Wise words Sarah. I only attend the diabeteic clinic so my care is not in the hands of my GP, who I trust less than my consultant. It's a horrible way to think, but it's survival. You live and learn, and us diabetics living with the condition are the only real experts on our very individual condition. Us sharing information is vitally important. I am surprised today to find that human insulatard by Novo Nordisk and now Actrapid are no longer being made-and many animal insulins have been discontinued. It seems to me that people with diabetes are soon going to have no choice about the type of insulin they take, despite the negative effects that some experience-that's scary. The newer "analogue" insulins seem to be the only ones that Health Professionals appear to be recommending to a lot of patients-why? While they may be the answer for some- it's a bad experience for others,as this forum shows. Who is really making these decisions, is it the Government or the drug companies, or is something more sinister going on??? This lack of choice is something that wories we a great deal, expecially after reading this forum and other articles on the web. Does anyone else have the same concerns or has my Lantus made me paraniod??
Justine