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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1096786" data-attributes="member: 88961">What a story Cazza.  I remember you arriving on the forum, and your interstellar weight loss.  Have you managed to stay trim with all this going on?More to my point though; if you are currently managing to self inject, then, in your shoes, I might be less concerned about heading for insulin.  I might be more concerned about the impact of the increased bloods on my body, as time moves on.  If insulin brings the numbers down, it is likely you will feel better and back onto the more positive footing I remember from before.I think, although I do hope I never have to prove it to myself, that becoming insulin dependent (ID) requires a new mindset and a new way of living, but you've already made BIG changes, so it'll seem like tweaking to you.  The driving thing is part of that management, but you'll get there (pun intended).As I recall, some people go onto mixed insulin, which provided they can eat around the same amount of carb each day, allows them to only do a couple of injections a day, rather than more.  Personally, I would probably prefer the flexibility of being able to vary my diet a bit more, but we're all different in our approach, and starting on one regime doesn't mean you have to stay that way forever.I really hope you can get to the bottom of all this and sort those numbers out.  It must have been so disheartening.</blockquote>

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