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Kal59

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I have been taking Humulin I for 6 weeks now, my problem is my sugar levels are going up not down.
I have type 2 and have tried several different meds which didn’t suit me or made me ill.
I started on 10 units each morning and this has now risen to 39 units but the levels are just going up. My reading before bed is now about 23 whilst it was only about 15 at the start. My morning levels are about 12 when they used to be about 8.
I have spoken to the nurse but all she seems to say is how strange and continues to adjust the dosage every 3 days
Anyone got any ideas on what’s going on? Diet hadn’t changed .
Thanks for reading
 
Hi and welcome to the forums.

You write "diet hasn't changed", can you tell us what you eat on a typical day?
 
I eat a very small amount of cereal each morning. Have a sandwich for lunch and balanced evening meal . I am not overweight well could maybe lose a couple of pounds be about 10 stone. Can’t remember bmi but within normal range for height etc.
I exercise for about 30 minutes per plus dog walking
Even my doctor can’t understand how I came to get diabetes
 
Kal59 said:
I eat a very small amount of cereal each morning. Have a sandwich for lunch and balanced evening meal . I am not overweight well could maybe lose a couple of pounds be about 10 stone. Can’t remember bmi but within normal range for height etc.
I exercise for about 30 minutes per plus dog walking
Even my doctor can’t understand how I came to get diabetes
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How were you diagnosed? Is it possible you could be a T1?
 
Kal59 said:
I eat a very small amount of cereal each morning. Have a sandwich for lunch and balanced evening meal . I am not overweight well could maybe lose a couple of pounds be about 10 stone. Can’t remember bmi but within normal range for height etc.
I exercise for about 30 minutes per plus dog walking
Even my doctor can’t understand how I came to get diabetes
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T2 diabetes is a genetic inability to tolerate carbs in the quantities consumed in a typical modern diet (at least the typical modern diet since the "low fat" mantra came into being. A T2's body typically starts to overproduce insulin as their insulin resistance goes up, and the overproduction of insulin plus high blood sugars leads to a vicious circle of fat gain and higher insulin resistance. Although many T2s eventually wear out their insulin producing cells, their problem is actually too much insulin, not too little. Hence many T2s, when they have to move to insulin, have to inject massive amounts (literally hundreds of units per day).

Your "healthy" diet is unfortunately pretty high in carbs, which are not your friend. Assuming you are T2 and not T1 or T3c (doctors tend to assume T2 without any other tests if you are over a certain age) then reducing your carbs may well let you give up insulin altogether.
 
Hi. You need to consider the possibility of being T1. If the blood sugar keeps going do do ask the GP for the two tests for T1. Your GP should know that for many, diabetes comes out of nowhere so he shouldn't be surprised. Keep the carbs down whilst any extra tests are being done
 
Kal59 said:
I have been taking Humulin I for 6 weeks now, my problem is my sugar levels are going up not down.
I have type 2 and have tried several different meds which didn’t suit me or made me ill.
I started on 10 units each morning and this has now risen to 39 units but the levels are just going up. My reading before bed is now about 23 whilst it was only about 15 at the start. My morning levels are about 12 when they used to be about 8.
I have spoken to the nurse but all she seems to say is how strange and continues to adjust the dosage every 3 days
Anyone got any ideas on what’s going on? Diet hadn’t changed .
Thanks for reading
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You could very likely be a late autoimmune diabetic and your own production of insulin is crashing as the beta cells die.

Here is how you can know.

Insulin testing is tough when taking insulin but when your body produces insulin, it produces c-peptide with it. You test c-peptide level to see if you are producing insulin. If c-peptide is very low, they can run a test for the antibodies. Your doc may just skip the c-peptide and go right to the antibody test.

see the thing is, if the doctor never tested your insulin or c-peptide levels, you’ve never actually been diagnosed. Because of your age, type 2 is assumed. Type 2 you have elevated insulin and c-peptide even when blood sugars are high. Late autoimmune like type 1 you have low insulin.

most with LADA are misdiagnosed at first and only after things don’t make sense do doctors dig deeper.

best wishes.
 
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