Diabetes type 2 day-by-day 2. March 31, 2017

It is eve right now in NYC, Friday. I just woke up. I am very very sleepy. My man come home and he changed dressing. Then he injected 100 units Lantus Solo Star, and I went to sleep. Not so fast. Soon low sugar hit. I was not able to take reading, or to fix my meal. Just was able to get to the kitchen. My man done all job, and then I returned to bed. Fall asleep instantly.
It is not the case that I try to get some readers, or any benefits from my post. All what I want, just share what is going on with diabetics type 2, why do we suffer so much, and how to help in case like mine.
I was in good hospital. I was under very good care. When I returned home it was looks like my condition got worse then before hospital. Right now rush still all over my body. Headache, dizziness, weakness. Very simple, hospital is not safe place for us, diabetics type 2, even when hospital is great and all staff do the best what is possible.
I could take my insulin shot without permission of doctor. No one even would note it. And then what? If low blood sugar what they would do? No play with medicine and medical staff. The goal is only one, my Well Being. I am not doctor. I am patient, diabetic type 2, with very good attention to my patient, myself.

Today looks like leg started to get better. Man changed dressing around 3 pm. Now it is 10 pm, and all still dry. I am better walk. Also there is almost no pain in leg. I do still have headache. Also it is neuropathy, pain in back. I take only my home routine medicine, nothing new.
Right now I try to put notes in my notebook, and I will try to post all the story of this adventure, if I would be able to get out of it, as much as I can. Just in case someone is interesting. I was deeply depressed with all these leakage and skin broke. I simple have no idea how to stop water from being go out through skin, stop to melt my flesh. I worried, I will lose my leg. If so then what? What next I would lost?
Now I am optimistic. I am getting better.
This is why I am going to post all  this adventure from the beginning to the end, with all insulin doses, with all my actions and problems I faced. I cannot do it right now. Fingers are numb. Headache. Difficult to concentrate. But when I will get better I will post all.
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Different Every Time

Airport security experiences are like snowflakes- they're different every time. Fortunately this week's travel was different in a good way.

Our journey began at a huge, busy international airport.

My daughter's boarding pass was marked pre-check. The procedure was shoes on, metal detector only. She approached metal detector and said to the TSA agent, "I'm wearing an insulin pump which could set this off."

"Try it," the agent replied.

My kid walked through metal detector, and did not set it off. She looked at the agent who gave a friendly wave. "Have a good trip!"

On the way home, at a smaller airport, the procedure was different:

Our boarding passes were, once again,  marked pre-check. Upon arrival at the first security checkpoint we were informed that because the boarding passes were printed at the hotel and not on site at the airport, the authorization was not valid and would not scan in their system. We were ushered to the full security, shoes-off, body scanner line.

My kid approached the body scanner with her disconnected insulin pump in hand. "This is my insulin pump. It can't go through the luggage x-ray or the body scanner. It needs to be visually inspected."

She was instructed to hand it to the agent behind the luggage scanner. As she did so, she reiterated that it could not go through the luggage scanner. He smiled and nodded, and seemed familiar with the issue. "Yup- I'll meet you on the other side."


The agent walked away with the pump (a little unsettling) and my daughter went through the scanner. The pump was handed back on the other side, as promised, and we continued on our way.

A couple of notes on our experience:

-On past trips I've been the person to speak to the TSA people, but I asked my daughter before we left if she'd be willing to be her own spokesperson through security. Eventually an opportunity may come for her to fly without me and I want her to be comfortable with the process. We talked quite a bit ahead of time about what could happen and how she would respond. She handled both experiences well.

-We're often tempted not to mention the insulin pump and just go through the metal detector hoping for the best. We certainly do that at museums and other more minor security checkpoints. But for some reason the pump occasionally does set off the metal detector. Also, because my daughter is on the smaller side, the pump is always visible in her pocket or on her waist band so it's immediately obvious that she hasn't followed the instructions to empty her pockets. For those reasons, when we're at TSA security or touring a highly secure location like a government building, we've always mentioned the pump first with the goal of heading off suspicion before it can begin.

-People make a variety of choices about going through the full body scanners and about putting their pumps through the luggage scanners. Some leave the pump on and opt for a pat-down, after telling the TSA agent that they want to avoid the body scanner altogether. Some send the pump through the luggage scanner and hope for the best despite many pump manufacturers' recommendations to the contrary. Some wear pumps through the body scanner, which is also not recommended for my daughter's brand of pump. To us the option of asking for it to be visually inspected seemed like the safest, easiest, least intrusive, and most efficient solution.

