Hey all,
Can you have this as a type 2, for me I loose weight when my sugars are high and put weight on by looking at food when am on insulin. I’m having Bariactric surgery at the end of the year and am not allowed to put weight on but with insulin I put a stone on despite sticking to a strict low carb diet. But if I leave the insulin out I loose weight.
Oh dear Absxx - My feeling is if you are manipulating your insulin doses to manage your weight, and you feel any frm of compelling reason to do it, then it describes diabulimia. That you don't fit the usual definition of it would be unusual, but obviously that takes absolutely nothing away from the dangerous nature of what you are doing.
As you likely know, the reason you are losing weight relates to yout high blood sugars. That in itself is dangerous, and should you persist with missing your insulin - aside from the danger to your health and well-being, you are at risk of tripping up with your sugery. Surgery of a non-emergency nature is not allwed to happen, with a high HbA1c. It becomes too risky.
I appreciate that you must feel in a hard place with all of this, but, you need to be safe, and well. Please do stop this activity and take your insulin. What insulin regime are you on? Do you take fixed doses of insulin, or do you vary, depending on what you eat and drink?
Finally, do you have test strips or uring strips to test for ketones? Testing for ketones when blood sugars are high is very important. The consistentlt high numbers, if I recall correctly is consistently over something like 13-14, although I'll tag my T1 colleagues
@urbanracer and
@Diakat , if they're around, as they'll surely know that number. This page talks about it a bit:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/testing-for-ketones.html
If you can test for ketones, the important numbers are:
I really would urge you to take your insulin as you should and discuss your findings about the weight gain with your diabetes, and bariatric team. You may need a tweak to your doses, or the type of insulin you are using.
Really,really good luck with it all. You must feel like you're backed into a corner.