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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1258298" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Nope. Whether you are on tablets or insulin is how you are treating your diabetes. How your diabetes is treated doesn't determine what type of diabetes it is.</p><p></p><p>Type 1 is a autoimmune disease - where your immune system kills off the insulin producing beta cells in your pancreas. </p><p></p><p>Type 2 doesn't turn into type 1 because you need to inject insulin. A type 2 diabetic might need insulin and that means your pancreas has stopped producing enough insulin due to the type 2 damage, the insulin producing beta cells get worn out by trying to produce enough insulin to keep up with insulin resistance (is my massively over simplistic understanding).</p><p></p><p>Getting symptoms of a hypo at 8 is a "false hypo". Normal blood sugar is 4-7. A person should feel normal at these levels, if you don't, that's because your body has got used to running high so it takes a bit of time and gradual readjustment to get used to running back at normal levels by gradually bringing you blood sugar down with the support of your healthcare team. If you've been told to keep your levels 10-12 that's probably because you are new to insulin and they want to get you over those false hypos by bringing your blood sugar back to normal, slowly and cautiously because the false hypo aren't very nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1258298, member: 32394"] Nope. Whether you are on tablets or insulin is how you are treating your diabetes. How your diabetes is treated doesn't determine what type of diabetes it is. Type 1 is a autoimmune disease - where your immune system kills off the insulin producing beta cells in your pancreas. Type 2 doesn't turn into type 1 because you need to inject insulin. A type 2 diabetic might need insulin and that means your pancreas has stopped producing enough insulin due to the type 2 damage, the insulin producing beta cells get worn out by trying to produce enough insulin to keep up with insulin resistance (is my massively over simplistic understanding). Getting symptoms of a hypo at 8 is a "false hypo". Normal blood sugar is 4-7. A person should feel normal at these levels, if you don't, that's because your body has got used to running high so it takes a bit of time and gradual readjustment to get used to running back at normal levels by gradually bringing you blood sugar down with the support of your healthcare team. If you've been told to keep your levels 10-12 that's probably because you are new to insulin and they want to get you over those false hypos by bringing your blood sugar back to normal, slowly and cautiously because the false hypo aren't very nice. [/QUOTE]
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