Not taking insulin...

Was diagnosed last year with a ridiculously high blood sugar level - straight onto insulin which brought things under control rapidly.

Was also prescribed metformin a little while later

About six months ago we upped my metformin dose to 4 x 500mg per day (from 2x). More or less since then i've never really felt like there was any need for me to take insulin - blood sugars are mostly within tolerance no matter what i eat.

I have a Libre2 prescription and over the last 90 days have averaged blood sugars of around 6.5 and estimated hba1c of 37.

Last time I had a blood test from the GP the a1c was pretty much bang-on.

Key points:

* Blood sugars two hours after a meal never warrant a dose of insulin.
* After a while of this being the case i stopped taking both basal and bolus.
* Increase dosage of Metformin seem to keep blood sugars under sufficient control.

So i guess i just wanted to see what the consensus was - Appreciate I should ask GP about this but it doesn't feel urgent to me so was waiting til next review.

Thanks!

Thanks both - apologies for the delay in replying, been a busy week!

Agree GP is the way forward - will be in touch this week.

Just for clarity on the sensors - type 2 apparently (c-peptide confirms).

I took (and still take) the view that as someone in my early 40's, being able to adequately identify and manage high/low blood sugars would be beneficial to me and a cost saving to health services in future - so I just laid this out to everyone I spoke to and insisted.

Not prepared to self fund these when I already pay an exorbitant amount in tax - i expect something in return occasionally and this was it.

I would encourage anyone else who needs/wants these to manage their condition do the same - Don't take no for an answer, be prepared to fight it right up to CCG level.

In the end I didn't need to but perseverance is the way forward.

Nicole - Just looking up some test results.

Diagnosis (Jan/Feb 2021)

C-Peptide - 1,580 pmol/l

Urine ketone test = ++++ (4687.) - They said this was so high they wanted me to go to hospital immediately - this was when i was diagnosed - wasn't allowed to go home til i had insulin and taken it in front of the nurse.

A1c level - IFCC standardised (XaPbt) 128 mmol/mol - Jan 2021 on diagnosis.


Most recent

Not had a C-Peptide/ketone for a while but A1C was 41 in Jan 2022.