We don't fly often, but thus far we've had no two TSA experiences which were alike diabetes-wise. Sometimes the carry-on's contents have been called into question. Sometimes she's patted down despite the insulin pump being the obvious reason for the metal detector alarm. This week's TSA experiences were our smoothest ever. Maybe we've finally hit the sweet spot on the security learning curve. Maybe the voices, including my own, of people who've been reaching out to the TSA requesting common-sense security measures for people with diabetes are finally being heard. Or maybe the TSA is finally realizing there are more important things to worry about than a 15 year old girl with an insulin pump.






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diabetes type 2 day-by-day. March 31, 2017

blood sugar is 148 mg/dl.
It is high level for fasting sugar. Yesterday was only 263 units of insulin, less then 300, and probably I needed more then 300 units. I injected less.
      I still dealing with infection, allergy, pain, and all the crisis I do have right now. Yesterday I was in so bad shape, I even did  missed Social Worker visit. My man was home. She was so polite, she did not insist I come over from my bed. They discuss all the matter, and I am happy I was able to stay in bed.
       My man come home before 3 pm. I still do not eat till that time. He fixed meal, and I went to bed. Not so fast. I started to feel that I am passing out. I was in such fear, I am going to begone. He helped me, put me back to bed, stay with me till I got position I could fall asleep. Does not matter how did I turned, every muscle, all of them were in severe pain. I tried all ways, all around bed, under blankets, over blankets, between blankets, and all the positions with all pillows I do have. Finally, I skipped into sleep. Then Social Worked come. She did not insist I have to meet her. I am so grateful! It really was big deal for me to get out of bed.
      Before bed my man changed all dressing. Looks like leg getting better. I am really not sure about it. But if before dressing got wet withing one hour after changing, Yesterday after nurse it was more then 6 Hr. and top of dressing still dry, considerable. So, before bed my man changed all dressing, and even now it still dry, considerable. It started to be wet inside, I feel it, but on the surface it still dry, and no wet in shoe.
      Rush looks like started to slow down. I no longer take any medicine I took in hospital and was given to take at home. It is to fight infection. Looks like I am allergic to antibiotics too.
       What is interesting, It stated easy to breath. Less shortness of breath. I was on Bi POP machine with oxygen. Day and night. Now I feel better and I am not out of breath right after I took my first step. I even can go to kitchen without harry to get to the seat. Also, it is less problems with airways. Looks like they are less close right now. Camping season would be soon. I need portable CPOP. I do not have it. It would be good to have it. In Adirondack I could went my system with very fresh air.
       I still take more Excedrin, double then usual. But Nitrostat is less, and there is no pain in chest or aback, heart pain. I do have pain in muscles, but it is not heart pain, which is really good. BP is a little bit over 140, but it is my regular BP so there is nothing to worry too much about it.
      Best at all to know there is no infection. It is so difficult to deal with all those emergency situations. Allergy to medicine, and no way to stay out of medicine.
      It is old way to say, at home Walls are Healing. Looks like it work every time.Still, it was nice to get help in RD and in Hospital. I went to Methodist Brooklyn Hospital. No any issue negative with service. No Barking Therapy.Now when I am at home, they do still care. Nurse come over to take care for wounds. Looks like I got nurse, and nice one. It is first expression.

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My Amazon Medical Library. 2017

