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<blockquote data-quote="Chook" data-source="post: 2063196" data-attributes="member: 24561"><p>Hello [USER=476955]@Jenround[/USER] - [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] is right, i used to be on very high levels of multiple daily insulin injections (thank you for tagging me [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] ). I don't inject insulin any more. </p><p></p><p>I don't know how you are coping with those high blood sugars, a full time job AND being a lone Mum to two. No wonder you are stressed. *Big hug*</p><p></p><p>You're in the nasty cycle that i was in a few years ago - never feeling hungry but needing to eat more than i would like in order to take the amount of insulin prescribed for me and then the insulin forces the glucose in to your cells makes it virtually impossible to lose weight. Then, of course, there's the depression, blurry eyesight, downstairs thrush and other nasty symptoms that many people suffer when they have high blood sugars (these fade away when blood glucose has been reduced to normal levels).</p><p></p><p>The first thing you need to take in board is that its NOT YOUR FAULT. Its thought to be a combination of genetics and environment. You are almost certainly not deficient in your own natural insulin but your body has become resistant to using it properly. The insulin you inject (basically) forces the glucose in your blood in to your cells.</p><p></p><p>Second thing... T2 is like having an intolerance or mild allergy to carbs. The more carbs you eat the more your blood glucose goes up and up and up. Then, of course, your body can't cope with the glucose in the carbs so you have to inject more. Carbs are addictive - the more you eat, the more you want or even crave - then, of course you need more and more insulin.</p><p></p><p>Quite often at diagnosis people are given advice to eat a 'normal' diet with carbs making up about a third of each plate. This is fine for people with a normal physiological reaction to carbs but we T2s aren't like that - we can't process carbs properly like normal people and the glucose that the carbs have converted in to just hangs around in our blood potentially causing all kinds of problems.</p><p></p><p>As i said at the top of this post, i don't inject insulin any more, i control my Type 2 by eating as few carbs as possible - its not easy but it is worth it. When i started this way of eating my doctor thought i was an idiot and I even had the diabetes nurse having a hissy fit telling me that I need carbs for my brain to function (bit silly saying that as I'd been low carbing for two years at that point) but the people at my GP's surgery have come round to accepting a low carb diet as an excellent way to control Type 2.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps a bit and gives you hope for the future. Please let me know if i can help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chook, post: 2063196, member: 24561"] Hello [USER=476955]@Jenround[/USER] - [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] is right, i used to be on very high levels of multiple daily insulin injections (thank you for tagging me [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] ). I don't inject insulin any more. I don't know how you are coping with those high blood sugars, a full time job AND being a lone Mum to two. No wonder you are stressed. *Big hug* You're in the nasty cycle that i was in a few years ago - never feeling hungry but needing to eat more than i would like in order to take the amount of insulin prescribed for me and then the insulin forces the glucose in to your cells makes it virtually impossible to lose weight. Then, of course, there's the depression, blurry eyesight, downstairs thrush and other nasty symptoms that many people suffer when they have high blood sugars (these fade away when blood glucose has been reduced to normal levels). The first thing you need to take in board is that its NOT YOUR FAULT. Its thought to be a combination of genetics and environment. You are almost certainly not deficient in your own natural insulin but your body has become resistant to using it properly. The insulin you inject (basically) forces the glucose in your blood in to your cells. Second thing... T2 is like having an intolerance or mild allergy to carbs. The more carbs you eat the more your blood glucose goes up and up and up. Then, of course, your body can't cope with the glucose in the carbs so you have to inject more. Carbs are addictive - the more you eat, the more you want or even crave - then, of course you need more and more insulin. Quite often at diagnosis people are given advice to eat a 'normal' diet with carbs making up about a third of each plate. This is fine for people with a normal physiological reaction to carbs but we T2s aren't like that - we can't process carbs properly like normal people and the glucose that the carbs have converted in to just hangs around in our blood potentially causing all kinds of problems. As i said at the top of this post, i don't inject insulin any more, i control my Type 2 by eating as few carbs as possible - its not easy but it is worth it. When i started this way of eating my doctor thought i was an idiot and I even had the diabetes nurse having a hissy fit telling me that I need carbs for my brain to function (bit silly saying that as I'd been low carbing for two years at that point) but the people at my GP's surgery have come round to accepting a low carb diet as an excellent way to control Type 2. I hope this helps a bit and gives you hope for the future. Please let me know if i can help. [/QUOTE]
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