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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 132573" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>JC</p><p></p><p>I would doubt the ones who say they T1 and use a zero carb to control rather than insulin are telling you porkies... I say this from experience my original diagnoses was clouded (long story) my 1st consultant’s clinical judgement was T2 because original diagnoses was at the very same time it was confirmed I was pregnant... To cut a long story short I ended up using a zero carbohydrate diet + oral medication to no avail, my GP instigated an emergency referral to another Endo consultant who’s clinical judged that I had always be T1 diabetic but slow onset... In fact the consultant actually introduced me to an doctor over seeing one of his clinics, as his little miracle explaining that when he first saw me, I was nothing but a skeleton (6 ½ stone, even now at 8 ½ stone I’m considered to be borderline underweight) I was so poorly that he was shocked that I was able to walk into his clinic, I was the worse he had ever treated... He really didn’t know how I survived, apart from the fact my body had gone into some form of fighting mode, as by this time I had surpassed constant fatigue and my body had gone into over drive as I never slept I would be lucky if I had a nap every 24 hours or so... Every endo/consultant whose read my medical records since, can not work out the whys behind my first consultants clinical judgement of T2 diabetes, let alone the allowance of my situation to continue...</p><p></p><p>Cynical</p><p>I don’t believe that there is an alternative to injecting insulin for T1’s maybe at the beginning when in honeymoon period and the pancreas is still able to produce some insulin or for those that have a slow on set type of T1 then an alternative method might maintain some control... But as my experience shows that there is a time when injecting insulin is the only way... Believe me, going through this time was a living hell beyond believe.... The fatigue started first, sleeping literary for days at a time waking to a very foggy world every now and again, followed by the inability to sleep I would doze for around a hour, then spend the next day or so awake which was nothing but mental torture, I was unable to look after my children (they went back to there dad) my partner walked out on me, I was so horrendous to be around, it was the Smaritains that convinced me to go to my doctors... Injecting insulin has gave me everything back, my life, my kids my partner who walked out on me, he bumped into as I came out of the hospital, decided that it wasn’t wise to start insulin when I was on my own, so he stayed at my house sleeping on my settee with the intention of just staying for a night or two but he’s never left and we’ve been happily married for almost 11 years now...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 132573, member: 11712"] JC I would doubt the ones who say they T1 and use a zero carb to control rather than insulin are telling you porkies... I say this from experience my original diagnoses was clouded (long story) my 1st consultant’s clinical judgement was T2 because original diagnoses was at the very same time it was confirmed I was pregnant... To cut a long story short I ended up using a zero carbohydrate diet + oral medication to no avail, my GP instigated an emergency referral to another Endo consultant who’s clinical judged that I had always be T1 diabetic but slow onset... In fact the consultant actually introduced me to an doctor over seeing one of his clinics, as his little miracle explaining that when he first saw me, I was nothing but a skeleton (6 ½ stone, even now at 8 ½ stone I’m considered to be borderline underweight) I was so poorly that he was shocked that I was able to walk into his clinic, I was the worse he had ever treated... He really didn’t know how I survived, apart from the fact my body had gone into some form of fighting mode, as by this time I had surpassed constant fatigue and my body had gone into over drive as I never slept I would be lucky if I had a nap every 24 hours or so... Every endo/consultant whose read my medical records since, can not work out the whys behind my first consultants clinical judgement of T2 diabetes, let alone the allowance of my situation to continue... Cynical I don’t believe that there is an alternative to injecting insulin for T1’s maybe at the beginning when in honeymoon period and the pancreas is still able to produce some insulin or for those that have a slow on set type of T1 then an alternative method might maintain some control... But as my experience shows that there is a time when injecting insulin is the only way... Believe me, going through this time was a living hell beyond believe.... The fatigue started first, sleeping literary for days at a time waking to a very foggy world every now and again, followed by the inability to sleep I would doze for around a hour, then spend the next day or so awake which was nothing but mental torture, I was unable to look after my children (they went back to there dad) my partner walked out on me, I was so horrendous to be around, it was the Smaritains that convinced me to go to my doctors... Injecting insulin has gave me everything back, my life, my kids my partner who walked out on me, he bumped into as I came out of the hospital, decided that it wasn’t wise to start insulin when I was on my own, so he stayed at my house sleeping on my settee with the intention of just staying for a night or two but he’s never left and we’ve been happily married for almost 11 years now... [/QUOTE]
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