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	pages	Price$	S&H
A Treatise on the Functions of Digestion; It's Disorders and Their Treatment. Hardcover – 1869	Pavy, F. W.	Publisher: John Churchill and Sons; 2nd edition (1869)		29.99	3.99
A Treatise on the Function of Digestion; Disorders, and their Treatment	Pavy, F W	Publisher: John Churchill & Sons; 1st edition (1867)	217	42.6
Researches on the Nature and Treatment of Diabetes Hardcover – 1869	Pavy, F W	Publisher: John Churchill & Sons; 2nd edition (1869)	297	89.7	20.53
Management of juvenile diabetes mellitus Hardcover – 1980	Traisman, Howard S	1965 Hardback published by C.V. Mosby Co.		12.01	3.99
Management of juvenile diabetes mellitus Hardcover – 1980	Traisman, Howard S	1965 Hardback published by C.V. Mosby Co.		12.01	3.99
Management of juvenile diabetes mellitus Hardcover – 1980	Traisman, Howard S	1965 Hardback published by C.V. Mosby Co.		7.75	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus Hardcover – 1980		Publisher: Lilly Research Laboratories; Eighth Edition, 1st Revision edition (1980)	202	1.99	3.99
Management of juvenile diabetes mellitus Hardcover – 1980	Traisman, Howard S	Publisher: Mosby; 3rd edition (1980)	348	7.01	3.99
Diabetes: 10th: International Congress Proceedings Hardcover – April, 1980	Waldhausl, Werner K.	Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd (April 1980	888	12.14
Campbell's Urology Hardcover – June, 1998	Walsh, Patrick C.	Publisher: W B Saunders Co; 7th edition (June 1998)	1152	0.01	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus 8TH Edition Hardcover – 1980		Publisher: LILLY, ELI & CO (1980)		5.01	3.99
Clinical Laboratory Hematology (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition	McKenzie Ph.D. CLS (NCA), Shirlyn B.	Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (2010)	1080	18.12
Diabetic Manual: For the Patient Hardcover – 1973	Joslin, Elliott P	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 10th edition (1973)	304	10.98
Diabetic Manual for Doctor and Patient Hardcover – 1951	Joslin, Elliott P	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; Eighth Edition, Illustrated edition (1951)		5.99
Diabetes Manual Hardcover – December, 1959	Joslin, Elliott P	Publisher: Imprint unknown; 10th Revised edition edition (December 1959)	304	5.99	3.99
A DIABETIC MANUAL For the Mutual Use of Doctor and Patient, Second Edition, Revised Hardcover – 1919	Joslin, Elliott P	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; Second Edition edition (1919)		25.01	3.99
Williams Textbook of Endocrinology 10th Edition	Larsen MD FACP FRCP, P. Reed	Publisher: Saunders; 10 edition (December 20, 2002)	1820	16.49
Campbell's Urology (3-Volume Set) 7th Edition	Campbell, Meredith F.	Publisher: Saunders; 7 edition (September 15, 1997)	3818	40.01	3.99
Headache (Blue Books of Practical Neurology)	Goadsby BMedSc MB BS MD PhD DSc FRACP, Peter J.	Butterworth-Heinemann (February 13, 1997)	400	6.37
Brain and Blood Flow: Symposium Proceedings Paperback – May, 1971	Russell, R.W.Ross	Pitman Medical (May 1971)	409	2.94	3.99
Management of Ischemic Stroke 1st Edition	M.D., Stanley N. Cohen	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)	680	5.99
Intracerebral Hemorrhage, 1e	Kase MD, Carlos S.	Butterworth-Heinemann (May 24, 1994)	484	6.83
Thrombolysis in Cardiovascular Disease	Julian, Desmond G.	Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc; First Edition edition (June 1989)	480	9.92
The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke: Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotional Disorders following Vascular Brain Injury	Robinson, Robert G.	Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (September 13, 1998)	503	9.95	3.99
Prevention and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke: Blue Books of Practical Neurology Series, 1e	Kasner MD MSCE FRCP, Scott E	Series: Blue Books of Practical Neurology (Book 29)	432	8.98
Intracerebral Hemorrhage, 1e	Kase MD, Carlos S.	Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (May 24, 1994)	484	6.93
The treatment of diabetes mellitus Unknown Binding – 1928	Elliott Proctor Joslin (Author)	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; Enlarged 4th edition (1928)	998	65.95	3.99
The Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus. With a Foreword By Elliott P. Joslin. Illustrated with 83 Engravings and 2 Colored Plates	Shields Warren (Author)	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; First Edition edition (1930)		19.96	3.99
Clinical Diabetes Mellitus and Hyperinsulinism Hardcover – 1940	Russell M. Wilder (Author)	Publisher: W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia; First Edition edition (1940)		15.01	3.99
Textbook of Endocrinology Hardcover – December, 1974		Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company; 5th edition (December 1974)	1138	2.99	3.99
Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (Primary Care, Volume 15/ Number 2) Hardcover – 1988	by MD Jack Froom (Editor)	Publisher: W. B. Saunders Company (1988)		8.65	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus Hardcover – 1969	by S. O., Ed. Waife (Author)	Publisher: Eli Lilly and Company; 7th Edition edition (1969)		4.95	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus: Methods of Dietetic Management and the Use of Preparations of Insulin	Lilly Research Laboratories	Publisher: Eli Lilly and Company; No Edition Stated edition (1940)		11.99	3.99
Doctor Writes: An Anthology Of The Unusual In Current Medical Literature	Waife, S.O. (Ed.)	Publisher: Grune and Stratton; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (1954)		6.5	3.99
Secondary Diabetes: The Spectrum of the Diabetic Syndromes	Stephen Podolsky	Publisher: Raven Press; 1 edition (1979)	602	7.32	3.99
Medical Clinics of North America, November 1982: Diabetes Mellitus		Publisher: W.B. Saunders and Co. (1982)		6.37	3.99
The Medical Clinics of North America (Vol.72 No.5, September 1988 : Difficult Diagnoses; No.6, November 1988 : Diabetes Mellitus)		Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd. (1988)		8.01	3.99
The Medical Clinics of North America: Vol.55, #4, July 1971: Diabetes Mellitus	Philip Felig and Philip K. Bondy	Publisher: W.B Saunders Company; First edition (1971)		9.99	3.99
DIABETES MELLITUS 7TH ED. 2ND REVISION		Publisher: Lilly Research Laboratories (1973)		5.26	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus Methods of Dietetic Management and The Use of Insulin Preparations	Lilly Research Labratories	Publisher: Eli Lilly and Co.; Fourth Printing edition (1951)		0.2	3.99
DIABETES MELLITUS 7TH ED. 2ND REVISION		Publisher: Lilly Research Laboratories (1973)		1.29	3.99
Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus (Clinical Guides to Medical Management)	Cefalu, William T.	Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (February 17, 2000)	786	0.03	3.99
