I went in to the hospital on oral meds.. glymperide (sp?).. and came out on insulin. The night after my surgery, the BG level was up over 375, and they started me on fast acting insulin throughout the day, as well as the slow acting insulin once daily.
I had to learn how to give myself insulin shots before they released me from the hospital- not at all difficult.. *far* easier than I expected, and actually the damn finger prick for the testing stings more than the needle for the insulin.
What I didn't know till recently is that the insulin is the reason/cause of my slower than we expected weight loss.
The numbers have been traveling lower (in the 90 to 130 range) and it appears that I may be off of the insulin in the coming weeks.. which will be awesome.
For me, even if I ended up on insulin the rest of my life, I would *still* be glad I did this.. there are so many other reasons for me to have done this.
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