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<blockquote data-quote="Katharine" data-source="post: 21713" data-attributes="member: 7958"><p><strong>Re: Success stories</strong></p><p></p><p>This is Steven's experience:</p><p></p><p>Diagnosed type one age 12. Also diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Hbaic 6.0% Never had ketoacidosis. Mixtard twice daily in different potencies for 18 months. Low carb (max 100g)diet daily during this time with one or two "weekly treats" eg cake / bowl of frosties outwith this. Hbaic 4.8% -5.3%on this regime. </p><p></p><p>Then growth spurt and indications of waning of honeymoon period. Added novorapid at lunch times and for correction doses. After six months no gain in weight. Hbaics 5.8-6.2% BMI 16. Eating as much meat and fat as I could stuff into him.</p><p></p><p>Started levemir, novorapid ( for carbs and correction doses), actrapid (for protein and high fat meals). Adopted and perfected highly advanced insulin regime to cope with higher carbohydrate diet while still maintaining maximal protein and fat intake. After a <u>very </u>intensive three month period of measuring everything eaten, monitoring after meals and at night and adjusting the insulin regime we got it all sorted out to a standard I am happy with and he can cope with.</p><p></p><p>Steven is now a 16 year old skinny teenager and he is still growing but his BMI is a normal 18.5 (children and teenagers have BMIs lower than adults). His hbaic varies between 5.3-6.0% on this regime. He has blood sugars below 3.5 several times a week and has had no serious hypos. He has blood sugars in the 10-15 range about once or twice a week. His blood pressure is 90/60 and his lipid pattern is normal. He has no complications and I am hopeful that he won't get any.</p><p></p><p>The key to his good control is his willingness to undertake high maintenance routines and make appropriate and timely modifications. If he was a model he would be a supermodel. If he was an athlete he would be an Olympian. You can be a gold medal superdiabetic too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katharine, post: 21713, member: 7958"] [b]Re: Success stories[/b] This is Steven's experience: Diagnosed type one age 12. Also diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Hbaic 6.0% Never had ketoacidosis. Mixtard twice daily in different potencies for 18 months. Low carb (max 100g)diet daily during this time with one or two "weekly treats" eg cake / bowl of frosties outwith this. Hbaic 4.8% -5.3%on this regime. Then growth spurt and indications of waning of honeymoon period. Added novorapid at lunch times and for correction doses. After six months no gain in weight. Hbaics 5.8-6.2% BMI 16. Eating as much meat and fat as I could stuff into him. Started levemir, novorapid ( for carbs and correction doses), actrapid (for protein and high fat meals). Adopted and perfected highly advanced insulin regime to cope with higher carbohydrate diet while still maintaining maximal protein and fat intake. After a [u]very [/u]intensive three month period of measuring everything eaten, monitoring after meals and at night and adjusting the insulin regime we got it all sorted out to a standard I am happy with and he can cope with. Steven is now a 16 year old skinny teenager and he is still growing but his BMI is a normal 18.5 (children and teenagers have BMIs lower than adults). His hbaic varies between 5.3-6.0% on this regime. He has blood sugars below 3.5 several times a week and has had no serious hypos. He has blood sugars in the 10-15 range about once or twice a week. His blood pressure is 90/60 and his lipid pattern is normal. He has no complications and I am hopeful that he won't get any. The key to his good control is his willingness to undertake high maintenance routines and make appropriate and timely modifications. If he was a model he would be a supermodel. If he was an athlete he would be an Olympian. You can be a gold medal superdiabetic too. [/QUOTE]
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