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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 462462" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi Adam!</p><p></p><p>I'll follow your experiment with interest. However, I can assure you it will not work and you do need to inject at least your basal insulin.</p><p></p><p>How do I know for sure? I have LADA and I have been able to chart my increasing need for insulin as the condition progressed. I managed on diet and exercise for a little under a year while I was misdiagnosed as Type 2. I was eating far fewer carbs than you are aiming to eat - no more than 10g at any meal and this included the vegetables! I was still producing some of my own insulin but it was not enough. By the time I was properly diagnosed and went onto insulin, I was really quite ill. I first went onto just basal but within 3 months I needed to inject with meals too.</p><p></p><p>You've had diabetes most of your life I guess and are interested and excited to understand more about how your body works with the condition, but many of us have seen the progression at first hand and without insulin, it isn't pretty.</p><p></p><p>Take care of yourself and make sure you abandon the experiment as soon as you see it isn't working.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 462462, member: 29301"] Hi Adam! I'll follow your experiment with interest. However, I can assure you it will not work and you do need to inject at least your basal insulin. How do I know for sure? I have LADA and I have been able to chart my increasing need for insulin as the condition progressed. I managed on diet and exercise for a little under a year while I was misdiagnosed as Type 2. I was eating far fewer carbs than you are aiming to eat - no more than 10g at any meal and this included the vegetables! I was still producing some of my own insulin but it was not enough. By the time I was properly diagnosed and went onto insulin, I was really quite ill. I first went onto just basal but within 3 months I needed to inject with meals too. You've had diabetes most of your life I guess and are interested and excited to understand more about how your body works with the condition, but many of us have seen the progression at first hand and without insulin, it isn't pretty. Take care of yourself and make sure you abandon the experiment as soon as you see it isn't working. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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