Guys, this question has been troubling me all week. Let me give you some context: I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 12. My diabetes was caused by a steroid I was given by the children's hospital - Ive always felt my parents should have sued.
I am now in my late 30s and have been on an insulin pump. I made the decision to come off it last week as I am gaining too much weight. I have been taking apidra as my bolus insulin and have gone low carb so my sugars have been okay. However, my basal insulin is Lantus and I used to take 22 units of it a day. I have now been taking 7 units in the evening and my blood sugars are dropping at night! I also take two glucophage mainly for PCOS.
Now my concern is I have heard it is dangerous to stop basal insulin but if I am dropping what choice do I have? Also, what if they got it wrong in 1996 and I am actually a Type 2 diabetic as I feel my pancreas is making insulin and my aunt injected herself for 17 years and then the doctors said oh sorry, we made a mistake, you are actually Type 2.
Please give me some advice as my healthcare provider is useless and I am self medicating.
I am now in my late 30s and have been on an insulin pump. I made the decision to come off it last week as I am gaining too much weight. I have been taking apidra as my bolus insulin and have gone low carb so my sugars have been okay. However, my basal insulin is Lantus and I used to take 22 units of it a day. I have now been taking 7 units in the evening and my blood sugars are dropping at night! I also take two glucophage mainly for PCOS.
Now my concern is I have heard it is dangerous to stop basal insulin but if I am dropping what choice do I have? Also, what if they got it wrong in 1996 and I am actually a Type 2 diabetic as I feel my pancreas is making insulin and my aunt injected herself for 17 years and then the doctors said oh sorry, we made a mistake, you are actually Type 2.
Please give me some advice as my healthcare provider is useless and I am self medicating.