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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 648176" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p>So the doctor made a pretty reasonable suggestion, which was to up your Lantus by about 20% and double your carb ratio for the Apidra. That means no extra injections for you, just bigger quantities.</p><p></p><p>You've also had many good suggestions from people here: maybe switch insulins, maybe use the U500 insulins. You can put these options in front of your doctor. That will show a constructive and informed attitude that could get the doctor back on side. </p><p></p><p>You know, Phil, that if you stop taking your insulin you will be hospitalised with DKA in a few days at most. It is extremely unpleasant. At worst, you could die. Not in a few years or a few months but a few days. Now the NHS is not, ever, going to give you a pump because you have harmed yourself or threatened to harm yourself, which is what stopping your insulin is: self-harming. </p><p></p><p>But, if you work with your team, they will find something that works for you. Maybe a pump, maybe not. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you work with them to find the answer. They can't do it without you, and you can't do it without them.</p><p></p><p>Think it over, and then give them a call back. It will be ok. It really will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 648176, member: 102150"] So the doctor made a pretty reasonable suggestion, which was to up your Lantus by about 20% and double your carb ratio for the Apidra. That means no extra injections for you, just bigger quantities. You've also had many good suggestions from people here: maybe switch insulins, maybe use the U500 insulins. You can put these options in front of your doctor. That will show a constructive and informed attitude that could get the doctor back on side. You know, Phil, that if you stop taking your insulin you will be hospitalised with DKA in a few days at most. It is extremely unpleasant. At worst, you could die. Not in a few years or a few months but a few days. Now the NHS is not, ever, going to give you a pump because you have harmed yourself or threatened to harm yourself, which is what stopping your insulin is: self-harming. But, if you work with your team, they will find something that works for you. Maybe a pump, maybe not. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you work with them to find the answer. They can't do it without you, and you can't do it without them. Think it over, and then give them a call back. It will be ok. It really will. [/QUOTE]
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