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Message: <blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 176518" data-attributes="member: 31282">I don't quite understand about Type 2s and insulin, being fairly newly diagnosed myself, but as far as I do understand it . . .Type 1s make very little insulin or none at all, so always require insulin;Type 2s make insulin, sometimes far too much, in an effort to get the blood glucose out of the blood and into the cells; so if caught in time they can be controlled by diet only, or diet + meds, for a long time, perhaps always. If Type 2s don't take control of their blood glucose levels to take the strain off the pancreas, or if they are not diagnosed in time, the pancreas will eventually fail out of sheer exhaustion, and produce much reduced amounts of insulin or none. Then they too need extra insulin to top up their own levels. This can eventually happen no matter how well-managed your condition is. Complications can happen to anyone, I think. But they are much more likely to happen if you don't take control of your diabetes and manage it well. I have known Type 2 diabetics who just ignored their condition and carried on eating a high-carb diet full of sugar, which in my opinion is bound to lead to trouble.I think that's right, even if over-simplified. Could someone else join in, please, and explain better, 'cos I'm interested too!You most likely wouldn't have been left to "rot" on tablets, unless you were very incompetently treated. I have metformin to lessen my insulin resistance and help get the bg into my cells - and to give my poor abused pancreas a rest from pumping out all that insulin! With diet, it seems to be working for me, and I hope never to be a Type 2 on insulin.Viv  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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