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Hi I was diagnosed in June this year as type 1 following blood tests that showed bg's of 28.5, cholesterol of 27 and triglyceride levels of 209 and was immediately put on Humalog at meals and Humulin i on a bed time. after the first few weeks where the diabetic nurse took my blood readings from the previous day and told me what dose to take i was quickly moved onto adjusting my own insulin at meals according to my carb intake. I eventually ended up taking 4 Humalin i on a night and a ratio of 1/2 to 1 carb portion at meals so a relatively low insulin intake.
After my first specialist appointment he told me as I was only taking a small amount of insulin my body was obviously making some insulin (the honeymoon period they called it) and that he wanted me to start taking metformin and reduce my insulin. My nurse started me off by knocking off my bi altogether and start taking 1 metformin at breakfast, 5 days later I had to start taking a 2nd at tea time having spoken to her today 4 days after starting that 2nd dose she's told me to stop taking my insulin altogether for the next 2 days, let my bloods go up and call them in 2 days time and they'll see how its going.
Just wondered if this had happened to anyone else on here who had been diagnosed as type 1?
I should add that my last blood tests on 6th Aug showed cholesterol of 7.7, triglyceride of 16.6 and my average bg's are now between 5 and 8 each test.
After my first specialist appointment he told me as I was only taking a small amount of insulin my body was obviously making some insulin (the honeymoon period they called it) and that he wanted me to start taking metformin and reduce my insulin. My nurse started me off by knocking off my bi altogether and start taking 1 metformin at breakfast, 5 days later I had to start taking a 2nd at tea time having spoken to her today 4 days after starting that 2nd dose she's told me to stop taking my insulin altogether for the next 2 days, let my bloods go up and call them in 2 days time and they'll see how its going.
Just wondered if this had happened to anyone else on here who had been diagnosed as type 1?
I should add that my last blood tests on 6th Aug showed cholesterol of 7.7, triglyceride of 16.6 and my average bg's are now between 5 and 8 each test.