Hmm..that sounds very interesting. Hopefully they will end up with good results and can start making a big difference!!
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Gives hope,and made me think of something I read in blogs.titled-Don't know how to blog....,type 1 babies that were diagnosed with type1,but may not really have it ?? Lillys Story---I always have hope when I read anything in the news that points to progress,Thanks for the info.
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Some children who were diagnosed at an extremely young age (newborns up to 6 months old, I think) were diagnosed as Type 1. I don't know who discovered it or how, but it turns out that some of those children did not actually have T1, but they had monogenic diabetes. It's a genetic disease and it does not kill the beta cells but it prevents the insulin from doing its thing. They switched those children to an oral drug (maybe metformin?) and they no longer need insulin injections. It doesn't mean they have Type 2 either. Monogenic diabetes is its own thing and it's supposed to be very easy to control with the pill. No insulin resistance to worry about.
Thank you for that,I was a bit puzzled,but then again,it dosn't take much to puzzle me,ha.Sorry Doug,I got off subject! -----
i liked that article..and where it stated the difference between t2 and t1 for once! lol
Batts - it's kinda funny being they were talking about a possible break through but I liked the fact that they stated the difference as well! Haven't seen that in many articles.
Meme - you weren't really changing the subject - all these subjects will bring different response - that's why I love this place.
It's been about 3 months since I posted this thread, so I thought I'd do a follow up to it.
I have left my insulin out of the fridge (as suggested) for weeks at a time but still have the burning sensation after injecting. It just a minor issue so, it's no big deal, I'll live, lol. : )
Thanks for all of your replies.
Lantus is very painful for my daughter. She was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and is already giving herself the Humalog injections but she cries
when it's time for Lantus. We don't refrigerate it after we open it. We were told by a nurse it is the pH of Lantus that makes it hurt. I really need to
get a different drug for her because of the Lantus pain. We have tried icing the areas before and after and it does not help. The pain lasts about an hour.
I take levemir and it seems to burn here and there. I inject into my stomach. I have noticed if the injection site is closer to a muscle it seems to burn more. In the more fatty part in the middle does not seem to hurt. You need to experiment with different injection sites and see which is better and keep a log of which hurts and which doesn't.
When I was on shots I found that if you are injecting into an area with more muscle than fat, it burned. Try avoiding areas where you might hit the muscle and you might not have the burning feeling.
Unfortunately my girl doesn't have much fat left on her body after the last couple months of burning what was left of it from her diabetes.
She has most on her tummy and that still burns but maybe not quite as bad. I will try keeping them on some fatty areas.
I wish ice would help.
I hope we can get a pump soon. SO far I think we are doing well on getting her under control. She has been waking up in the 60's
that past few days so we are backing off on the Lantus to see if that helps. We feed her a high protein snack before bed too.
Unfortunately my girl doesn't have much fat left on her body after the last couple months of burning what was left of it from her diabetes.
She has most on her tummy and that still burns but maybe not quite as bad. I will try keeping them on some fatty areas.
I wish ice would help.
I hope we can get a pump soon. SO far I think we are doing well on getting her under control. She has been waking up in the 60's
that past few days so we are backing off on the Lantus to see if that helps. We feed her a high protein snack before bed too.