On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:44:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 18/08/2019 19:12, Mike Easter wrote:
>> Alister wrote:
>>> my HbA1c at diagnosis was 107 with metformin & small doses of insulin
>>> my recent results were 37,36,37 &
>>> the docs are complaining I am too low :-)
>>
>> With such good dietary behavior, maybe you can get rid of that insulin.
>>
>> Or at least do a 'therapeutic trial' (metformin only) and watch/monitor
>> your blood sugar a little while.  Temporarily trade some finger pricks
>> for needle sticks :-)
>>
>> That's the econo way; nowadays there are clever devices for measuring
>> bloodsugar w/o a prick.  Since the trial would only be temporary, the
>> finger prick route makes the most sense.
>>
> If it's type II you shouldn't be on insulin anyway.
>
> I was under the impressions that metformin was for type II and insulin
> for type I
>
> Oh. It appears it is prescribed.
>
> I would have though that a decent diet should allow you to drop the
> insulin at leats, if not the metformin

to be honest I haven't been bothering with the insulin much recently (BG
tests creeping up a bit but that should pleas the docs :-( ) although
with the results i had i tend towards "if it ain't broke don't fix it"
I try to test regularly anyway (while on insulin i get test strips on
prescription so another reason not to change :-) )

over the past year i have been undergoing treatment for bowel cancer so
the diabetes has taken a back seat anyway



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