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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2456216" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>When people have been running high blood sugars for a while they often get false hypos, where they have hypo symptoms at low levels compared to the old normal but high levels compared to real hypoglycemia. This should pass as your body gets used to normal levels again.</p><p></p><p>Although you're stuck with insulin if T1 there are some advantages in comparison to T2, as you can inject for your carbs rather than being insulin resistant and therefore better off reducing them. (Though some T1s do eat low carb just to reduce the insulin injected.). An insulin ratio of 1u to 18g is quite a low starting point for insulin (DNs often start people at 1 to 10) which suggests to me that you are either not at all insulin resistant and/or you are still producing quite a bit of your own insulin. The technology for new T1s is improving all the time so though it's not a disease that anyone wants to get, there's very little it stops you from doing. (And if it turns out you are T2, that's good too, you may well be able to control your diabetes by diet instead of insulin).</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you are coping very well, try not to get discouraged if/when your readings aren't what you want. As everyone always says, it's a marathon not a sprint.</p><p></p><p>One final point, my single most important recommendation for anyone new to insulin. Hypos can happen at any time, always have glucose (or equivalent) with you.</p><p></p><p>I hope your family come round when you have an official diagnosis (whether T1 or T2). Till then you'll find plenty of friendly posters on here if you have questions or just want to vent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2456216, member: 372717"] When people have been running high blood sugars for a while they often get false hypos, where they have hypo symptoms at low levels compared to the old normal but high levels compared to real hypoglycemia. This should pass as your body gets used to normal levels again. Although you're stuck with insulin if T1 there are some advantages in comparison to T2, as you can inject for your carbs rather than being insulin resistant and therefore better off reducing them. (Though some T1s do eat low carb just to reduce the insulin injected.). An insulin ratio of 1u to 18g is quite a low starting point for insulin (DNs often start people at 1 to 10) which suggests to me that you are either not at all insulin resistant and/or you are still producing quite a bit of your own insulin. The technology for new T1s is improving all the time so though it's not a disease that anyone wants to get, there's very little it stops you from doing. (And if it turns out you are T2, that's good too, you may well be able to control your diabetes by diet instead of insulin). It sounds like you are coping very well, try not to get discouraged if/when your readings aren't what you want. As everyone always says, it's a marathon not a sprint. One final point, my single most important recommendation for anyone new to insulin. Hypos can happen at any time, always have glucose (or equivalent) with you. I hope your family come round when you have an official diagnosis (whether T1 or T2). Till then you'll find plenty of friendly posters on here if you have questions or just want to vent. [/QUOTE]
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