[Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment

[d m gina]

I am excited to see what my a one c will be in August.
Now that I am on the long and short insulin as well.
I also know that my numbers have been wow.
I will share when I learn myself.


Original message:
> do agree with Bridget I have been on insulin for 18 months now and
> long-term and short-term and my A1C Zara blue seven couple of the ones that
> I had in the past 6 months they've been between 6.7 and 7.0 as far as my
> A1C goes I do agree having an insolent regiment does impact and help
> glucose levels with with type cheese I am a type 2 I'm on Zen pick NovoLog
> and tresiba does of the three insulin that I'm on and they do their job as
> they're supposed to so I do agree starting an insulin regimen even if your
> type 2 is worth it. In the long run. If not then you'll have issues down
> the road where the


> On June 14, 2019 3:23:54 PM Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> And to back this up, study after study shows that the sooner most type 2s
>> go on insulin, usually the better management they have over glucose levels.
>> It can take some trial and error with carb/insulin ratios to figure out
>> what works for you, similar to trial and error with antidepressants, but it
>> often results in better glucose control for type 2s.

>> Bridgit

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Eileen
>> Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:49 PM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment

>> Hi Terri,

>> While I have never used Victoza since I am a type 1 diabetic, I can relate
>> to your not wanting to be nauseous to the point of throwing up on a daily
>> basis. And since BG’s over 400 are very high, I wonder if you & your doctor
>> might consider going on insulin of one type or the other to control the
>> blood sugars? Right now I am using an insulin pump so don’t have to inject
>> myself multiple times the way I was before the pump, but even when I took
>> insulin injections I always said I prefered the injections to my finger
>> sticks. I’m only telling you that because I think when some diabetics here
>> insulin injections they are horrified by the thought of them. Its
>> important, as you already know, to get the BG numbers down.

>> Good luck with this.

>> Eileen

>> From: Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 4:29 PM
>> To: Diabetes-talk
>> Cc: Terri Stimmel
>> 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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