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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2695136" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hello and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>Just be aware that non diabetics don't have flat blood sugar profiles either. Here is a link to an interesting study where non diabetics wore a cgm for a while.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296129/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>As regards hba1cs, the reason for 48mmol/mol being the dividing line for a diabetes definition is that diabetic retinopathy (one of the more common diabetic complications) is rare for people with an hba1c below this level.</p><p></p><p>Insulin was discovered just over 100 years ago and the doctors at the time sold the patent for $2 in the hope that that would keep insulin affordable for the many T1 diabetics who previously all died of the disease.</p><p></p><p>By all means hope for a cure, but I would strongly recommend that you listen to your doctors and keep taking your insulin in the mean time, (assuming your T1 is confirmed by the tests). </p><p></p><p>Diabetic ketoacidosis is fatal unless treated with insulin in time and reputedly very very unpleasant indeed.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Once more welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2695136, member: 372717"] Hello and welcome to the forums. Just be aware that non diabetics don't have flat blood sugar profiles either. Here is a link to an interesting study where non diabetics wore a cgm for a while. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296129/[/URL] As regards hba1cs, the reason for 48mmol/mol being the dividing line for a diabetes definition is that diabetic retinopathy (one of the more common diabetic complications) is rare for people with an hba1c below this level. Insulin was discovered just over 100 years ago and the doctors at the time sold the patent for $2 in the hope that that would keep insulin affordable for the many T1 diabetics who previously all died of the disease. By all means hope for a cure, but I would strongly recommend that you listen to your doctors and keep taking your insulin in the mean time, (assuming your T1 is confirmed by the tests). Diabetic ketoacidosis is fatal unless treated with insulin in time and reputedly very very unpleasant indeed. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/[/URL] Once more welcome. [/QUOTE]
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