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Any type 1's who don't use insulin?
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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 93946" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>The insulin needs will be as individual as the diabetic... Some need higher amounts to maintain control and others need very little to maintain control... Not all of your insulin needs will be based on the carb content of your food...</p><p></p><p>I don't follow the low carb diet at all, but with saying that I still use a lot less insulin than those that do and maintain good control of my diabetes... And after being type 1 for almost 21 years now, I very much doubt that I produce any insulin nor am I'm in a honeymoon period either...</p><p></p><p>I have to use a insulin pump to maintain control, as normal method of injecting insulin can't cope with my very small needs of insulin... At times even my pump isn't able to cope as such, as the small amount that it can deliver is 0.1 of a unit over an hour period of time on the basal (background setting) So while I'm at work (which is very physical exercise as I'm a dog handler) I have to turn my pump to deliver 0.00 for an hour, which helps but even with this hour off the pump raises my levels, but if I have 0.1 units over that hour, I end up with a hypo!!! I've tried lowering my pump earlier but this only give increases my BG before I get to work... </p><p></p><p>It may because just like me, you require tiny amounts of insulin to maintain control, nothing wrong in that at all, just the way we are..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 93946, member: 11712"] The insulin needs will be as individual as the diabetic... Some need higher amounts to maintain control and others need very little to maintain control... Not all of your insulin needs will be based on the carb content of your food... I don't follow the low carb diet at all, but with saying that I still use a lot less insulin than those that do and maintain good control of my diabetes... And after being type 1 for almost 21 years now, I very much doubt that I produce any insulin nor am I'm in a honeymoon period either... I have to use a insulin pump to maintain control, as normal method of injecting insulin can't cope with my very small needs of insulin... At times even my pump isn't able to cope as such, as the small amount that it can deliver is 0.1 of a unit over an hour period of time on the basal (background setting) So while I'm at work (which is very physical exercise as I'm a dog handler) I have to turn my pump to deliver 0.00 for an hour, which helps but even with this hour off the pump raises my levels, but if I have 0.1 units over that hour, I end up with a hypo!!! I've tried lowering my pump earlier but this only give increases my BG before I get to work... It may because just like me, you require tiny amounts of insulin to maintain control, nothing wrong in that at all, just the way we are.. [/QUOTE]
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