Type II Diabetic here.........

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Hi, everybody. I'm just checking in again.................

I have been having financial difficulties since Christmas. Except for the four weeks after I received my income tax refund in mid-February, I have been chronically underfunded!

I joke to anyone who asks that I haven't been this broke since I was married!

I take Metformin (1000 mg X 2/day), Lantus (was taking 20 mg 2/day, now taking 30 mg 2/day), Humalog (10 mg at 6.00am, 12.00pm and 6.00pm) and Glipizide (10 mg 1/day)

Anyway, if you find yourself in a money crunch and need to make you medicine last a little longer (I ran out of Humalog a week ago yesterday and I still don't have the $57 co-pay I need to get a refill so I increased my Lantus injection amount from 20 mg to 30 mg to compensate) I have had TREMENDOUS success with lowering my blood sugar quickly after even a very large meal by eating 2 ounces of peanuts (plain or salted, NOT honey-roasted).

Those little personal-sized sleeves of peanuts sold at grocery stores and convenience stores are perfect. I eat the peanuts to lower my sugar instead of the 5 or 10 mg shot Humalog I would take if I had any. I wait 90 minutes to 2 hours after eating this meal before I down the peanuts.

On Thursday evening, I fell of the (diet) wagon and wolfed down Chinese buffet for dinner. Two hours later my blood sugar was 319 (at 10.15pm). I ate the peanuts, which was very difficult as I was still stuffed from all the Chinese food, and at 12.25am my blood sugar was down to 156. While 156 is still high it was much better than the previous reading and I KNOW that a shot of Humalog would not have worked any better.........

Anyway, as long as I don't develop a peanut allergy, I know I can bring down my sugar levels quickly by eating the peanuts.