[Diabetes-talk] Concerns about my blood sugar, and wanting thoughts about medication

Mon Sep 12 21:44:36 UTC 2016

Gary, I am always amazed at how much difference even a little exercise can
make for me. I recently found a pool I can get in and just do exercises. I'm
not a lap swimmer but just moving around even helps. A walk through a mall
or something also can help. I used to joke at the benefits of shopping on my
glucose levels. But don't ignore another possibility. Sometimes after awhile
the pancreas does start to kind of give out. So what was affective just may
not quite do the same thing now. It takes a multi-pronged approach and some
trial and error. But most important, don't beat up on Gary. It takes a bit
to figure out something that you can stick with and that will get the
results you want. None of us are perfect every day, for sure. So I sure hope
you can look at the situation more like oops, move on, and not focus on the
I'm being bad stuff. We're all doing the best we can at any given moment. So
think about your goals and see what you can do to reach them. Glad you
reached out to us here. And we're not going anywhere either. <grin>
Keep us posted.
Veronica

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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Lester Cameron via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 1:06 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Lester Cameron
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Concerns about my blood sugar, and wanting
thoughts about medication

hello if you don't  trust your docter time to move on to a new docter
if a nurse  to tell you some thing is wrong
no question what I would  do
I changed to docters

-----Original Message----- 
From: Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 2:13 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Terri Stimmel
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Concerns about my blood sugar, and wanting thoughts

about medication

Hello everybody,

Probably a few months back, I wrote to the list and told you all about my 
situation with Met Forman. My doctor took me off of Met Forman, and I have 
been doing much better health wise.

He left me on my other medication which is,Victoza. I take 1.8 units in the 
morning, and I have been on this dose for a couple of years now. That has 
always worked well for me.
Well, he told me that he was not going to put me on another medication, 
because he didn't feel that there was anything else that was comparable to 
Met Forman. I was pretty bothered by this, and really didn't like it. But I 
didn't know how to talk to him about the issue.
He told me that he wanted me to take .6 units of theVictoza at night. I 
really wasn't comfortable with this, because I was always told that this 
medication was only taken once a day. But I figured I would try it, because 
I was worried about my blood sugar. I was supposed to go back and see him on

October 18. But today I called them and told them that this Victoza alone 
was not working for me, and then I wanted to see if I could get an earlier 
appointment. So now I will be going into see him on October 4. I have a 
nurse that comes in once a week. I told her about the situation with the 
Victoza, and she didn't think I should be taking it at night either. I have 
been though, and it's just not making a difference. I'm trying to eat well, 
but this is a difficult thing for me. My blood sugars have been around 200, 
maybe about 160, or 170, in the morning. Sometimes at night they get over 
200. But dad's on a day when I realize I have eaten worse than what I should

have.
Anyway, my nurse recommended that I talk to my doctor about Januvia. I hope 
this is spelled correctly, or you wobble know what I am talking about? 
Anyway, do any of you take this medication? Do you have to take other 
medications with it, to control your diabetes?
Are there many side effects you have noticed?

My nurse says that this medication doesn't really have too many side 
effects, and that it is on my taken once a day.
I want to talk to my doctor about this. I've never been on a medication that

you only took one today. But I want something else to help me. These blood 
sugar numbers have got to get lower. Last time I was at their office, the 
nurse made a comment that people with diabetes usually have hired a 1C 
readings.
I think my reading the last time I was there was 6.6, or something like 
that. But they didn't seem bothered by it. I was. I don't want to be the 
average diabetic. When I was on the Met Forman and doing well, mine would be

around 5.3, or 5.5. This is what I prefer.

I know I need to eat better than I do. But that is hard when it's difficult 
for you to cook, or you can't always have someone cook for you. Plus, I 
don't like a lot of vegetables. I never have. Not to mention, I have tried 
turkey burger, and I think it is disgusting!

So any advice, or dogs would be very helpful. I would really appreciate it. 
This is starting to affect my body again. My liver enzymes have gone back 
up, and I have a fatty liver disease. So of course I don't want that. Also, 
my cholesterol is up.

So I would appreciate any help possible. I will keep you all posted as to 
what the doctor does when I see him on the fourth. I have to admit, right 
now I am not very pleased with him. And he used to be one of my doctors I 
really liked.

Thank you for reading. I hope you all have a great day.

Terri

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