Recent Content by Ashintheuk

Coming off Insulin for me isn't an option as my C-peptide levels are in the T1 range Good to see some can :)

When on insulin, the guidance is to treat when dropping below 5.0. I set my libre low alarm at 4.3 as it's illegal to drive below 4.0

The piece I read gave my explanation that they were produced in the cells. Digging around further, I'm happy to stand corrected !

That would depend on how much insulin you are making of your own. Even full T1's have small amounts of residual insulin production. This is about funding of therapies, not the requirement to keep patients safe.

When you are given a T2 diagnosis, there is no duty of care to put you onto the gold standard insulin therapy medical devices like pumps and closed loops which those with a T1 diagnosis are able to apply for .... it's penny pinching by NICE. Nothing more or less !

DKA in a T2 is the inablility of the cells in the organs to absorb glucose transported around in the bloodstream because they aren't responding to the insulin also circulating (otherside known as insulin resistance). DKA in a T1 is because the pancreas isn't making any insulin, and so the blood...

Hi Tony, The numbers were wild. Viral load causes the adrenal gland to make a lot more cortisol, which in turn causes insulin resistance Research points towards it being an evolutionary trait to keep people alive when they couldn't forage or hunt. When I see T1s talking about 'sick day rules'...

Hi Tony. I'd like to say how pleased I am that I'm not the only one dealing with this...but then the challenges aren't something I'd with on anyone else. I got a chest infection at Christmas from the RSV virus, was bedridden for a few days with a raging temperature. Despite not having any...

This was one of the results when being treated as a T2 on multiple different tablet therapies. 3 year's later, I had exhausted those avenues and went onto insulin. I'm under a consultant because my GP was out of his depth. I've done the GAD antibodies test and also genetic testing, but my...

Hi, Mine isn't triggered by what I eat, I just go high when I do and need to inject or go for a walk to bring it down, so this was a walk last week. No food was consumed in the 4 hours prior to me starting the walk at 21.30 when I was seeing 9.8. 45 minutes later and walked 2 miles, and I'm at...

Ive been on Metformin for nearly 20 years. I elected to go back on it for the other properties it has, and am on 500mg as the lowest dose available. Before going onto Insulin I was on 2000mg Metformin, Dapagliflozin and Saxagliptin. Prior to that was on Gliclazide but didn't need the extra...

Good to see there is a section for Reactive Hypoglycaemia here. There seems to be a lot of women dealing with it (I'm not) It's my understanding that the diabetic drugs I was put on after misiagnosis has damaged my background insulin production to the point I've been on insulin for the last 6...

Thanks for the response. I've gone from 28u of basal down to 18u with an increase in the walking I'm aiming for 10k + steps per day, and don't need any bolus with meals when walking. If I sit for a meal, and do nothing, the numbers are always north of 10.0. I'm just trying to gauge how much...

I got the RSV virus and associated chest infection this Christmas gone, and my Basal went up from 22u to 45u along with a jump from 1u to 10g of carbs to 1u to 5g of carbs. Thankfully only for about 1 week

A question I've never asked, so doing so now. I have exercise triggered Reactive Hypoglycaemia. When I am sedentiary, I produce little insulin of my own according to a c-peptide test a few years ago (in the T1 range). I've had to up my exercise (walking) to help ease a back problem, and have...