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Message: <blockquote data-quote="elaine77" data-source="post: 369112" data-attributes="member: 59930">Re: If this thread helps just ONE person then it will be worI'm not a medical professional and this is just my opinion but I don't agree that it would lead to unnecessary worrying, I think it would be necessary to be cautious because even if u can't slow down the antibody attack you certainly don't want to speed it up any. 10 years could quite easily become 3 or 4 years if u are unaware of your risks and are careless with your diet and lifestyle. For me personally I would have rather known 6 weeks postpartum rather than being told my GD had completely gone only for it to reappear with a much worse prognosis two years later.With regard to taking insulin to preserve beta cells, I find this approach completely counterproductive and it doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't get any 'worse' (for want of a better word) than injecting insulin...that is as bad as diabetes gets (treatment wise) being insulin dependent and although some say it is better to preserve some beta cell function I'm not convinced because, for me, injecting 3 times a day is no better than injecting 5 times a day....the thought causes me huge stress and panic as I don't do well even finger pricking to check my BG levels.The earlier you find cancer, for example, the better the outcome and the better you can prepare yourself, nobody wants to find out once it's too late and diabetes is a chronic disease and so should be checked for just as stringently I think... It may seem comparing diabetes to cancer is extreme but...bearing in mind...cancer can be cured in many cases....diabetes can't. Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></blockquote>

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