Gastroenteritis Recovery

Hi @hellobear007, Sorry to hear of your current ailment and challenges you face.
In my days studying the human body (although this is not as professional advice or opinion): I recall that the lining of our intestines is like a pile carpet - lots of 'fingers' pointing inwards into the tubular space and increasing the surface area of the lining with which to absorb food.
By contrast the picture of the lining after a bout of gastro was like an uneven tiled floor, much less surface area.
Also the lining contains special enzymes that breakdown food so that it can be absorbed. I believe those enzymes are depleted by the gastro also. And sugars from food such as fruit, milk etc eaten at the moment will not be broken down and may cause more tummy upset.
Whilst the regrowth of the lining of the bowel is quite fast compared to some other tissues in the body it takes time.
And food taken in during this time is not going to be absorbed efficiently that explains your reduced insulin requirements.
Apart from querying your doctors about how much longer the healing will take, ( as 10 days is a long, long time) they might suggest having an injection of Thiamine (a GP can readily do this) as Thiamine (B1) is said to be the first vitamin to become depleted during any lack of food and B1 deficiency can be unpleasant. I was told an injection of B1 is more certain of being absorbed than a tablet. Apologies for the ouch!!
There are formulas which you could be prescribed and which might have a better liklihood of being absorbed (called elemental formulas).
If things gradually but not completely improve over 2 to 3 weeks then a friend of mine who shared his experience said "Get a coeliac test." He said he was told it was not common but with him his gastro triggered off coeliac disease and this hampered his recovery.
I do hope things improve rapidly from here on in with no further troubles but obtaining a dose of Thiamine sounds like a good point to raise with your doctors.

hellobear007 said:

Hi @kitedoc thank you for your reply. That makes a lot of sense and is reassuring.

I have put a Libre sensor on as well so I can get a clearer picture of my patterns at the moment.

Thank you again

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A pleasure @hellobear007 , please please remember the B1 shot !!! And Best Wishes !!

Oh dear @hellobear007, That is very sad to hear. I hope you recover soon,
I think it is that when the kidneys fail they stop excreting insulin as readily leading to a build up of insulin in the system and risk of hypo.

kitedoc said:

A pleasure @hellobear007 , please please remember the B1 shot !!! And Best Wishes !!

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I seem to remember the university of Warwick conducting high dosage Thiamine research into kidney disease and reversing it. I haven't seen any results though. I've been taking thiamine for 10 years as a type 2 with what I'd consider as great results given my relatively poor Blood sugar levels.

What I find odd, is why the use of Thiamine is not promoted to all diabetics on a wider level especially after Prof Paul Thornally's original research into the low thiamine levels experienced by all diabetics.

At the time I was told that the reason for no further research was due to the lack of funding to sample a larger number of diabetes patients, like 1 M pounds. A measly 1M. Can you believe that!