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Eh Up Ken, slight misunderstanding .... prior to posting here I had been looking all over for the full paper ... you kindly provided it :D As a side issue, I have long had the understanding that the endocrine pancreas is massively 'over-engineered' and has a great deal of spare capacity so...

Hi Ken, thanks for the links. I was seeking the full text in the first link but could only find the abstract. Some heavy reading to do methinks. Trouble is with Medical papers, you keep having to go and look things up and get sidetracked all the time. All grist to the mill, but it can take...

Hi folks, Looking for information on Type 3c Diabetes aka Pancreatitis diabetes. This is a little known form of brittle Diabetes characterised by rapid and large Hi/Lo & Lo/Hi swings in BGLs. Chronic pancreatitis, apart from one of the most painful things that can ever, ever happen to you...

Hi Phoenix, Thanks for the reply ..... I thought there must be some other mechanisms at work here, I am on a base rate of 1 unit/hour Lantus and when I am working hard, I eat 'normally', don't take novorapid and use glucose tabs to top up if I start getting a bit low. Luckily I can recocognise...

Hi Maybe a silly question, but then, I'm a bit thick :? We need insulin to allow passage of sugar to the muscles and cells so we can operate. Say I eat a meal that would require 6 units of insulin to give me a BG level of 5 two hours after providing I am just 'lazing around'. However...

Hi, and thanks for the replies, My problem is that, with the pancreatitis, I can eat no fat and only very limited proteins so my diet has to be almost exclusively carbs - not ideal for diabetes :shock: eg if I ate a small piece of cheese I would be in agony inside 10 mins and would need 30 or...

Hi folks, I suffer from Chronic Pancreatitis and I am recently diagnosed with diabetes. Metformin & glicazide failed to make any difference to my +20 BGLs and I was put on Lantus and Novorapid. I have noticed that I have a pattern of high readings when I wake in the morning. I always have a...

Hi Folks, Update After three abortive weeks trying to control BGLs with Metformin and Gliclazide, finally been started on Lantus and Novorapid. This seems to be doing the trick and hopefully will only need a few weeks to titrate the dose and get used to using it. My levels swing wildly for...

Heh you wouldn't have wanted to get stuck in a lift with her ... eh ?? phew! Dave

Hi Jenny's Dad, from another Jenny's Dad (to save confusion I will keep my nickname and btw.mine is the one who is a vet in Northampton) Life is one long laugh with pancreatitis eh ?? Sorry to hear about the hypo. Pretty frightening episode, but I hope you resolve to get better control and...

Hi Suzi, thanks for your support and encouragement I have been back to the Hossie today (26.1 this morning :? ) and they have whacked up the Metformin to 3/day. Hopefully that will make a dent in it, if not I want to try glicazide on top before contemplating Insulin. I'll keep you posted...

Hi, I am a total newbie here. I was diagnosed on Thursday & started on a three week build up of Metformin 500 on Friday. My readings have been been swinging between 17ish and 26 over the weekend and unsurprisingly I'm peeing and drinking for England. I too have had stonking headaches which...

Hi Folks, I have been diagnosed a whole 4 days now, so accept please that I am no expert :lol: I would suggest that you should first try through the Specialist Nurse at the diabetes clinic It may be that you can sweet talk the nurse into a couple of weeks supply, and if this is the case, do...

Hi tnmorg, I come to this thread somewhat late since when you started it, I had not even been diagnosed as diabetic, let alone found this Forum. As for what I have read (limited as yet) here, there seems to be a far better upbeat / downbeat ratio than I would have expected. As has been...

Thanks very much for that Info Sue, It rather looks as though I will have a bit of fun tailoring my new diabetic needs to what my pancreas will accept. Presently, about 80% of my diet is carbs :? I have already started a symptoms/food/meds/bs readings diary and luckily I had no problems...

Hi Sue, thanks for that. Unfortunately my good lady is away with the car and we are in the middle of nowhere. I'll try and beg some ketostix from a mate later, and get a boxfull on monday. I took 500mg Metformin before breakfast and first test of 24.9, and my pre lunch test has dropped to...

Hi Cugila, thanks for your welcome :D Unless you manage to find a way to 'magic away' my newly acquired diabetes, you will be seeing a lot more of me :lol: Please feel free to PM me anytime if I can be of any help to pancreatitis suffers here be good and be lucky Dave

Hi Sue, Many thanks for the info, I will post the link shortly Dave

Hi Phil, Oh Boy, I have acute on chronic Pancreatitis from severe acute pancreatitis and subsequent medical mismanagement. I have only tipped over the brink into diabetes type 2 in the last couple of days, but know that as the pancreas burns out, the endgame will be type one diabetes and...

Hi Folks, I had severe Acute Pancreatitis in Dec 2004, grew a 5 litre pseudocyst on the pancreas and 4 months later, was released following major surgery. Unfortunately, permanent damage had been done and my pancreas is now slowly but surely digesting itself and disappearing up it's own...