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  1. megan

    weight gain with useing insulin

    its been great to read some of your posts, because I can relate to so much of it. I have to smile to myself or you may end up in tears :x selective deafness, blunt rudeness, treated like a ignorant child whose ability to ever be able to understand anything let alone take care of...
  2. megan

    does insulin cause weight gain?

    in response to sarah Q ; yes it does seem like a big waste of money, but I have had some very good word of mouth reports on kinesiology as long as they are reputable. I am well aware of the carbs, insulin and exercise triangle. I have got over so many difficulties. I am willing to take advice...
  3. megan

    does insulin cause weight gain?

    can I just double check and do you mind me asking, 35 units of insulin total in a day, what is that broken down ie, between slow and fast acting? and on 200 carbs a day? I know after getting advice from all over the place, that eventually this year a kinesiologist told me that my body was not...
  4. megan

    opportunity to go on pump....

    I did the DAFNE / pump training approx 5 years ago. I have never been able to afford to go on to the pump and I would love to. my diabetes team were quite eager for me to find funding one year and then the next year they tried putting me off it and said that also I was not close enough to a...
  5. megan

    D.A.F.N.E. course

    My diabetes team did an adapted version of the DAFNE. one they had arranged themselves. I was grateful to have the opportunity as I would not have been able to do it otherwise. I am on glargine as well. things did work out better for a while. it does occassionally work for me, but I do have some...
  6. megan

    diabetes and tattoos

    I have had a tattoo. I intend on having more. I think its just one of those things you have to be sensible about. Your sugars under control you feel healthy and good you are able to look after the site and treat it properly whilst healing (this may mean can you reach it depending on where you...
  7. megan

    does insulin cause weight gain?

    I am a long time type 1 diabetic. when I was a teenager I was told that to reduce weight an individual would have to reduce their insulin. this of course then became something that it seemed in particular teenage girls were and are doing to reduce their weight. very foolish of course as this...
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