catapillar
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
You should not have hypos if you are well controlled therefore I suggest that you get the
nurse to sort out your meds and diet........easy to say! I have been told that glilazide promotes hypos?
Good luck,
John
OP has type 1 diabetes so will be treated with insulin. Gliclazide is not suitable for type 1, so she won't be on that.
It may be slightly black and white or over simplistic to say "you should not have hypos if you are well controlled". Hypos for insulin treated diabetics are pretty much unavoidable. People with type 1 diabetes will have an average of 1-2 hypos per week. This is because balancing insulin dosages to insulin needs is an extremely delicate balance impacted by the food eaten, the time of day (dawn phenomenon) any exercise or activity, the time of the month (for ladies), the temperature, whether you have any illness or any stress, whether you had a good nights sleep, which way the wind is blowing... All that can be made a bit more difficult to balance for a newly diagnose type 1 (like the OP) who may be honeymooning.