I day in 3/1-a follow-up of my saga
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| Sun, 02-22-2004 - 3:04am |
Hi everybody,
This is a follow-up to my "not good Doctor's visit" saga. I met with the new CDE and saw my "old" one who has become a friend when I went for the initial visit concerning going on insulin. I had a c-peptide test done and for some reason the people who are running the trial will not give my doctor the results of this test. I also had another A1C run. I will know the results early this next week. If my A1c remains above 7 I will be accepted into the GOTT trial.
The GOTT trial is a 4th level trial, which meals that all 6,000 subjects will get the treatment drug, in this case Lantus. The FDA has accepted doseage levels for using Lantus in type 1 diabetics but there is no such agreement for type 2 diabetics. So this trial will determine the appropriate doseage for type 2 diabetics who have been on oral meds and have an A1C above 7. The trial will go on for 7 months.
I was given a new meter and boy am I spoiled after using the one I was given last year. It is an Accu-Chek Advantage. You have to stick the testing strip in at the appropriate time, you have to calabrate the meter and you have to wait longer for the results. I have been using an Accu-Chek compac and it certainly is a much nicer meter. I am only given enough testing strips to test my blood sugar once per day before breakfast. So if I want to test more often than that I must use my own meter. This is quite a nuisense.
I will meet with the CDE and my doctor again on March 1st when I will be started on 10 units of Lantus every evening, probably 9 or 10 at night. Then I will need to record my morning blood sugar reading into some kind of a calculator which on a weekly basis will average my blood sugar readings and tell me if I need to increase, decrease or keep the doseage the same. This part at least should be interesting.
One interesting part is that I have to record the number of events when my blood sugar is 70 or less. I have to tell them if I needed to dial 911, had convulsions or seizures and what I did to treat my blood sugar. Let's hope this part of the reporting booklet remains absolutely blank. I begin to feel symptomatic when my blood sugar reaches the low 80's so I most likely will have already treated this unless it occurs during the midlle of the night. Ughhh!
I'll keep you informed as to what happens next. Wish me well on this new adventure!
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40

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Hi Mary Frances -
Maybe it was just how I read things, but are you supposed to be injecting twice?
Blueliner4
(aka The Pixie Princess)
Kathi,
I have no idea what happened to Charlotte. The chat is at a time that I can't attend so I don't know anything, but like Denise told you, we will try and find out what happened. I haven't see her around the board either. I am going to try and do a casusal chat again. I'll let you know tomorrow so that you can come if you stay up that late. Unfortunately it will be on west coast time. I have to work on Friday so I can't do it during the day.
Take it east, we are here for you.
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40
Gabby,
I will be injecting once in the evening around 10 pm. On a weekly basis they will change the insulin doseage, it may go up or down or stay the same. It will depend upon which arm of the study I land in. I am interested to see what kind of a calculator an Al-Cal is. Have you ever seen one?
I have to test 6 times on Sunday which is going to be hard because my husband and I have tickets to see the Lion King. I sing in the choir at church and I have to test two hours after breakfast which will mean that I have to leave the service to do the test. Then rush home after church and test before I have my lunch. they couldn't have chosen a worse day to do all this testing but I will do it!
Thanks for your words of encouragement. I will keep you informed as I go along.
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40
I've never even heard of that.
Blueliner4
(aka The Pixie Princess)
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