hanadr
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Double diabetes probaby CAN be avoided, but not by some of those biddable folks who follow NHS advice on what to eat and how much medication to take. I have encountered a T2 diabetic now using a pump, whose insulin requirement is so high, he has to use U500, which is not produced in the UK and is imported from the USA. I wouldn't be surprised if some T1s end up in that state. My T1 husband has reduced his insulin requirement by about half since he cut back HARD on carbs. I suspect he'd be a double diabetic if he hadn't; always assuming he survived the kidney disease he has . Not everyone has knowledge needed to keep well or the motivation to acquire that knowledge.
I was told several years ago that my T2 would inevitably progress until I need insulin and woul probably keep on progressing. It hasn't happened yet. In fact my latest appointment with the nurse led to her saying, she'd barely find pre-diabetes in my blood tests [HbA1c 40mmol/l]
Had I believed the doctor all those years ago, where would I have been now?
Don't blame the patient. Just blame the medics who give no alternatives to "worst case scenarios" and set high BG targets
Hana
Double diabetes probaby CAN be avoided, but not by some of those biddable folks who follow NHS advice on what to eat and how much medication to take. I have encountered a T2 diabetic now using a pump, whose insulin requirement is so high, he has to use U500, which is not produced in the UK and is imported from the USA. I wouldn't be surprised if some T1s end up in that state. My T1 husband has reduced his insulin requirement by about half since he cut back HARD on carbs. I suspect he'd be a double diabetic if he hadn't; always assuming he survived the kidney disease he has . Not everyone has knowledge needed to keep well or the motivation to acquire that knowledge.
I was told several years ago that my T2 would inevitably progress until I need insulin and woul probably keep on progressing. It hasn't happened yet. In fact my latest appointment with the nurse led to her saying, she'd barely find pre-diabetes in my blood tests [HbA1c 40mmol/l]
Had I believed the doctor all those years ago, where would I have been now?
Don't blame the patient. Just blame the medics who give no alternatives to "worst case scenarios" and set high BG targets
Hana