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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1070379" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>I've been on insulin over 5 years now because I have insufficient insulin production myself.  I've never been placed on insulin to get control when I had my own insulin so can't comment on that.  I'm thankful they did all the diagnostic tests on me again because having numerous kinds of oral meds to take was getting ridiculous and I swear I was taking placebos at the time.  My endo of course said my c-peptide test came back in the red which meant I have to be on full time insulin therapy for the rest of my life now.  I don't mind, it was certainly better than paying for meds that didn't work and were giving me side effects.  But really my advice to any type 2 is if things aren't working, try something else... if it is getting ridiculous then ask for the diagnostic tests to be done again so you know what you're dealing with.  So many people don't realise type 2 is progressive either.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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