would be worried but now i'm twice as worried and its hard to explain this to people. i know he can do it BUT what happens if he slips up? this is my whole life and without him i would be lost. yeah overreacting but thats me.

i had a great support family here but they moved so now i'm on my own and its tough. i get scared and i feel like my son and i are alone and our friends just dont get the idea that our lives have changed. now we have to make sure he has all the needles and his pens and the one touch and his tablets and well you get the idea. they dont.

ok i vented thanks alot./  thank you   T.

 

 

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[Neil799]

My vent is a diabetic spouse can put a great strain on a marriage. I found a very intereting story on the Internet about this very issue. I pulled a quote from that site.

As we can clearly see, the diabetic condition can not be a "Me" issue but must be an "Us" issue. Every spouse of a diabetic must go to every appointment, and if your husband is diabetic because of insufficient insulin rather than a person who constantly abuses himself with drugs or food, then you have a right to demand ....

You might find the rest of this story interesting.

http://www.trenchvillecity.com/doctors_delay_advising_insulin.htm

[Neil799]

Regarding your blood sugars. First, your liver stores energy from food you eat, and can store that energy for up to 48 hours. So keep in mind on days you eat a lot more than another, you could need more insulin for a couple of days. The second reason for an unusual spike is your cells recognize low energy. At that time, the oxidation of glucose in your blood stream essentiall stops and your liver, the kidneys and intestines starts dumping glucose into your system because your body thinks it needs more energy. Also, too little insulin at any point will trick your body into the same process called a bypass of the  normal metabolic process. Scientists have a word for this, and you can start with wikipedia for starters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis

Gluconeogenesis (abbreviated GNG) is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate carbon substrates such as lactate, glycerol, and glucogenic amino acids.

 

The site below gives you an interactive diagram of the cori cycle. I apologize for the details, I simply try to educate diabetics so they can live in perfect health as I do.

http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cori_cycle/cori_cycle.htm