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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2422852" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Hi [USER=521133]@Is Vic There ?[/USER] ,</p><p>Not my own experience but my aunt's. Not the same situation at all, but still a T2 who temporarily used insulin.</p><p></p><p>She is a 'classic' T2, overweight, in her 70s, has been on and off on gliclazide and always on metformin for about 15 years, usually reasonable hba1c's in the 50's when all is well, in the high 60's while having cancer treatment or other hard times, back to low 50's on metformin only now, medium carb diet.</p><p></p><p>She landed in hospital a couple of months ago after a fall and a broken hip. After a few days she was seeing BG's in the higher teens, and they gave her some short acting insulin every time she was above 13 or so. Made her very happy, she felt much better and of course it helped with the healing as well.</p><p>After a week or two her BG's started to go back to high normal, her usual levels, and she got off the insulin.</p><p>So yes, temporary insulin can be very useful.</p><p></p><p>Just wondering, are you following a diet for your diabetes at the moment? It may well be there's a lot you can do yourself to improve your numbers without getting insulin. </p><p>I'd think it makes most sense to start there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2422852, member: 372207"] Hi [USER=521133]@Is Vic There ?[/USER] , Not my own experience but my aunt's. Not the same situation at all, but still a T2 who temporarily used insulin. She is a 'classic' T2, overweight, in her 70s, has been on and off on gliclazide and always on metformin for about 15 years, usually reasonable hba1c's in the 50's when all is well, in the high 60's while having cancer treatment or other hard times, back to low 50's on metformin only now, medium carb diet. She landed in hospital a couple of months ago after a fall and a broken hip. After a few days she was seeing BG's in the higher teens, and they gave her some short acting insulin every time she was above 13 or so. Made her very happy, she felt much better and of course it helped with the healing as well. After a week or two her BG's started to go back to high normal, her usual levels, and she got off the insulin. So yes, temporary insulin can be very useful. Just wondering, are you following a diet for your diabetes at the moment? It may well be there's a lot you can do yourself to improve your numbers without getting insulin. I'd think it makes most sense to start there :) [/QUOTE]
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