tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post7596271945965315899..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-66723728212756375562012-10-02T05:58:45.839+01:002012-10-02T05:58:45.839+01:00I find your comment on Wodehouse being avoided at ...I find your comment on Wodehouse being avoided at bedtime because you can't go to sleep laughing interesting. Often when I'm settling down to bed I read something light and funny. It helps me relax and remove stress from the day. Different strokes for different folks.FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-80782824631899454172012-10-01T12:08:14.005+01:002012-10-01T12:08:14.005+01:00Timing of insulin injections -- he takes only two ...Timing of insulin injections -- he takes only two injections a day? or is it that he takes his 2nd long-acting (Ultralente or Lantus) on a different schedule than his short-acting? And then they want him to have a bedtime snack? <br /><br />In any case, each insulin has an activity curve and (except for the fast activity ones) need some time to get going. If you inject and put food into the bloodstream right away, the food gets a headstart, the BGs rise fast and the insulin can't hope to catch up.<br /><br />Look at the tables and graphs of activity curves mid-way down the page here: http://dtc.ucsf.edu/types-of-diabetes/type2/treatment-of-type-2-diabetes/medications-and-therapies/type-2-insulin-rx/types-of-insulin/#onset<br /><br />Are his doctors not willing to discuss a pump? With a pump you're taking boluses to cover what you eat, not having to eat to accommodate the insulin. How often does he test his BGs? <br /><br />If you want a book to read get John Walsh's Pumping Insulin http://www.diabetesnet.com/pumping-insulin. Good information for diabetes care in general, even if you don't go for a pump after all.<br /><br />(then again, different standards of care in different countries-- the Athens hospital was amazed my mother figured her own dose based on the meal in front of her. Greeks apparently take one amount of insulin no matter what's on their plate.)Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911107808268156389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-46166856775481099672012-10-01T10:46:18.885+01:002012-10-01T10:46:18.885+01:00I very much enjoyed reading "Parade's End...I very much enjoyed reading "Parade's End", but only after being engaged by the tv version. I found the dialogue incomprehensible at first - so much of its time and an inability to call a spade a spade. And the narrative construction, shifting viewpoints and offering a retropective view of events, seemed designed to baffle the reader.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.com