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I was taking 10 mg of Lisinopril at night, and then being very dizzy the next morning. I fell down a few times, so I cut my dosages in half. The dizziness is much better, and I do not fall down, but my BP is in the 120-140 range now. My doctor is satisfied with that.

Hello Lee! I was type 1 for 62 years with no insulin production. When I started using human insulins I gained weight, and started using type 2 meds along with my insulin. I was diagnosed with insulin resistance. Like you, I used Metformin. I lost the weight and no longer need type 2 meds. Type 1...

Maverick Roe is believed to be the youngest person to ever use an insulin pump. He is 10 days old in this picture.

The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, USA, is a highly reputed center for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes. It is also well known for the research that is done there. The Medalist program there gives medals to Type 1 diabetics who have lived with their diabetes for 50 and 75 years. I received...

Katy, that is wonderful! Sounds almost as great as a pancreas transplant. I hope your success continues! I know a type 1 from Belgium who had this bypass. She is doig great too, but she still needs insulin. Her pancreas provides her with no insulin. Her insulin dosage has significantly decreased.

hello and welcome! With hard work and good control you can have a long, healthy life. I was diagnosed in 1945, when I was 6. I am very healthy after 64 years of type 1. Ask all the questions you want, you will get good help here! Richard

Hello!!! I just want you to know that you can have a long, healthy life with Type 1. I was diagnosed in 1945 and I am very healthy after 64 years of diabetes. The secret is to do everything possible to have, and keep good control. Good luck to you! Richard

I use the Dexcom CGM. The Dexcom company and manual will tell you you should change the sensor every 7 days. Many Dexcom users stop the sensor after 7 days, but do not remove it from their bodies. Then they tell the Dexcom to start the new sensor, which is actually the old one. The agreement...

Some people in the USA have insurance that covers the expense of a CGM. I am very lucky to be one of those people. My insurance would not cover my CGM unless an endocrinologist recommended my having one. I had to send my records for the preceding six months showing all my daily testing. I test...

Ken that is an interesting link, thanks. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002, that was 57 years after my diabetes was diagnosed. My cancerous tumors were microscopic in size and totally contained in the gland, so no surgery was needed. Radiation treatment was done and I have now been...

That seems to be a very reasonable assumption, Ka-mon, but there is no way we can research that. We can only make an educated guess. :wink:

Ken, you are 62 and I am 70. Does that mean I win? :P I think not. I think aging is like golf, the lower score is the winner. :wink:

From the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2000): http://www.nature.com/jcbfm/journal/v20 ... 0858a.html "Fortunately, brain injury from hypoglycemia occurs relatively infrequently in humans. Thus, among 1,307 patients experiencing drug-induced hypoglycemic coma, whereas 8% died...

I have seen this question asked many times on the diabetes sites. I have had hundreds of very low blood sugar episodes during my 64 years of type 1. I became a math professor at the college level, have a wife and two kids, and two grandchildren. I have had a very normal life despite the hypos...

If I had your situation, I would cut my exercise to a couple of miles per day until after seeing the doctor. Maybe that would eliminate the hypos in the meantime.