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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2098558" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>Well done you. My advice, which I wish I had known, is to start long-acting. It's amazing. It stops your blood sugars rising overnight, or rising during exercise, or rising when fasting or blood ketones building up if any of these are an issue for you.</p><p></p><p>It was just over 2 years for me. I would have stayed off it forever if I could have (not understanding long-acting), but deteriorated rapidly over three weeks. Short-acting insulin isn't easy. I'm not a fan, but I need it to eat. It's the constant worry of staying above 3.9 mmol/l as I've lost my homeostasis. I set my alarm for 2-3 times a night. What it looks like for me: As I was living with a very low c-peptide for two years (0.126 nmol/l) I've had to stay on a very low carb diet, eating less than I was, as my insulin sensitivity is 500% on the HOMA formula. It means if I inject myself with 4 units of insulin, I cascade into a severe hypo, where I can't reason to even self medicate. I've learnt to split the dose to eat even low carb meals. Will this improve? Surely. Hopefully.</p><p></p><p>That said, the reality check is that there are really experienced type 1's who can eat anything they want to and their traces look amazing. Even spaghetti bolognese, which was my favourite in what feels like a former life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2098558, member: 504712"] Well done you. My advice, which I wish I had known, is to start long-acting. It's amazing. It stops your blood sugars rising overnight, or rising during exercise, or rising when fasting or blood ketones building up if any of these are an issue for you. It was just over 2 years for me. I would have stayed off it forever if I could have (not understanding long-acting), but deteriorated rapidly over three weeks. Short-acting insulin isn't easy. I'm not a fan, but I need it to eat. It's the constant worry of staying above 3.9 mmol/l as I've lost my homeostasis. I set my alarm for 2-3 times a night. What it looks like for me: As I was living with a very low c-peptide for two years (0.126 nmol/l) I've had to stay on a very low carb diet, eating less than I was, as my insulin sensitivity is 500% on the HOMA formula. It means if I inject myself with 4 units of insulin, I cascade into a severe hypo, where I can't reason to even self medicate. I've learnt to split the dose to eat even low carb meals. Will this improve? Surely. Hopefully. That said, the reality check is that there are really experienced type 1's who can eat anything they want to and their traces look amazing. Even spaghetti bolognese, which was my favourite in what feels like a former life. [/QUOTE]
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