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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2285323" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Tears hair out!</p><p></p><p>OK, two likely, completely different, options here.</p><p></p><p>1) You are T2. In this case you are insulin resistant and your body is maxing our on the insulin it can produce and yet that is not enough. In this case diet is everything and reducing carbohydrates should lead to lower blood sugars and (hopefully) an evential elimination of medication.</p><p></p><p>2) You are T3c and your pancreas can't produce enough insulin to cope with your needs because it just isn't producing much insulin. Again, low carb will help because it's possible that the small amount of insulin that you make will cope with a lower carb diet.</p><p></p><p>3) I know I said two but I'll put this in for completeness - you could be developing T1/LADA, in which case an autoimmune disorder destroys all your insulin producing cells. In this case low carb will help but long term you will need insulin.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to rule out number 3 at the moment because 1 and 2 are so much more likely. And if you are not being taught to count your carb intake then there must be an assumption that you are producing some insulin.</p><p></p><p>T3c is quite rare, so there is a strong possibility that your DN assumed T2 because she did not consider T3c as a possibility.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/admLogin.asp" target="_blank">https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/</a></p><p></p><p>is a good online resource for insulin dependant folk (mainly T1) but would also work for T3c if you are stuck with insulin.</p><p></p><p>The blood test you need to differentiate between T2 and T3c is a c-peptide, which will measure how much insulin you are producing.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2285323, member: 372717"] Tears hair out! OK, two likely, completely different, options here. 1) You are T2. In this case you are insulin resistant and your body is maxing our on the insulin it can produce and yet that is not enough. In this case diet is everything and reducing carbohydrates should lead to lower blood sugars and (hopefully) an evential elimination of medication. 2) You are T3c and your pancreas can't produce enough insulin to cope with your needs because it just isn't producing much insulin. Again, low carb will help because it's possible that the small amount of insulin that you make will cope with a lower carb diet. 3) I know I said two but I'll put this in for completeness - you could be developing T1/LADA, in which case an autoimmune disorder destroys all your insulin producing cells. In this case low carb will help but long term you will need insulin. I'm going to rule out number 3 at the moment because 1 and 2 are so much more likely. And if you are not being taught to count your carb intake then there must be an assumption that you are producing some insulin. T3c is quite rare, so there is a strong possibility that your DN assumed T2 because she did not consider T3c as a possibility. [URL='https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/admLogin.asp']https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/[/URL] is a good online resource for insulin dependant folk (mainly T1) but would also work for T3c if you are stuck with insulin. The blood test you need to differentiate between T2 and T3c is a c-peptide, which will measure how much insulin you are producing. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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