elaine77
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Hi smidge,
I'm LADA but I'm the opposite. My fasting is uncontrollable (7-8 mmol regardless of what I eat or dont eat) but my PP are controllable (5-8 mmol) with Metformin..... I wouldn't feel too bad about going onto a base insulin to help with my fasting overnight levels it weren't for the fact I'd have to declare it everywhere. At the moment that would cause too many problems. If u only had to declare insulin-dependence rather than insulin usage I guess i might feel a bit different about it....
I still don't understand how insulin would really help me though as my immune system will keep killing the cells whether I inject or not? My levels rarely ever reach danger levels where they will die and also, type 2 diabetics can become insulin dependent due to their cells dying but that usually takes years and years so surely it must take a really prolonged period of highs for the cells to die of their own accord? I asked my GP about this and they couldn't answer me? So I'm still confused about insulin preserving the beta cells when the immune system is the one killing them? I don't have insulin antibodies just GAD.....?
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.
I'm LADA but I'm the opposite. My fasting is uncontrollable (7-8 mmol regardless of what I eat or dont eat) but my PP are controllable (5-8 mmol) with Metformin..... I wouldn't feel too bad about going onto a base insulin to help with my fasting overnight levels it weren't for the fact I'd have to declare it everywhere. At the moment that would cause too many problems. If u only had to declare insulin-dependence rather than insulin usage I guess i might feel a bit different about it....
I still don't understand how insulin would really help me though as my immune system will keep killing the cells whether I inject or not? My levels rarely ever reach danger levels where they will die and also, type 2 diabetics can become insulin dependent due to their cells dying but that usually takes years and years so surely it must take a really prolonged period of highs for the cells to die of their own accord? I asked my GP about this and they couldn't answer me? So I'm still confused about insulin preserving the beta cells when the immune system is the one killing them? I don't have insulin antibodies just GAD.....?
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.