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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 332503" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Don't be afraid of needles, it hurts far less to inject than to test. The needles are very thin and tiny.</p><p></p><p>I'm concerned that an earlier poster said that taking insulin was a death sentence for type 2s. This is alarmist and untrue. If your pancreas can no longer produce enough insulin then you need injected .</p><p>Some people need to take insulin for life, others like Sid on here find that they can come off it eventually . Obviously that will depend on how much insulin your body produces.</p><p></p><p>There is a frequent poster on a couple of the US forums, he has had T2 for over 17 years, for the first 12 years he took oral medications but eventually his glucose levels began to rise. He went onto insulin, and being in the US he was eventually able to use a pump (though I'm sure he could have got similar results without).</p><p>Here are his HbA1cs for the last few years (from his signature)</p><p></p><p>Which do you think was better for him the slide upwards to higher and higher glucose levels and the higher risk of diabetic complications or the steady levels he has now?</p><p>He's not the only one I know of, just the one who I thought of first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 332503, member: 12578"] Don't be afraid of needles, it hurts far less to inject than to test. The needles are very thin and tiny. I'm concerned that an earlier poster said that taking insulin was a death sentence for type 2s. This is alarmist and untrue. If your pancreas can no longer produce enough insulin then you need injected . Some people need to take insulin for life, others like Sid on here find that they can come off it eventually . Obviously that will depend on how much insulin your body produces. There is a frequent poster on a couple of the US forums, he has had T2 for over 17 years, for the first 12 years he took oral medications but eventually his glucose levels began to rise. He went onto insulin, and being in the US he was eventually able to use a pump (though I'm sure he could have got similar results without). Here are his HbA1cs for the last few years (from his signature) Which do you think was better for him the slide upwards to higher and higher glucose levels and the higher risk of diabetic complications or the steady levels he has now? He's not the only one I know of, just the one who I thought of first. [/QUOTE]
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