- Messages
- 27
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Just needing a vent right now, ac1 has been going up since being on insulin (June 2020) started off on Insultard and currently on Humilin M3. Need to take a large amount as very insulin resistant. Fed up of telling them about the weight gain and other issues to be told you have too much insulin reduce the amount - no assistance- just ‘well you need to reduce it right down’. So had my sod it moment about a month ago, stopped the metformi, Algogliptin and reduced my insulin intake right down to anywhere between 10 and 30 units twice a day. Low and behold as I told them it would, my numbers shot up - highest was 20.1. Just been to see DN to argue the case to go on a basal and bolas regime and slgt2 tablets so that I can control the spikes better and the slgt2 was referred to in a letter received back from hospital DN, as previous DN, tried to refer me to more experienced people (who said I did not need to see them). I am also on my own all day from early morning to sometimes mid evening as my husband is working so I argued the case for a CGM ( so I can have an alarm go to my Mum just in case - NICE guideline’s do allow for them with certain criteria. DN said you need to see them at the hospital to get one of those - I replied I would if someone would see me! She is now going to speak to the Doc and call me back next week to see what they say. Asking to see an Endo and get a c-peptide test is like seeing god in the West Country it seems - when taking insulin we have the same issues as type 1’s why are we treated like 2nd class people? Is it because secretly they blame our issues on us ( I controlled with diet only for nearly 4 years) Btw I am still controlling my diet with low carb, had this now 13 years - Sorry rant over.