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Why do people think progressing to insulin is a failure or something to be avoided?
T2 is a progressive condition if our body needs more support why avoid it?
I have been on basal/bolus since September '16 (was DX in 2004) and feel great. I had been pestering my GP for a year and he kept adding meds but then gave in admitting that it was insulin I needed. Such a relief!
Since then my HbA1c has gone from 9.2 to 6.2 with no change in my 100g carb eating plan.
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Members challenged the stigma around starting insulin for Type 2 diabetes, with many sharing that transitioning to insulin brought significant... Read more
Not necessarily, the age ranges for "types" doesn't really exist any more. There are children being dx with T2 and I have a friend who was dx with T1 in her 40s it's about how your body is working.
My GP suggested T1.5 when I was dx due to my presentation but refused the blood test due to cost as the treatment was similar to T2 although I was put straight into orals rather than being given the option of diet alone as my diet was ok, I was not obese in fact I had lost a stone and a half in a year and my HbA1c was high at 12.2. He said at that point I would be on insulin sooner than later. If I hadn't gone LCHF for 5 years insulin would have been sooner. I could not sustain that eating plan through a period of high stress though and when I got back on track it was not enough even with 3 different orals.
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I thought they were joking wen they mentioned 1.5, apparently not lol 😃
That's exactly what I suspect, I do because when I got diagnosed they weren't too sure it was T2, but to answer your first question, I thought of myself as a failure and I tried to avoid insulin for a long time, and when I finally needed it tried to get off on my own until I ended up in the hospital with Dka, I feel much better now on insulin but my A1c is still 9.8, I have a nutritionist's appointment on the 23rd, she works with an endocrinologist so hopefully I'll change doc too cause mine doesn't really help me much.
Kim and Jenny; my nephew has been diagnosed with juvenile fibromyalgia and so I give him lots of telephone hugs.
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