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<blockquote data-quote="LucySW" data-source="post: 788245" data-attributes="member: 113749"><p>Oh dear. Poor Susie. You'll need to think again. You can't safely sustain BG levels like that, and it'll make your heart and kidney situations worse. So if the current regime isn't working, you all really need to put your heads together again and plan to do something about this. </p><p></p><p>You must be very insulin resistant. Are you overweight? Can you get your BMI down? That sounds like the last obvious thing to do. If you are overweight, losing it will really really help. And low carb is the pleasantest way to do that, in my experience. </p><p></p><p>When you say you're careful with carbs, honestly, what sort of daily carb intake are you having? You need to be honest with yourself. </p><p></p><p>I can only say, if you count carbs strictly and keep to 30g carb a day - eating lots of lovely green vegetables and salad (6g a serving each) and nice meat or fish and eggs - the weight will melt off, and you will become much more sensitive to the insulin you take, so you'll be able to cut the doses. And/or it'll start working better. </p><p></p><p>It means all the obvious things, but also cutting out fruit and tomatoes. I use </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.carbsandcals.com/products/carb-and-calorie-counter-app/" target="_blank">http://www.carbsandcals.com/products/carb-and-calorie-counter-app/</a></p><p></p><p>Which I've customised under the 'My Foods' menu tab by adding foods I eat a lot.</p><p></p><p>And a real, gradual programme of exercise training. </p><p></p><p>You could also try swapping your basal insulin to see if another one suits you better. Levemir instead of Lantus, eg. </p><p></p><p>Make them take you seriously. You don't want to develop double diabetes. </p><p></p><p>Hug, Lucy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LucySW, post: 788245, member: 113749"] Oh dear. Poor Susie. You'll need to think again. You can't safely sustain BG levels like that, and it'll make your heart and kidney situations worse. So if the current regime isn't working, you all really need to put your heads together again and plan to do something about this. You must be very insulin resistant. Are you overweight? Can you get your BMI down? That sounds like the last obvious thing to do. If you are overweight, losing it will really really help. And low carb is the pleasantest way to do that, in my experience. When you say you're careful with carbs, honestly, what sort of daily carb intake are you having? You need to be honest with yourself. I can only say, if you count carbs strictly and keep to 30g carb a day - eating lots of lovely green vegetables and salad (6g a serving each) and nice meat or fish and eggs - the weight will melt off, and you will become much more sensitive to the insulin you take, so you'll be able to cut the doses. And/or it'll start working better. It means all the obvious things, but also cutting out fruit and tomatoes. I use [URL]http://www.carbsandcals.com/products/carb-and-calorie-counter-app/[/URL] Which I've customised under the 'My Foods' menu tab by adding foods I eat a lot. And a real, gradual programme of exercise training. You could also try swapping your basal insulin to see if another one suits you better. Levemir instead of Lantus, eg. Make them take you seriously. You don't want to develop double diabetes. Hug, Lucy [/QUOTE]
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