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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2405924" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>I'm probably going to get flack for this, as I'm a T2, and all I know of T3c, which you are, comes from our late cat. (Yeah. I know. He lived to be a ripe old age though, and it was cancer that did him in eventually. But I know when someone brings their pet into it they basically lose all credibility. All the same... Here it is.). Night had pancreatitis, and the way the vet explained it made sense. You know how scar tissue forms after pneumonia for instance? I had it when I was a kid, and you can still see white areas on my x-rays. The same happens after pancreatitis. The islets of Langerhans that make insulin, in Night's case and likely yours too, had mainly turned to scar tissue. And as scar tissue doesn't so anything besides just <em>be</em>... Rather than make insulin, it did nothing, and Night required Lantus to stay alive. There just wasn't much of anything there any more to make insulin. The pancreas was present, but the islets were almost entirely destroyed. So it's not so much a question of what your body is telling you. It's more a matter of something being damaged that cannot be fixed, so you have to add a little insulin in from the outside. No failure there, okay? That said, since you already were a T2 before all this happened and it is very likely you were insensitive to the insulin you did make, you're doing the right thing by changing your diet around. If you fix your sensitivity, you won't need insane amounts of units to get your blood sugars down. </p><p></p><p>Also, you mention your blood pressure... If you change the way you eat rather drastically, it'll also mean you ingest less salt, so it could well be that your blood pressure'll drop a tad more than you're used to. If the room gets dark or you see stars when you get up too fast, it's time to re-evaluate your blood pressure meds, as you might need to reduce those.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2405924, member: 401801"] I'm probably going to get flack for this, as I'm a T2, and all I know of T3c, which you are, comes from our late cat. (Yeah. I know. He lived to be a ripe old age though, and it was cancer that did him in eventually. But I know when someone brings their pet into it they basically lose all credibility. All the same... Here it is.). Night had pancreatitis, and the way the vet explained it made sense. You know how scar tissue forms after pneumonia for instance? I had it when I was a kid, and you can still see white areas on my x-rays. The same happens after pancreatitis. The islets of Langerhans that make insulin, in Night's case and likely yours too, had mainly turned to scar tissue. And as scar tissue doesn't so anything besides just [I]be[/I]... Rather than make insulin, it did nothing, and Night required Lantus to stay alive. There just wasn't much of anything there any more to make insulin. The pancreas was present, but the islets were almost entirely destroyed. So it's not so much a question of what your body is telling you. It's more a matter of something being damaged that cannot be fixed, so you have to add a little insulin in from the outside. No failure there, okay? That said, since you already were a T2 before all this happened and it is very likely you were insensitive to the insulin you did make, you're doing the right thing by changing your diet around. If you fix your sensitivity, you won't need insane amounts of units to get your blood sugars down. Also, you mention your blood pressure... If you change the way you eat rather drastically, it'll also mean you ingest less salt, so it could well be that your blood pressure'll drop a tad more than you're used to. If the room gets dark or you see stars when you get up too fast, it's time to re-evaluate your blood pressure meds, as you might need to reduce those. Good luck! Jo [/QUOTE]
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