Changing Insulin Order

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Gosh. I’m just a babe after all. I’ve only had it for about 40 years. (No complications, except slight pain in the legs if I walk too fast for more than about half/three quarters of a mile, better in summer, worse in winter. — Dr T J Russell :

Wow. May we all be as succesfull with our diabetes (56 and 40 and others like ya’ll), but I have a question, Terry. Pain in the legs? Like what? I assume you mean some sort of neuopathy, but I don’t know because you don’t describe it at all and I’m just trying to figure out why it always feels like I’ve been working out for 2 hours on just my lower legs when I walk up my hill. Meg

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: : Gosh. I’m just a babe after all. I’ve only had it for about 40 years. (No : complications, except slight pain in the legs if I walk too fast for more : than about half/three quarters of a mile, better in summer, worse in winter. : — : Dr T J Russell : : :Wow. May we all be as succesfull with our diabetes (56 and 40 and others :like ya’ll), but I have a question, Terry. : ain in the legs? Like what? I assume you mean some sort of neuopathy, :but I don’t know because you don’t describe it at all and I’m just :trying to figure out why it always feels like I’ve been working out for 2 :hours on just my lower legs when I walk up my hill. Hi Meg, I get pain in my lower legs, but not due to neuropathy. Its caused by slight circulatory problems, which basically starves my leg muscles, causing them to go rock-hard and feel as though someone has set fire to them. It only happens if I walk fast (like a rapid route march) for more than 3/4 of a mile. I can walk further and faster in summer and less in winter, as the blood vessels expand and contract. (I can go miles after half a bottle of whisky, but I can’t remember doing it…. <– I’ve got a beard!) It doesn’t cause me any significant problems and it goes away after a few minutes rest. That’s about it, really. Its actually got a bit better recently. I’ve been going to London two or three days each week to visit some of my customers, and due to the way that the tuvbe trains are organised, it means that I am walking about eight to ten miles each visit, which is quite good exercise. At first I was being trampled underfoot by the millions of other people using the underground, but now I go faster than them! Love to you all. — Dr T J Russell :

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I get pain in my lower legs, but not due to neuropathy. Its caused by slight circulatory problems, which basically starves my leg muscles, causing them to go rock-hard and feel as though someone has set fire to them. It only happens if I walk fast (like a rapid route march)

Hey Terry, thankx… actually that does sound like what I’m going through. I don’t necessarily have to walk fast, but I am walking faster than I used to and more frequently… along with the hills in the Boston suburbs that I never had growing up. Well, seeing as I’m heading to the doc on Tuesday, maybe I’ll chat with her about this… I would be interested in seeing if this might be what is happening with me and if so, what I can do about it other than just resting… that can be a nuisance going up the hill when it’s -20 out w/ windchill Meg

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I’ve been diabetic for 56 years! I normally take a mixture of Lente and Regular insulins before breakfast. Ordinarily, I draw the Lente into the syringe before the Regular. A few days ago though, I reversed the order for 2 days and ended up with a very high blood sugar reading before lunch. Going back to the old order of things seemed to correct that. Has anyone else had this experience, or does anyone know anything about it?

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Wow! 56 years!!! Wow! That’s by far the longest I have ever heard of someone being a diabetic. I’m afraid I can’t add anything to your question about mixing in a different order. However, I would like to hear more about your diabetes over those 56 years. What was treatment like back in the late thirties? Have you had any complications over the years? What kind of treatment have you been on? Wow, 56 years. I thought I had had it for a long time, but it’s less than half as long. Wow! Jack — Jack Stansbury "A man has made at least a start on discovering the The Wollongong Group under which he knows full well he will never sit." (703) 847-4574 D. Elton Trueblood

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I’ve been diabetic for 56 years! I normally take a mixture of Lente and Regular insulins before breakfast.

yes – i am impressed as well – it would be good to hear from you as someone else (jack stansbury) wrote – what was it like when you were diagnosed and how are things with you now? udita —

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I was told by my endo never to mix L and R. I use them separately in two different syringes. To avoid confusion and contamination I put rubber band on the syringe that is used for Lente.

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: (WilliePitt) writes:

: : I’ve been diabetic for 56 years! I normally take a mixture of Lente and : Regular insulins before breakfast. : : :yes – i am impressed as well – it would be good to hear from :you as someone else (jack stansbury) wrote – what was it like :when you were diagnosed and how are things with you now? : :udita Gosh. I’m just a babe after all. I’ve only had it for about 40 years. (No complications, except slight pain in the legs if I walk too fast for more than about half/three quarters of a mile, better in summer, worse in winter. Oh yes, and I did have a frozen shoulder/diabetice encapsulitis, but it got better – well, 95%). I’m on Humulin S (replacement for Soluble) in the morning, and Humulin S and I (Isophane, a bit like Lente) in the evening. It would be good to hear that others are doing OK as well, how are you doing, Willie? Best wishes to you all. — Dr T J Russell :

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