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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 1315967" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>Karenchq,</p><p>I understand what you mean completely. The consultant who recommended HRT for me said that GPs were generally reluctant to prescribe it to type 1 diabetics, but in a woman who is type 1 with crazy sugar levels for several years, the effect of the HRT in controlling fluctuating sugar levels outweighs any other consideration, as long as her blood pressure is ok, because it avoids her developing kidney damage etc etc -you know the list of possible complications. I could put up with the hot flushes much more easily than I could put up with BS rising above 20 for no reason, taking extra insulin to compensate, fluctuating hormones suddenly kicking in again, so abruptly I was extremely hypo .</p><p></p><p>We wouldn't be normal human beings if hot flushes, disturbed sleep etc didn't get us down. It is the extra consequences of what is happening for a type 1 diabetic that I think we need to be particularly concerned about.</p><p>Would you consider HRT if it was offered ? How bad are your blood sugar fluctuations ? I would guess the original poster had the same dramatic situation to cope with that I did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 1315967, member: 352098"] Karenchq, I understand what you mean completely. The consultant who recommended HRT for me said that GPs were generally reluctant to prescribe it to type 1 diabetics, but in a woman who is type 1 with crazy sugar levels for several years, the effect of the HRT in controlling fluctuating sugar levels outweighs any other consideration, as long as her blood pressure is ok, because it avoids her developing kidney damage etc etc -you know the list of possible complications. I could put up with the hot flushes much more easily than I could put up with BS rising above 20 for no reason, taking extra insulin to compensate, fluctuating hormones suddenly kicking in again, so abruptly I was extremely hypo . We wouldn't be normal human beings if hot flushes, disturbed sleep etc didn't get us down. It is the extra consequences of what is happening for a type 1 diabetic that I think we need to be particularly concerned about. Would you consider HRT if it was offered ? How bad are your blood sugar fluctuations ? I would guess the original poster had the same dramatic situation to cope with that I did. [/QUOTE]
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