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<blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 1282598" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>Hi, its a bit odd your consultant even thinking you have a particularly low insulin dose. As a long time Type one my dose is similar to or lower than yours on 120 plus carbs (under 18 iu TDD at moment), and i weigh a bit more than you. total dose was 15 at diagnosis, after a life threatening coma, and on 180 gm carbs. my base rate is tiny most of the day, only time it is more is to cover the early morning. The total has altered a lot over the years, in particular with hormones, and illness - that is one downside i have found with using smallish amounts - illness can put up use more than 50%, you just have to adjust to tests. Other downside if you get to having no insulin of your own is very volatile control , improved with lower carbs and very careful diet, but not easy anyway because of a tendency to hypos. Are you sure your consultant is a specialist in diabetes, or just a generalist - i recall some areas may not have specialists. If so, ask to be referred to a specialist in another hospital, no one has ever suggested metformin for me, best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ann34+, post: 1282598, member: 94348"] Hi, its a bit odd your consultant even thinking you have a particularly low insulin dose. As a long time Type one my dose is similar to or lower than yours on 120 plus carbs (under 18 iu TDD at moment), and i weigh a bit more than you. total dose was 15 at diagnosis, after a life threatening coma, and on 180 gm carbs. my base rate is tiny most of the day, only time it is more is to cover the early morning. The total has altered a lot over the years, in particular with hormones, and illness - that is one downside i have found with using smallish amounts - illness can put up use more than 50%, you just have to adjust to tests. Other downside if you get to having no insulin of your own is very volatile control , improved with lower carbs and very careful diet, but not easy anyway because of a tendency to hypos. Are you sure your consultant is a specialist in diabetes, or just a generalist - i recall some areas may not have specialists. If so, ask to be referred to a specialist in another hospital, no one has ever suggested metformin for me, best wishes [/QUOTE]
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