Re: I hate gastroparesis!


"BillW50" <billw50@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Wendy! Well without this drug, I have lots of experience with. And
consuming carbs doesn't mean they will make it in my bloodstream on time.
Very often, it is much later and spread out in a much longer amount of
time. Thus any fast acting insulin will likely drop me into a hypo.

So T2 insulin users are supposed to take their shot and then eat
something. As both the carb intake and the insulin are timed together.
Well with gastroparesis, eating or not eating the results are basically
the same. And yes I have experiment with this and the results are the same
for about the first 3 hours or so. I even have gone low one hour after
eating two slices of pizza. Same thing happens if I don't eat at all.

That's not necessarily true. And pizza is notorious for causing hypos even
without gastroparesis. That's why it's best not to eat it. I do eat it
occasionally but mine is not regular pizza. It's a rice crust with rice
cheese. So basically all carbs and little protein. I will eat some nuts
with it. So I'm not eating a really high fat pizza like it would be with
real cheese and meat. That's the problem.

My fix is to lower the fast acting insulin to levels low enough that it
wont cause me to have a hypo reaction. I can't have a lot of carbs either
or my BG will fluctuate wildly. Can't match the insulin with the carbs
because you can't plan on when the digestion will take place with a lazy
stomach.

But you are taking a med to speed up your digestion.

The problem with people taking R (fast) and N (slow) insulins like I do,
also have insulin peaks around 4 to 5 hours after our shots. Which
non-gastroparesis diabetics have to eat again without a second shot to
counteract this peak. But with me, this is avoided sometimes as my first
meal is just starting to be digested. Although sometimes not, as my
digestive system isn't so reliable.

Then perhaps you need different insulins?

With this gastroparesis drug, my digestive system works normally. So I now
can match carb intake with insulin reliably. The problem is, the drug
quits in a few hours and I now have to worry about that 4 to 5 hour
insulin peak coming. So I have to take the drug again one hour before I
eat (that is how it works). So okay, I just have to change my old habits.

I only take the med once a day.

This drug also claims not for longterm use. Oh-oh! What is up with this?
Does it damage an organ or something? Or does it just stop working well? I
don't have the answers for these questions. And this part scares me.
Somehow I believe I just have to end up dealing with a lazy stomach in the
long run anyway. If so, low carbs does work well with gastroparesis.
Although it works well with most diabetics anyway it seems.

Who said it is not for long term use? It can have side effects. Bad and
permanent ones. So it's not something to be taken lightly.

The other problem with gastroparesis is that your food actually gets a
chance to rot. I guess this is a bad thing which I don't understand all of
the complications of such. Although I can tell you, spoiled foods that
would make most people sick, usually doesn't have an effect on me. I guess
because everything I eat ends up being spoiled anyway before it gets
digested. lol

That's why you should be following the gastroparesis diet. And I'm pretty
sure pizza is not on it. Not regular pizza anyway...


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