Recent Content by Daibell

Be aware of the possibility of being Late Onset T1 and not T2. Mis-diagnosis is common. If your BS keeps going up then question this with the GP. There are tablets to help along the way. Note that Metformin helps BS but not by that much.

Weight gain with insulin is almost certainly due to eating too many Carbs. Insulin enables the body to convert glucose for energy or to be stored as fat'

Sad your nurse is poor. Metformin doesn't usually have that much effect on BS or weight but GPs like to be able to offer you 'something'. The low-carb diet is the best way forward and your nurse is wrong. I've been having low carbs for around 20 years now and you do get used to avoiding the...

I will add to most of the other posts. Once my BS goes into the high teens it can take hours to start moving it down with Novorapid and I have to avoid stacking it ina panic as eventually it comes crashing down. It's got nothing to do with injection sites or out of date insulin; it's just the...

Note that Lantus is another popular Basal which can be split to two shots per day if needed.

GPs place too much store by Metformin and if it's not working in reducing BS then the GP needs to move you to another tabet. My Gliclazide was increased and did the job for a few years but when max dose of 320mg/day stopped working and I was obviously a LADA I went onto insulin. Unexpectedly...

Hi. There is an assumption that if you have 'Lada' then you will have antibodies. This just isn't true. There are many of us slim types who had to go onto insulin after tablets such as Gilclazide to keep BS levels low. My antibody tests have never shown any present but I did have an unknown...

Hi. Be aware that Carbs will affect your BS levels far more than Fats or Proteins. If you make a big change to the Carbs you may need make a change to your Fiasp injections so seek advice from the GP etc. The body's BS will react to Carbs within 1 hour or so. It may take longer if there is also...

Hi I'm not quite sure why you are not considering that you are early LADA? Surely your BS tests and HBA1C would indicate beyond pre-diabetes? Many of us on this forum including myself have found unexpected weight loss with higher than expected BS and needed to go onto insulin after tablets...

Perhaps I can add to and reinforce some comments already made. Many like me have found you have to take control of your diabetes treatment by your surgery. That means proactively booking your bloods at Reception and booking the 'review' for the following 2 weeks or so. Don't assume all the staff...

Metformin is one of the safest drugs around with very few side effects other than bowel issues some have if you don't have the Slow Release version.

I've never found the GI value of any real use in practice. I just look at the Total Carbs figure and work out what I'm actually having from the portion size.

Hi. Like many, I split my Levemir which helps manage both day and night. Normally I would challenge regularly having carbs to avoid a hypo with insulin but as your weight is low it's not a problem.

Hi. Your surgery is obviously not one of the best. Note that viruses can and do cause beta cell death. For a while after my diagnosis as a 'T2' I went onto Gliclazide which initially worked but when it went up to the max dose of 320mg/day and stopped working it was obvious I had few beta cells...

Don't be surprised that the NHS still pushes carbs as so many medics haven't a clue - sad but true. I've been lucky as my earlier DN knew that to keep the carbs down was the way to keep HBA1C down. I remain appalled that the NHS diet advice is bad but the food industry lurks in the background.