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Should I push for insulin to preserve remaining beta cells
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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2290606" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>I preferred to go onto insulin on the basis that it may help my surviving beta cells cope, I was told by my Consultant that even using small amounts of insulin would give my pancreas a rest and be medically beneficial, (please don't ask me for the science though). At the moment, 3 years later I still use small amounts of basal and use bolus if I am having a carbier meal (one or two units). Sometimes I don't use any with meals, especially as I also exercise and am careful what I eat. I get that some people who are slow onset type 1 (ie LADA) may be able to carry on using diet & exercise alone but I exercised daily and had a fairly low carb diet before diagnosis and yet my hb1ac was sky high so I suspect if I did not have insulin at diagnosis I would have found it impossible to keep my levels low. It all depends as you can see but I like the insulin available to me to use when required. Also, don't feel that you HAVE to try and use diet and exercise only, at the end of the day your body has decided it can no longer produce enough (if any) insulin so all you are doing is replacing that insulin, why struggle when it is available to you?, I really do not agree with the 'insulin is a last resort meaning you've failed' approach. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2290606, member: 451727"] I preferred to go onto insulin on the basis that it may help my surviving beta cells cope, I was told by my Consultant that even using small amounts of insulin would give my pancreas a rest and be medically beneficial, (please don't ask me for the science though). At the moment, 3 years later I still use small amounts of basal and use bolus if I am having a carbier meal (one or two units). Sometimes I don't use any with meals, especially as I also exercise and am careful what I eat. I get that some people who are slow onset type 1 (ie LADA) may be able to carry on using diet & exercise alone but I exercised daily and had a fairly low carb diet before diagnosis and yet my hb1ac was sky high so I suspect if I did not have insulin at diagnosis I would have found it impossible to keep my levels low. It all depends as you can see but I like the insulin available to me to use when required. Also, don't feel that you HAVE to try and use diet and exercise only, at the end of the day your body has decided it can no longer produce enough (if any) insulin so all you are doing is replacing that insulin, why struggle when it is available to you?, I really do not agree with the 'insulin is a last resort meaning you've failed' approach. x [/QUOTE]
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