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<blockquote data-quote="academicdiabetic" data-source="post: 683632" data-attributes="member: 54511"><p>Hi Elaine,</p><p></p><p>Note that I am not a medic, but I have been doing medical research for 30 years and know the diabetes literature well (enlightened self-interest!). I have also been through much the same expereinces as you. On the basis of both here are some thoughts:</p><p></p><p>There is very little point (assuming that you DO have an autoimmune form of diabetes) in you taking the non-insulin medications you talk about. They will do nothing of value for your condition and may harm you.</p><p></p><p>On average, people with an autominnume form of diabetes can survive 8 years before tending to die from ketoacidosis if they don't take insulin. Now, when I was diagnosed with LADA I also decided not to go onto insulin (nor did I take the orher medications for the above reaons), I am still very glad that I did not take insulin for the period in question, as exogenous insulin is itself harmful and also causes many of the supposed side effects 'of diaabetes'. This having been said, after five years of increasing blood sugars I did collapse from ketoacidosis and was in intensive care for four days. From this point I have had to take insulin and it has caused side-effects and I would stop it in a second if I could, but on the other hand, I am alive.</p><p></p><p>So, the reality is that insulin is bad, LADA is also bad. It is a no win scenario. Sorry! I wsh you the best of luck with whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="academicdiabetic, post: 683632, member: 54511"] Hi Elaine, Note that I am not a medic, but I have been doing medical research for 30 years and know the diabetes literature well (enlightened self-interest!). I have also been through much the same expereinces as you. On the basis of both here are some thoughts: There is very little point (assuming that you DO have an autoimmune form of diabetes) in you taking the non-insulin medications you talk about. They will do nothing of value for your condition and may harm you. On average, people with an autominnume form of diabetes can survive 8 years before tending to die from ketoacidosis if they don't take insulin. Now, when I was diagnosed with LADA I also decided not to go onto insulin (nor did I take the orher medications for the above reaons), I am still very glad that I did not take insulin for the period in question, as exogenous insulin is itself harmful and also causes many of the supposed side effects 'of diaabetes'. This having been said, after five years of increasing blood sugars I did collapse from ketoacidosis and was in intensive care for four days. From this point I have had to take insulin and it has caused side-effects and I would stop it in a second if I could, but on the other hand, I am alive. So, the reality is that insulin is bad, LADA is also bad. It is a no win scenario. Sorry! I wsh you the best of luck with whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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