Hello everyone, my name is Ken Millet and have been diabetic since 1999. Unlike, I would think, most of you, my diabetes was caused by high dose steroids for a neurological condition (80mg of Prednisone for 2 years). There is no history of diabetes in any of my family. Until this year my treatment consisted of Glucophage and diet. Occasionally we would try Amaryl but that had a tendency to bring my blood sugars way too low (mid to high 30's) so we stopped that.
In the spring of this year I was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and was treated with Octreotide monthly. This treatment, it was thought, had a negative effect on my blood sugars. Within the past 4-5 months my sugars have fluctuated wildly which led me to insulin. In an attempt to stabilize my sugars my endo now has me on 20 units of Humalog before breakfast, 7 units before lunch and 17 before dinner, with 32 units of Lantus at bedtime. My poor endo probably wants to take me into a dark alley and shoot me. (Just kidding, he and his nurse have been wonderful to me)
I've had close to 20 surgeries on my feet due to infections over the years including a transmetatorsal amputation of my left foot (due to MRSA) and most recently the removal of the small toe and metatarsal on the right foot. I now have a Portacath installed in my chest as PICC lines are no longer possible (my veins are pretty well shot). With all that is going on I still consider myself lucky; my vision and my kidneys are unaffected, so let’s count that as a blessing. I hope everyone is having a good day.
Ken
In the spring of this year I was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and was treated with Octreotide monthly. This treatment, it was thought, had a negative effect on my blood sugars. Within the past 4-5 months my sugars have fluctuated wildly which led me to insulin. In an attempt to stabilize my sugars my endo now has me on 20 units of Humalog before breakfast, 7 units before lunch and 17 before dinner, with 32 units of Lantus at bedtime. My poor endo probably wants to take me into a dark alley and shoot me. (Just kidding, he and his nurse have been wonderful to me)
I've had close to 20 surgeries on my feet due to infections over the years including a transmetatorsal amputation of my left foot (due to MRSA) and most recently the removal of the small toe and metatarsal on the right foot. I now have a Portacath installed in my chest as PICC lines are no longer possible (my veins are pretty well shot). With all that is going on I still consider myself lucky; my vision and my kidneys are unaffected, so let’s count that as a blessing. I hope everyone is having a good day.
Ken