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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I have been on insulin about 1 month now and I am definitely a type 1 but I only use 1 insulin it's already mixed for me it's the 70/30 and as for having conversations with my diabetic team is not as simple I live really far away from the medical facility where I was diagnosed so my appointments are spaced out I have an appointment again sometime next week so I will see some of the alternatives I have.Hi @PeterBeggs and welcome to the forums.
I am a little confused .
I'm sorry for asking more questions but can you please clarify the following
1) how long have you been on insulin
2) are you definitely diagnosed T1 or are you a T2 on insulin. (Some people believe that T2s on insulin are T1). And there are other types of diabetes than T1 and T2 (eg MODY ).
To be honest, if you are a straight forward T1, I would expect you to be able to eat a normalish diet, including carbs, but having insulin to balance out those carbs.
Modern treatments for T1s (ignoring pumps for now) tend to consists of a two insulins - a basal that handles your insulin needs when you don't eat (eg at night) and a bolus fast acting insulin that you take when you eat, to balance out your food. You shouldn't be left hungry.
But I don't know whether your medical team want you to lose weight and whether they are just increasing your insulin dose slowly, or how much, if any, insulin you are still producing yourself.
Although many older people who become T1 develop the condition slowly, usually a 25 year old gets T1 quite fast, so their insulin production goes down quite quickly and they need to have their insulin dose adjusted accordingly. How often are you talking to your diabetic team?
Once more, welcome.
BTW thank you for the welcome I have only been here a couple days and you guys make me feel like family.