[Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment

[G Melconian]

here's a question I have I'd like to know what is the difference between 
humalog and novolog do they work the same for a type to you I just wanted 
to know how to go about doing it doing for units 6 units 8 units 10 units 
how does one go about the right amount if either humalog and novolog for 
mealtime scenarios just would like to have some thoughts about this if you 
guys could give me more info I'd appreciate it I am new at this I been on 
insulin for 18 months and so I'm just you know playing it now with just a 
short-term I mean he had a meal time insulin I used to take the fastest 
long-term insulin and the once-a-week type trulicity and it was not working 
for me with trulicity side went to exempt EXO SM pick is working better for 
me compared to


On June 14, 2019 3:23:43 PM Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk 
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Terri,
>
> Have you considered taking Humalog or novolog for meal boluses? Likely 
> you're going high after meals and do not have enough on-board insulin in 
> your system to combat any carbs. So, taking insulin to bolus at meals might 
> be a good idea.
>
> As for swelling and tingling in the feet, sorry to say, but sounds like 
> neuropathy, which is common in diabetics, especially when blood sugars are 
> high for extended periods of time. There is medication that can help 
> alleviate the symptoms, but nothing to reverse existing damage to the 
> nerves. If you are able to lower your glucose levels and maintain them, 
> there's a good chance nerve damage won't progress though.
>
> Bridgit
>
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> Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
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> Cc: Terri Stimmel <princessterri76 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As my subject says, I have some questions regarding Victoza. I have been 
> taking this medication for at least three years now. Maybe a little bit 
> longer. I have been taking 1.8 units for quite a while now. Not long after 
> I started it actually. In the beginning, for about the first two or three 
> weeks of starting it, it made me very ill! I almost quit taking it. That’s 
> how bad it was. I was extremely nauseated, and was throwing up almost every 
> morning. Anyway, I have stuck with it over the years. It did help me lose a 
> little weight. And it did help control my blood sugar pretty well.
> However, it has always seemed to make me pretty constipated, and I could 
> still have nausea. But I think part of that is due to being so constipated. 
> I got tired of feeling this way. Plus, anytime I have ended up in the 
> hospital, they don’t have this medication. So then I am off of it for a few 
> days. Which is never helpful when you have to restart it. So after a lot of 
> consideration, and talking it out with my boyfriend, I decided to stop the 
> Victoza. I did not want to be nauseated anymore, or constipated. Which now 
> this does seem a lot better.
>
> However, my blood sugar is quite high now. I do not eat a diabetic diet. I 
> never really have. But I do try to watch what I eat to a point. Anyway, I 
> have an appointment set up with my doctor for the 20th of this month. 
> Already had an appointment toward the end of this month anyway. But, I did 
> call them and told them that I stopped the medication. So they tried to get 
> me in a little earlier. I know he is not going to be thrilled about this. I 
> want him to understand that I did not do this to be noncompliant. And also, 
> in my last couple visits, I did try to explain to him why I wanted to stop 
> the medication. I wanted to get back on the Met Forman. But he did not feel 
> this was a good choice for me again. He said it was too dangerous. So in a 
> way I felt like he wasn’t hearing me. Which is usually not the case with 
> him. So I really think I just need to express myself more.
>
> With all that said though, I have noticed that along with my blood sugar 
> being high, sometimes over 400, my legs and feet have been swollen. Now I 
> can deal with this every once in a while, or maybe a day or so. But usually 
> it is not an ongoing thing. So this be a strange result, or reaction from 
> stopping the Victoza? Or is this just a coincidence most likely?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. I would just like to know 
> others experiences who have maybe had to stop this medication. I want to 
> find out what alternatives might be out there besides a medicine that can 
> make you feel so awful!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Terri
>
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