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Thanks! :happy: Yeah, I get that insulin makes you use glucose that would have previously peed out, but even adjusting for that fact there's still been an usually slow rate of weight loss based on calories in/calories out, even at 12 weeks. I haven't gained any weight but only lost 16 pounds...

Update for anyone interested. (finally) told the other day I was type 2 and now they're taking me off the mealtime insulin and putting me on metformin next week. The lantus I think they're weaning me off over a few months. Told me I could do a low carb diet if I wanted which I was told I was not...

I was told my c-peptitde test showed high insulin but they couldn't confirm the type without the GAD test. I'll phone them again on Monday. I was in hospital (for a day) with what I think was hyperosmoler hyperglycycemic state, though I also had had high ketones (but not DKA). My carbs are...

I was diagnosed 9 weeks ago as diabetic (probably type 2, still don't have the GAD test back yet). In the 3 weeks leading up to diagnosis I lost 15 pounds while massively overeating. I was started on Insulin in the hospital and immediately gained 3 pounds. I understand glycogen refilling and all...