Experiences with

Insulin lispro

Hello Everyone. My Name Is Craig, I’m 33 Dad To 3 Children And I Need Some Help Physically And Mentally. July 13th I had a sudden heart attack due to a blocked valve (due to high cholesterol) and was luckily saved and had 3 overlapping stents put in. Now where to begin, for starters don’t want to sound

I hear a lot of discussion about Dr. Laurie Mischley in this forum. She has been very helpful to me so I want to share my experience under her treatment. I am paraphrasing a letter of thanks I sent Dr Mischley recently. I have communicated with her via zoom for the last 4 years. I follow her dietary

I hear a lot of discussion about Dr. Laurie Mischley in this forum. She has been very helpful to me so I want to share my experience under her treatment. I am paraphrasing a letter of thanks I sent Dr Mischley recently. I have communicated with her via zoom for the last 4 years. I follow her

I am delighted to report after just short of a year, I reduced my insulin dosage in correlation with my tapering down on Prednisolone, and I successfully came off it at Christmas! I am also on 25mg weekly of Methotrexate. I did this with the approval of my diabetic nurse. I also changed from Metformin

Was initially diagnosed hypothryoid October last year; TSH was 115 (range 0.55-4.78), and T4 <3.9 (range 11.5-22.7). As you can imagine, I felt very rough at that point! Started on 50mg Levothyroxine early October, increased to 100mg late November (due to thyroid inflammation), and have been on that

Hello all, I'm looking for advice on the best / most reliable medical fridge to use when travelling. I'm on Movymia which needs to be kept at temperatures between 2 and 8 degrees. The ferry doesn't offer medical fridges nor will the various hotels on our road trips. Has anyone had experience of using

[u]EDIT:[/u] Further to the original post below, sharing my recent blood tests results: [u]Results from Jan 2025 (Randox Health Everywoman tests):[/u] TSH: 2.3 mlU/l FT4: 19.52 pmol/l FT3: 2.81 pmol/l B12: 570 ng/l Folate - think this is my Folic Acid result, which is: 18.3 ug/l Ferritin: 52.5

I was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis a couple years ago. I was started on PERT. Just recently, last month my GI doctor told me to get my hemoglobin A1C checked and it was in diabetic range. My GI doctor recommended to see an endocrinologist who has started insulin therapy. Advice from any body

I am type 2 10+years and now injecting insulin and use a CDM device. I have joined a gym recently as I want to commit to losing weight and tried couch to 5 k previously out of doors and had several accidents which deterred me. I am over 70 but am mentally active and enjoy work .

Summary: I started taking 4 mg saroglitazar before breakfast, I'm optimistic about its efficacy for AMN, and I'm still taking pioglitazone in the evening, because combining saroglitazar and pioglitazone probably has a synergistic, stronger overall effect. What saroglitazar is: It's a strong PPARα agonist

I got Hashimtos disease currently on levothyroxine but still not on final dose (maybe) 7 weeks ago before my first endocrinology appointment my TSH was 6,42 mIU/L (0.38-5.3) so endocrinologist increased my dose of Levothyroxine from 75mcg to 100mcg and said she would like to re-test in 6-8 weeks but

Hi All, To recap when you start on the hypo recovery journey, there are a number of milestones to overcome. Despite all that good progress one thing that remains beyond my reach is heavy tiredness into the evening time that restricts a more active life at times. I have been obsessive over supplements

Back from GP appointment due to their concern over low TSH ( TSH 0.01 fT4 75%. fT3 50% ) After 8 yrs. I am now Hypo Graves’ taking 100mcg. Levo. I managed to stay focused on my personal circumstances and give scientific back up why I was not concerned . I asked her to trust me as she would a diabetic

My spouse had a Kidney transplant over 6 yrs ago and encountered his first month of 3 UTI (urinary tract infections) in 30 days starting late Nov2024. The 3rd UTI arrived 12/24 and on 12/26 we were in our local Emerg room at our local hosp per his nephrologist telling him he would require days of IV

Hi. I have had plmd since i was 25. I am now 71. Before diagnosis and medication i was getting a spasm a minute for up to 8 hours. Took years to diagnose. Now on Ropinirole and oxycodon hydrochloride. It is a condition that destroys lives. Its hereditary and my daughter also suffers with it. My legs

Hi Had a Rheumatology appointment today. It was a regular review but I have, since Christmas been experiencing a flare. I was on 3mg Pred but put it up initially to 5mg and after a week which I think was too short, put it down to 4mg but I am getting symptoms again. It was suggested that I start

Hello to everyone in the land of Thyroid. I'm on 105 mgs of Armour as a Hypo/Hashi's patient. This hasn't happened in awhile, but today, after getting out of bed at Noon(!) I got the shakes--they've lasted for over an hour. Could this be an insulin dump? I ate mostly protein yesterday and last night

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A heart-warming Christmas story of major surgery, PMR, Pred and pneumonia and of course ignorance of Pred. Could we have specifically Pred Awareness Week targeting for instance surgeons to try to prevent in future this Medical ignorance is not what you need when terrified you won't walk again at least

Hi, I am experiencing weight gain (1kg or more) on levothyroxine 50mcg to treat 7.7tsh (increased form 6.45 a year ago, tpo antibodies positive). The puffy appearance of cheeks and lower abdomen started from week 5 of treatment. In week 7, i gained another 0.5kg and my upper body, legs look softer.