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The fact that you were having hypos prior to diagnosis...instinctively it seems that gliclazide is a wrong choice, but only your HCP has the full story. Hypos only occur when you have too much insulin in your system, so adding more doesn’t seem a logical choice (certainly not on match day). If...

Ooooh @Sawds, Do you really need to be taking gliclazide? That certainly explains the hypos and I’m surprised your HCP is unsure why it is happening. Obviously, I can’t really comment on your specific situation because I am not qualified to and don’t know your medical history. You should...

Hi @Sawds, As has already been stated, having high BGs after intensive exercise is not unusual. An adrenaline/cortisol surge triggers your liver to release glucose into your bloodstream in order to fuel your activity. There are a few factors you might want to consider when you are trying to...

I feel for you - it must be a real worry and it's evident your partner is having a pretty miserable time of it. Stress will lead to highs and it's easy to over-correct. Exercise is an excellent way to normalise stress hormones if you can encourage him to do something active. It can be a vicious...

I love these graphs! - especially the Kraft one. Thank you. Just to be devil's advocate, if diabetes 'reversal' is linked to insulin resistance, (for example the red, orange and yellow curves all exist because of impaired insulin sensitivity), yet we know that insulin resistance can be improved...

Excellent time run by the way!!

I think you're probably right in the suggestion to have left the basal. The trouble with having the banana at 5.30am meant that the insulin would have been pretty much peaking in action at the beginning of the race. Your adrenaline might have kept you up initially, but the fact that your bloods...

The feelings of anxiety come from the adrenaline response. If he's got a reasonable amount of insulin circulating, his body's natural defence mechanism will be to keep pumping adrenaline into the bloodstream until it can override the action of insulin (which will be suppressing glucose from...

How much training did you do in advance? If you had aching muscles the day/two days afterwards you weren't perhaps as prepared for it as you might have been. Consequently your body would have been put under stress and yes you would most likely have elevated cortisol levels for a couple of days...

You might consider trying a multivitamin/mineral supplement to ensure you don't have a deficiency: magnesium, sodium, potassium etc can all impact on performance and will result in tired legs. Make sure you're properly hydrated too. There is next to no chance that it is linked to neuropathy -...

Hi there, Apologies for the delay in responding - I have only just seen your reply. Of course you are correct in saying that insulin is necessary for the body to function (you unfortunately have first hand experience of this). My query was out of genuine curiosity around what other functions it...

Great answer! Thanks for the link - I've not taken it in yet, but I will. Thank you. Just a note, I mentioned elsewhere that although you are correct in stating that GLUT4s are stimulated by insulin, it is not their only mode of proliferation/stimulation. They also respond to muscle contraction...

I don't disagree with you @azure. There is plenty of evidence to demonstrate that insulin is essential to life. If it wasn't, then when the only treatment was diet and exercise people would have lived on indefinitely. I just wonder why and where the insulin lack causes the problem, because it...

@catapillar, I need to correct you on some misinformation there. You are absolutely correct that GLUT4 transporters are mobilised by the action of insulin. Indeed for people with type 2 diabetes it is the interruption and ineffectiveness of this process that contributes to insulin resistance...

Hey there, Thanks for that. I was aware of insulin signalling pathways in the brain and dysfunction being linked with Alzheimer's. I wonder how much of that is linked to the fact that our diet is carb loaded? The brain does function satisfactorily on ketones which negates the need for insulin...