I actually feel pretty deflated.....having gone into the phone consult with a clear view about what the next steps should probably be, I asked my key question - when would it be appropriate to add short-acting insulin into my treatment plan? Dr replied they don't recommend short-acting insulin for T2 due to weight gain. I said but I'm T1.5, he asked about my recent numbers and said I could ask for a short-acting insulin trial and to arrange an HBA1C at my GP surgery (it's a system of shared care with hospital managing medical review).
To me it was one thing for the consultant to look at my blood records and results and say what I was doing was good enough not to need short-acting insulin back in Sept, but she was very clear LADA is treated as a variant of T1 resulting from failure (gradual in my case) to produce enough insulin. My take on yesterday was that this Dr viewed LADA is a variant of T2, where (please someone correct me if I'm wrong) insulin resistance is the key - quite a big difference in how you go about treatment
This is definitely a marathon not a sprint, so I'm not panicking, just annoyed. I'll put that energy into my exercise routine and being honest and addressing a bit of lockdown carb-creep and see what difference that makes.
Glad to hear you are getting you head round things - it is amazing just how much difference things like weather can make - one of only two hypos ever so far for me was on holiday abroad last year, a surprise 3.8. The lack of hypos is definitely a plus on my current regime, but the lack of control is a clear negative. At the current rate of progress you will be a super-expert insulin user long before I get on to 'the hard stuff'!!! Best of luck x
PS as a matter of interest, is anyone else on a slow-release only insulin regime?
