[LMB] OT: diabetes risk factors

[Mark Allums]

Marilyn Traber wrote:
> Andrew Barton wrote:
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>>   ' “Many were taking four or five shots of insulin a day,” he said. “Some were using insulin pumps. Some were monitoring their blood sugar seven or eight times a day.” 
>>   They also took pills to lower their blood sugar, in addition to the pills they took for other medical conditions and to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol. They also came to a medical clinic every two months and had frequent telephone conversations with clinic staff. '
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>>   Four or five shots of insulin per day is nothing unusual for type 1 diabetics, but these subjects were type 2.  We're not told anything about what these 'pills to lower their blood sugar' might have been or what side effects they might have.
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>>   Andrew
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> Meh, I test 8-10 times a day. I know type 2s that use insulin and pills 
> both, just like I use byetta and metformin. You *can* combine meds for 
> better results. And to be blunt about it, you can be type 2 and your 
> insulin is essentially nonextant and on 5 shots a day or a pump.
> 
> Just because someone produces insulin *doesnt* mean the body can use it. 
> Type 2s use insulin all the time. There comes a time when pills and 
> exercise/diet do nothing and you have to graduate to insulin because you 
> produce such a nominal amount you might as well yank the pancreas as a 
> slacker organ.

Yeah, I'm on two kinds of pills (metformin and Actos) and two kinds of 
insulin (Lantus and Novolog).  I'm type 2.  One more data point.

--Mark Allums