"It never really made me feel better. It was like I was injecting something into my body twice a day that wasn't doing anything."
Judy Busker has struggled with her diabetes since she was diagnosed 15 years ago.
"They would increase my insulin and I would, it was actually getting worse. I was really tired all the time. I couldn't function very well."
Now thanks to Registered Dietitian Mary Gianforte, and the nurse educators at Harbor hospital Judy is finally on the right track at getting her diabetes under control.
"When someone's been, had diabetes for 15, 16 years, um they often have gone through lots of medicines and insulin become the most effective medicine."
However they learned part of Judy's problem was she was allergic to her insulin.
"I had a rash pretty much all over my body. I itched all the time. Couldn't figure out what it was and well, found out that that's what I was allergic.'
Once they knew that.....they could redirect their efforts to getting Judy's numbers closer to where they belong.
"This is a pretty small amount of stuff to control your diabetes. That’s it. These are her insulins, and that’s her meter and that's it."
And Gianforte says controlling is the key when you have diabetes.
"Diabetes is a brutal disease. It can affect every part of your body, your eyes, your kidneys, your nerves, your fingers, your feet. And if left untreated, it, it ravages the body."
Judy is on the road to recovery.
