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<blockquote data-quote="david1968" data-source="post: 1673069" data-attributes="member: 267782"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>No metforim, no - I was diagnosed five and a half years ago during a colostomy operation and they put me straight on insulin.</p><p></p><p>Initially I followed the doses they put me on, but I vividly recall the specialist telling me that setting levels was an art and not a science and that I should continue to monitor the amount of insulin that I was taking.</p><p></p><p>Having read about the Newcastle diet, I went to see my GP (who also happens to specialise in diabetes) and with her blessing I began to reduce my dosages. Then work got busy and I let things slip a bit, but I'm now firmly back on the path again and have slowly been reducing the amount I take.</p><p></p><p>I'm taking readings immediately before eating and then again two hours after every meal and provided that I'm constantly getting readings below the limits I've been given (7.0 pre-meal and 8.5 two hours after eating) for about five days I'm reducing the does by one unit.</p><p></p><p>Things may change when I go back to work, and I'll need to keep a close eye on things, but so far at least it seems to be working - readings yesterday for example:</p><p></p><p>Before breakfast 5.9 (from 5.7 at bedtime) ... 2 hours after breakfast (one medium sized banana) 7.1 (no insulin) ... before lunch 5.2 ... two hours after lunch (beef sandwich on brown bread, a satsuma and a greek yoghurt) 6.3 (no insulin) ... before evening meal 5.8 ... two hours after evening meal (beef sandwich on brown bread, a satsuma, a pear, a greek yoghurt and a square of 90% chocolate) 7.3 (2 units of novorapid) ... bedtime 5.7 ... before breakfast this morning (5 units of levemir at bedtime) 5.1.</p><p></p><p>Feels like I'm really going in the right direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david1968, post: 1673069, member: 267782"] Hi, No metforim, no - I was diagnosed five and a half years ago during a colostomy operation and they put me straight on insulin. Initially I followed the doses they put me on, but I vividly recall the specialist telling me that setting levels was an art and not a science and that I should continue to monitor the amount of insulin that I was taking. Having read about the Newcastle diet, I went to see my GP (who also happens to specialise in diabetes) and with her blessing I began to reduce my dosages. Then work got busy and I let things slip a bit, but I'm now firmly back on the path again and have slowly been reducing the amount I take. I'm taking readings immediately before eating and then again two hours after every meal and provided that I'm constantly getting readings below the limits I've been given (7.0 pre-meal and 8.5 two hours after eating) for about five days I'm reducing the does by one unit. Things may change when I go back to work, and I'll need to keep a close eye on things, but so far at least it seems to be working - readings yesterday for example: Before breakfast 5.9 (from 5.7 at bedtime) ... 2 hours after breakfast (one medium sized banana) 7.1 (no insulin) ... before lunch 5.2 ... two hours after lunch (beef sandwich on brown bread, a satsuma and a greek yoghurt) 6.3 (no insulin) ... before evening meal 5.8 ... two hours after evening meal (beef sandwich on brown bread, a satsuma, a pear, a greek yoghurt and a square of 90% chocolate) 7.3 (2 units of novorapid) ... bedtime 5.7 ... before breakfast this morning (5 units of levemir at bedtime) 5.1. Feels like I'm really going in the right direction. [/QUOTE]
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