Davidson's Diabetes Mellitus, 5e	Davidson MD, Mayer B.	Publisher: Saunders; 5 edition (January 6, 2004)	496	0.01	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus. The Medical Clinics of North America 72: 6, November 1988		Publisher: W. B. Saunders (1988)		0.01	3.99
Care of People with Diabetes: A Manual of Nursing Practice	Dunning, Trisha	Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 3 edition (April 27, 2009)	560	4.68	3.99
Nursing Care of Older People with Diabetes	Dunning, Trisha	Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (July 29, 2005)	312	0.01	3.99
Diabetes Care: A Practical Manual (Oxford Care Manuals)		Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (December 15, 2008)	521	1.01	3.99
Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide 2012: Treatment and Management of Diabetes (Johns Hopkins Medicine)	Saudek, Christopher D.	Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition (June 30, 2011)	610	0.04	3.99
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook: A Guide for Primary Care Providers	Beaser M D, Richard S	Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center; 2nd Updated ed. edition (July 1, 2010)	730	3.27	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus	Joslin, Elliot P.	Publisher: Lea & Febiger,U.S.; 12th edition (June 1, 1985)	11008	1.93	3.99
A diabetic manual for the mutual use of doctor and patient,	Joslin, Elliott Proctor	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 7th edition (1941)	238	5.5	5.99
The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus	Elliott P. Joslin	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 9th edition (January 1, 1952)	771	34.49
Diabetes Mellitus	Joslin, Elliot P.	Publisher: Lea & Febiger,U.S.; 12th edition (June 1, 1985)	1008	0.99	3.99
Outsmarting Diabetes: A Dynamic Approach for Reducing the Effects of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes	Beaser, Richard S	Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 20, 1994)	256	0.01	3.99
Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus	Kahn, C. Ronald	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 13 Sub edition (January 15, 1994)	1068	4.5	3.99
Joslin Diabetes Manual	Krall, Leo P.	Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 12 edition (January 1989)	406	0.01	3.99
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook for Primary Care Providers	Beaser, Richard S.	Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center; 1 edition (January 31, 2001)	609	0.01	3.99
Joslin's Insulin Deskbook: Designing and Initiating Insulin Treatment Programs	Beaser, Richard S.	Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center; 1 edition (2008)		0.01	3.99
Gray's Anatomy	Gray, Henry	Publisher: Lea & Febiger,U.S.; 29th edition (May 1973)	1355	5.01	3.99
Diabetic Manual for the Doctor and Patient	Joslin, Elliott P.	Publisher: LEA & FEBIGER (1956)		0.99	3.99
A diabetic manual for the mutual use of doctor and patient,	Joslin, Elliott Proctor	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 7th edition (1941)	238	5.99	3.99
Joslin Diabetes Manual	Krall, L. P.	Publisher: G K Hall & Co (June 1979)	694	5.77	3.99
A diabetic manual for the mutual use of doctor and patient	Joslin, Elliott Proctor	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; Fifth Edition edition (1934)		24.95	3.99
Diabetes & women's health across the life stages : a public health perspective (SuDoc HE 20.7602:D 54/2)	U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services	Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001)		2.99	3.99
Health, United States, 2004 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans	U.S. Health and Human Services Dept., National Center for Health Statistics	Publisher: National Center for Health Statistics (January 10, 2005)	516	2.99	3.99
The treatment of diabetes mellitus	Joslin, Elliott Proctor	Publisher: Henry Kimpton; 8th edition (1947)	861	18.01	3.99
Joslin Diabetes Manual	Physicians of the Joslin Clinic Division	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 11th,Revised edition (1978)	324	3.99	3.99
The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus	by Elliott P. Joslin (Author), Howard F. Root (Author), Priscilla White (Author), Alexander Marble (Author)	Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 9th edition (January 1, 1952)	771	7.19	3.99
Diabetes in America (SuDoc HE 20.3302:D 26/995)	U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services	Publisher: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1995)		67.02	3.99
An account of two cases of the diabetes mellitus: with remarks, as they arose during the progress of the cure. To which are added, A general view of ... treatment, In two volumes Volume 1 of 2	Rollo, John	Publisher: Gale ECCO, Print Editions (June 16, 2010)	342	28.19	3.99
An account of two cases of the diabetes mellitus: with remarks, as they arose during the progress of the cure. To which are added, A general view of ... treatment, In two volumes Volume 2 of 2	Rollo, John	Publisher: Gale ECCO, Print Editions (June 16, 2010)	306	24.98	3.99
Aretæus, consisting of eight books, on the causes, symptoms and cure of acute and chronic diseases; translated from the original Greek. by John Moffat, M.D.	Aretaeus, of Cappadocia	Publisher: Gale ECCO, Print Editions (May 28, 2010)	520	19.99	3.99
The Discovery of Insulin	Bliss, Michael	Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited; 25 Anv edition (January 1, 1982)	304	14.83	3.99
Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases and Disorders (Facts on File Library of Health & Living)	Petit Jr., William	Publisher: Facts on File; 1 edition (January 1, 2005)	326	0.01	3.99
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook: A Guide for Primary Care Providers	Beaser M D, Richard S	Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center; 2nd Updated ed. edition (July 1, 2010)	730	14.86	3.99
Diabetes Management in Primary Care	Unger MD, Jeff	Publisher: LWW; Second edition (December 7, 2012)	752	12.35	3.99
Pathology	Rubin, Emanuel	Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2nd edition (August 1993)	1600	1.19	3.99
International Textbook of Obesity	Björntorp, Per	Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 31, 2001)	558	9.48	3.99
Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle	Cooper, Thea	Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1 edition (September 14, 2010)	320	0.01	3.99
Diabetes: A Medical Odyssey		Publisher: USV Pharmaceutical; Not Stated edition (1971)	161	14.5	3.99
Indigenous Peoples and Diabetes: Community Empowerment and Wellness (Ethnographic Studies in Medical Anthropology)	Mariana Leal Ferreira	Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (November 30, 2005)	549	3.99	3.99
Diabetes Mellitus: Its History, Chemistry, Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology, and Treatment	Morgan, William	Publisher: Sagwan Press (August 22, 2015)	202	24.95	3.99

