[Ilva Madsen]

Hi!
Just wanted to say that everything I said I noticed an improvement on in my blog post, I still feel all of those improvements today (one moth after starting on Etravirine) 🙂

[Ilva Madsen]

Hi! I`m so sorry it took me so long to get online here..but the feedback I’ve gotten on the blog post are mostly positive <3

It was actually my mom that pointed out that my speech was better. I talk a lot so I didn’t notice before she said it. My words are clearer and I have more power to speak louder. Its less of a struggle to say things clearer and louder. I didn’t really struggle with my vision before but Ive noticed something happening with the muscles behind the eyes and also Ive had days where I can physically feel my occipital lobe (part of brain that is in charge of vision and color blindness).

The part where I said I could feel my brain chancing is a mixture of a headache and dizziness. I compared it to a headache not because its painful, but because I can locate it. And I sometimes get dizzy because of it.

When it comes to my diabetes, not using insulin was an impulsive try. My blood sugar has always been controllable and stable with insulin. But my doctor told me to watch my blood sugar more often when I started using Etravirine so I just wanted to see what happened if I didn’t take my daily insulin. I use two types of insulin, Tresiba that I take daily and Novorapid that I take trough out the day if needed. Now I only take Novorapid if needed. I have days where I will take Tresiba if I know Im gonna be busy that day and can’t check my blood sugar often.
Its been 12 days now and I notice that I have to take less insulin than before.
And my diet hasn’t changed. I try to eat as healthy as I can but I have a sweet tooth so I eat a little bit of chocolate (then I take insulin of course).