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Well, your DNS is an idiot - obviously the radio will depend on what you eat; and adjusting your insulin dosages without looking at your data is beyond idiotic (why do you they think you test your BG?)... Unless you are saying that the consultant wanted you to eat more carbs, which I would...

Insurance will exclude pre-existing conditions, but since the disease was diagnosed after the insurance policy had been taken out (which will be in official medical records if proof is needed in the event of a dispute) they will have to cover diabetes related costs as well.

I'd have thought that your DSN might have suggested splitting the lantus dose for a reason; normally you'd consider twice daily if fasting BG just before you take your basal is creeping up, indicating that the basal insulin doesn't last for the full 24h.

Yes, why bother to see if you're right before telling everyone on here that they need to follow the fad diet you favor and that their doctor is conspiring with big pharma and big grain to kill us.

In theory the correct basal insulin dose should keep your blood glucose steady during the day whilst you don't eat, so if the dose is correct no adjustment should be necessary.

My point was that you need different treatment for humans and animals, and somewhat more cynically that they have different treatment goals (e.g. you'd probably have your pet put down before buying an insulin pump) so I'd question the validity of that deduction (low carb is best because vets use...

This is of course why we have bothered to eat grains at all - the planet simply can't support the current population if you are going to eat only meat.

And what will that achieve? You already know that she has hypos every night, and you don't "wake up and dose" for your nightly hypos. Since we have established that your mom has hypos every night, it seems probable that the basal insulin is responsible (if she injected too much for dinner you...

So, you are saying that scientists taught cats how to carb count, and that study found that low carb was more effective than carb counting + insulin? I'd love to see that paper.

Depends on how stable your blood glucose is really - e.g. you can see your BG every day, and if you can see that pre-meal readings are always ok if post-meal readings were ok then you don't absolutely have to do both tests every day.

No, sorry. As your doctor will certainly have told you your daughter will require insulin injections for life.

Do you have a better plan? Since you don't like using the rule-of-thumb, you must think that we'd be better off injecting random amounts of when stated on insulin.

Protein supplement are GRAS because it's nothing you couldn't find in your normal diet, and you can certainly find low carb protein powders if that's what you are after... Of course, if it will fix your problems is another matter (I suspect the problem is more unrealistic expectations or the...

Really? You are seriously going to recommend a high protein diet - which can damage kidneys - to someone who's had a kidney transplant? At least talk to your medical team first.

The reason is that the prevailing opinion on this forum is that current medical advice is all completely wrong, and that you need to disregard it and follow their favoured fad diet instead.

Nonsense - high BG is a symptom of DKA (no insulin => cells can't use glucose => liver dumps more glucose because cells are starving).

Take more insulin when correcting a high? Remember, all the various rules (e.g. Rule of 100) only give you a starting point so you don't have to guess completely blind.

None of them.

I believe 4mm is standard now. That's probably more applicable to older NPH insulin which had a significant peak during the night. Doubtful - once a day may be easier, but all it comes down is how long the insulin lasts for you personally. That would sorta require a reliable way to avoid...

There are no tests for this outside of arcane methods used in some clinical trials. That isn't going to happen. [ quote]I will try to make him check C-peptide. He did GAD but it came back negative. Would that convince you? If you are going to ignore one negative test for T1/1.5 while waiting...