On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:21:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Fortunately if caught it is actually one of the most treatable. problem
is people don't go to the Drs Early enough or the Drs Poo-Poo (pun
intended) the possibility if you are young.

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