[Diabetes-talk] How do you know?

[Joy Stigile]

I start a new syringe for Humalog dosages and a new one for the Lantis 
dosages each morning.  I also use a
"Count-A-dose" which stays at the last dosage that was filled.

Those our my 2 back-up systems.

Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


> How do you know?
>
> How do you know if you took your insulin today or not?  How do you  know 
> if
> you took your diabetes medication or not today?
>
> Let me give you a little example:
>
> You get up in the morning and the first thing you do is test your blood
> sugar.  Now the phone rings or your kid comes and asks you for lunch 
> money,
> something interrupts you and you are now in a rush to eat breakfast, get
> dressed  and get out the door.  You get to work and start thinking did I 
> take my
> medicine?  You have been a diabetic for years and believe me it becomes
> such a routine thing to do you do not give it much thought when you are 
> doing
> it.  So how do you know if you took it or not?
>
> I have had diabetes for 50 years since the age of 7 and my Mom will say to
> me, “How can you forget to take your insulin?”
>
> Let’s share some thoughts on this for all to consider.
>
> Joyce Kane
>
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