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<blockquote data-quote="gemma6549" data-source="post: 823830"><p>Hi Brian, I'm not active on the forum anymore but read your post and felt I could give a valid input(and was worried) I stopped my insulin for 6 years due to an eating disorder. Just over 2 years ago I did DAFNE and decided to take control so I have some good knowledge on what can happen when you do this. It's really important that you bring your sugars down gradually, the abrupt change will make your neuropathy, eyes and other things worse. Because your body is used to running with high sugars it's not going to be happy about changing. My neuropathy like yours became severe and I couldn't stand clothes touching my skin, I was in a wheelchair for a year and on morphine, the change also effected my eyes and I developed autonomic neuropathy and became incontinent. The good news is that 2 years on with a consistent hba1c of 5.8% I am free of all of those issues. I just want you to be prepared and if possible discuss it with a specialist so they can give you the right guidance. It's not a straight forward transition and you don't want to do more harm than good. Message me anytime if you have any questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemma6549, post: 823830"] Hi Brian, I'm not active on the forum anymore but read your post and felt I could give a valid input(and was worried) I stopped my insulin for 6 years due to an eating disorder. Just over 2 years ago I did DAFNE and decided to take control so I have some good knowledge on what can happen when you do this. It's really important that you bring your sugars down gradually, the abrupt change will make your neuropathy, eyes and other things worse. Because your body is used to running with high sugars it's not going to be happy about changing. My neuropathy like yours became severe and I couldn't stand clothes touching my skin, I was in a wheelchair for a year and on morphine, the change also effected my eyes and I developed autonomic neuropathy and became incontinent. The good news is that 2 years on with a consistent hba1c of 5.8% I am free of all of those issues. I just want you to be prepared and if possible discuss it with a specialist so they can give you the right guidance. It's not a straight forward transition and you don't want to do more harm than good. Message me anytime if you have any questions. [/QUOTE]
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