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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jessie" data-source="post: 93754" data-attributes="member: 9896">Hi everyone,I have recently had my third HBA1c (been diagnosed with T1 for just over a year) and scored 5.4. Yay! I changed my doctors surgery recently as I wasn't happy at my previous one and my new DN is really nice, she is also a T1. She requested my notes from the hospital and told me that my consultant had queried whether I'd always have to take insulin. I only take 5 units of Lantus (once a day) and 0-4 units of Novo Rapid depending on what I'm eating. I do follow a low carb diet but tend not to talk about this too much with the NHS peeps! I just presumed that my diet, combined with possible honeymooning and being relatively new to diabetes was the reason for my good results and having to use little insulin.I was told by my doctor that my body must be producing it's own insulin and he thought my case was also strange because of my age and no family history of diabetes.I don't want to get my hopes up about not having to take insulin but was wondering if anyone else has experienced this, or has stopped taking it? When I was first diagnosed I read an interview with Halle Berry who claimed to have 'cured her Type 1' and was now a Type 2(!), controlled by diet. I was angry and thought this was misleading but am now wondering if there is any truth in it..? Any thoughts appreciated! Jessie. x</blockquote>

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