Author: danaz

A bit of background. I was diagnosed T2 in October 2009 and have been seeing a diabetes educator/nurse practitioner since then. She has me on Byetta (10) two times a day, 1000mg metformin twice a day and now has added Levemir 10 units at night (this was just added last week).

Along with my low carb diet and the meds, my fastings dropped quickly from 290 down to the low 200’s but now they are just sitting there no matter what I eat. My post meals are ok but not the greatest (usually in 160’s-180’s). I try different foods with different carb intakes and get the same results.

I talked with her yesterday about playing with the levemir dose to see if we can get things changing and she said I have to be on it for a full month before she can change the dose and then it would only be to 15 units at bedtime.

Should the levemir already be showing signs of working after a few days? If not, should I be concerned that I’m still sitting here with high fastings and sugars in general and she won’t budge for another month?

I’m feeling like she isn’t agressive enough with my treatment. Should I be seeing my general doctor or should I push to see an endo? I am so frustrated that she is moving so slowly while more damage is being done to my body with these high readings!

Help me please!

Hi everyone,

I’ve been reading the forums the past few days and have learned so much. I decided it’s time to come out of lurking 🙂

I"m 38 and diagnosed Type 2 October 28, 2009. My A1C at that time was 10.1 and my FBG was 290. I started with Byetta twice a day and a month later Metformin (1000 mg two times a day) was added. Bloodwork last week showed my A1C down to 8. I know it’s a big drop downward but I’m still very stressed that I can’t get my FBG below 200 most days.

Friday my nurse practitioner put me on 10 units of levemir at night to help bring sugars down. I’ve tested the past 3 mornings and not a bit of change on my FBG. She won’t see me for another month and told me to only do the 10 units. I feel like she is not being agressive enough in helping me get these fasting numbers down. I’m looking for advice from people who have been there and how I need to approach this. I don’t want to spend another month with such high FBG.

I can’t wait to check out the forums and read as much as I can from this very educated group of people!