Ellis,

You might want to tray Actos as well. I do not inject insulin, but
I take actos and metformin and in the mornings my blood glucose is
65 - 80!

Not only that... my LDL is 56, HDL is 63, my HDL/Chol ratio is 2.2.

My BP is 110/70 and I am 54 years old.

I am not taking any blood pressure meds. MY Hb-A1C is 4.

Before I started taking metformin and Actos my fasting blood sugar
had crept up to 101. I do not usually eat much high carb food and
do not eat late in the evening (usually), I do not eat much saturated
fat (I eat fish instead of beef) and rarely eat transfats, so I do
some dietary stuff and exercise. I am pretty sure the metformin
and actos made a big difference.

-Don

[Hello Don... Thanks for sending us this...

I don't know Actos, and I don't know if it is for sale in Mexico...
but I will look for it.

Many people use metformin and have reported good results with it.

But... I like to inject myself with insulin rather than take
metformin, because I THINK perhaps I am helping my pancreas NOT to
wear out as soon, because the insulin it would have to produce is
being produced for it, instead of: the insulin that is in the blood
is being utilized more efficiently (ie, metformin lowers insulin
resistance but it doesn't stop help .)

In any case... the proof is in the pudding... An HbA1c of
4.0 is PERFECT, it could hardly be better, so congratulations
to you. I am sure there is more than one way to skin a cat...

Keep your blood glucose controlled, no matter how you do it...
your way or my way, they are both good because they are both
working... So I know you are extending your healthspan.

Please keep us informed of how you come along. Thanks for
writing.

- Ellis]


> First: Yahoo has erased a lot of posts, including a very
> good one which I was answering, about using insulin to
> prevent high blood glucose levels in a non-diabetic.
> Please send them back, and don't get upset when they say
> that I "rejected" them... I didn't reject them.
>
> Second: I am announcing a BREAKTHROUGH to control my blood
> glucose. I am using a NEW type of insulin ("new" for me...)
> that I consider to be breakthrough medicine, because it
> works differently than other insulins. I am using LANTUS,
> which is amazingly good... one injection per day keeps my
> blood glucose very well controlled for 24 hours...
>
> I figured I was going to live a little longer because I was
> injecting fast acting insulin 4 or 5 times a day, everyday for
> the past five years... that was giving me "pretty good" blood
> glucose control, but I would still normally wake up with a
> fasting blood glucose of about 100 to 105 mg/dl... That
> means that my blood glucose was probably between 95 and
> 105 mg/dl through the night, too... So I would control my
> blood glucose in the day, and at night when I am asleep or
> not keeping watch, it was about 100..
>
> But now I think I am getting even better control, especially at
> night when I am asleep... Now, my usual morning blood
> glucose before breakfast is between 85 and 100, usually
> about 90!!! That is amazing. Not only is it much better than
> 100 to 105, it also means that when I am not testing it is also
> much better than it used to be! And it takes much less
> EFFORT on my part to do it.
>
> NOW my fasting blood glucose is between 85 and 100, and
> this takes NO EXTRA EFFORT on my part, to inject late
> at night, or anything at all! Fantastic.
>
> AND... I also think LANTUS is the solution for millions of
> persons who hate to think of injecting 4 or 5 times a day, so
> they don't inject even once.
>
> So... thank you, medical science. I think I will live healthier
> for a while longer because of this new insulin.
>
> Ellis
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