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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
Hi apologise about the heading however I believe my journey/insulin control over the last year or so would be of interest to many people and due to my lack of confidence in my diabetic specialist, I feel that by informing you guys, that someone might take notice.
I have been type 1 for 2 years, where I had been taking humalin in the early months, To the disapproval of my specialist I changed to a basal bonus to allow me to control my bg better. I was determined to eat healthy watching/counting carbs like there's no tomorrow. The months passed and I started to use less and less insulin to a point where again against my specialist wishes I asked for a children's pen so I could accurately give an insulin dose in 0.5 increments at that time using 4.5 as I was very sensitive to insulin which got greater each day. 6 months later (January 2014) I was down to 0 24 hour insulin and only 1.5/2. Units of insulin, although this sounds amazing now, at the time my life was he'll in that the moment I walked to or of work just a short stroll I had to drink half a bottle of Lucozade along with stopping 8-10 times to check my blood as it would be around 2.5 . It was shuck a frustrating time. Where ai had little support from the nhs, thankfully great support from my family and friends.
I STOPPED taking insulin middle of January this year, as although my bg shot up at that time to around 15 it soon lowered ( still careful on what I ate)
finally and only after becoming drowsy and dizzy my diabetic nurse sent me straight to hospital which I sent an early post on this, It was thought that I might have had a insulinoma as they couldn't understand why my body is now producing insulin, 5 days spent in hospital with no food allowed whilst they checked my blood for signs of the insulinoma thankfully the results came back clear, however they are still unsure to why my body is producing insulin, first suggestions had been a honeymoon period however this seems unlikely know as It's been over 8 months without insulin.
The specialists just call me an enigma and say that I need to be checked every 6 months.
I feel that they aren't giving the help and support that I need as I still have moments of confusion and although not stupidly high my bg does rise to around 10 after food, however more importantly here is that surely I am am not the only person who have had these type symptoms, but if I am surely I should be undergoing test checking t-cells/islet cells blood plasma glucose to see if I can help in the search for a cure and so back to the main reason of this post, if you now of anyone who you think May help or would be interested in this please share and help us find a cure.
kind regards
Nathan
I have been type 1 for 2 years, where I had been taking humalin in the early months, To the disapproval of my specialist I changed to a basal bonus to allow me to control my bg better. I was determined to eat healthy watching/counting carbs like there's no tomorrow. The months passed and I started to use less and less insulin to a point where again against my specialist wishes I asked for a children's pen so I could accurately give an insulin dose in 0.5 increments at that time using 4.5 as I was very sensitive to insulin which got greater each day. 6 months later (January 2014) I was down to 0 24 hour insulin and only 1.5/2. Units of insulin, although this sounds amazing now, at the time my life was he'll in that the moment I walked to or of work just a short stroll I had to drink half a bottle of Lucozade along with stopping 8-10 times to check my blood as it would be around 2.5 . It was shuck a frustrating time. Where ai had little support from the nhs, thankfully great support from my family and friends.
I STOPPED taking insulin middle of January this year, as although my bg shot up at that time to around 15 it soon lowered ( still careful on what I ate)
finally and only after becoming drowsy and dizzy my diabetic nurse sent me straight to hospital which I sent an early post on this, It was thought that I might have had a insulinoma as they couldn't understand why my body is now producing insulin, 5 days spent in hospital with no food allowed whilst they checked my blood for signs of the insulinoma thankfully the results came back clear, however they are still unsure to why my body is producing insulin, first suggestions had been a honeymoon period however this seems unlikely know as It's been over 8 months without insulin.
The specialists just call me an enigma and say that I need to be checked every 6 months.
I feel that they aren't giving the help and support that I need as I still have moments of confusion and although not stupidly high my bg does rise to around 10 after food, however more importantly here is that surely I am am not the only person who have had these type symptoms, but if I am surely I should be undergoing test checking t-cells/islet cells blood plasma glucose to see if I can help in the search for a cure and so back to the main reason of this post, if you now of anyone who you think May help or would be interested in this please share and help us find a cure.
kind regards
Nathan
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