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diabetes type 2 day-by-day. March 29. 2017

       Visiting nurse just left. She is so nice, so lovely. She washed my wounds and changed all dressing. She put some more around my leg to prevent it from getting wet too fast. It is nice and dry, and worm right now.
      Insurance company approved nurse visits. So, someone would take care for my skin after now, I hope. Today it was call and I expect social worker. Nurse said I will have HHA, home attendant. It is nice. Home Care Lady will help to dress and take shower and also probably do laundry. Nice to take some burden from my man.
       My man Yesterday put some cream all around my body. Hope rush will slow out.  But it looks like wounds also would get better. To early to say so. It is allergy, and I have no one idea on what is it? I still take antibiotics. Also I take all medicine from my routine. And of cause, I take Lantus Solo Star. Yesterday after we come home I injected with short intervals between 8 pm and 12 am 261 units of insulin. Today fasting is 108 mg/dl. Very nice sugar. I took 100 units already, no low sugar. Looks like I adapted to Lantus Solo Star very nice. Honestly to say, I do love my insulin. Why not? It give life to me.
        Headache. Too dizzy. But I cannot go to sleep, I will miss social worked call. So, I try to stay awake, and let myself busy.
        In hospital there tests were run. Today nurse said the circulation in legs is not so good. Probably this is the problem. But anyway, the good news now someone would care and probably I would have better health, not be doctor for myself, and my man to be my nurse. He is good as man. He is not so good as nurse.
      
     

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