On 18/08/2019 20:12, Alister wrote:
> 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
>
>
You are lucky to be alive. The two people I knew who had that are not.

>


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