iwillfightwithfire

After some pretty extensive tests, it seems that I am allergic to all insulin (be it human, pork, bovine, etc). So, right now, it's a matter of trying to get human insulin to slip past my body's immune system. Of course, that's easier said than done.

The way my doctor described it is that we need to give my insulin an invisibility cloak. It needs to get into my body and do its job before my body can recognize and kill it.

Until we can get insulin to do this, I am left injecting what I can in massive doses. Thankfully, my doctor works for a multi-billion dollar research center, so he has some freedom re: things that we can try.

I'm currently testing out an off-label drug used to treat type two diabetes. It's helping lower the insulin that my body needs so that it's easier for me to have an affect on my blood sugar.

Sorry if this is confusing.

No worries about being invasive or anything! :)

Hmm. I don't feel anger so much as irritation. On my bad days, I sometimes get really irritated/upset because people just get to EAT. They don't have to count things or worry about where they are going to give a shot. They don't look at a plate of food and see numbers. They don't have to deal with pain for hours after a quick injection. It sucks. I can't say I've ever actively confronted anyone in anger. I have vented to some of my friends, and most of them didn't even realize that it was something that I noticed.

On my good days, I feel a quiet resignation.

Ah, thank you for the tip. I didn't even think about that. I'll make a quick edit and re-post the link. Thank you again. :)

Also, happy cake day!

Wow, thank you so much! I will DEFINITELY look into this.

I feel like everytime I talk to someone about this, I learn something new. It's amazing.

I am sending your daughter lots of happy thoughts, and I hope she is doing very well! I know little about Hashimoto's, but I know that autoimmune disorders are tough.

Insulin is peptide hormone, and therefore it is very easily destructible by heat. Here is a wikipedia page that is far better at explaining the nitty-gritty than I am: wiki.

Here are also a few studies that explain a bit more in-depth about how injectable insulin is easily destroyed both in and outside of the body: study 1 and study 2.