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Hello everyone hope you are well.
This is more or less for type 3c who's pancreas have made them diabetic. The title is a question I have been mulling over for a while now, and let me be clear, don't stop taking your insulin, the ability of insulin is not what I'm questioning.
Let me explain.
On the 14th October 2019 I was doubled over in the worst pain that I could never have imagined, Three months in hospital 5 operations, 7 stone weight loss, chronic Pancreatitis, but no diabetes, damage to the pancreas, malabsorption intermitten pain but no diabetes.
September last year massive pancreatitis flare up and admitted to hospital 5 days and diagnosed with diabetes type 3c. prescribed lantus that I used once a day, checking Blood Glucose twice a day. After about three weeks I was constantly getting low BG some dangerously low so I lowered the lantus dose then low BG again so again lowered the lantus dose till It got to the point I didn't need it at all so stopped taking it. My consultant told me that my pancreas was still making insulin so it wasn't that badly damaged it could still make insulin,as it de-inflammed insulin production returned.
Now this is a story a diabetic nurse told me that got me thinking, several years ago a group of body builders taking steroids started taking insulin to convert more glucose to energy for a more intense workout, word spread and lots of bodybuilders stared doing the same. Now, because they were taking injected insulin there pancreas stopped making insulin and when they stopped taking injected insulin they ended up diabetics, because the pancreas didn't have to make insulin, it stopped making it alltogeather.
Around 5 weeks ago I had a blood test included was a HAb1c test slightly high but no insulin prescription.
Three weeks ago I went to the diabetic clinic, the docter prescribed novorapid along with lantus and here's the thing. My diabetes is getting worse, no change in diet/exercise and yet my BG readings are slowly getting higher requireing a bigger insulin dose.
So Hence the title. And this is the question, is taking insulin having a detrimental effect on my pancreas ability to want/need to make insulin, like the body builders am I making my pancreas lazy?
Anybody with type 3c experience anything similar? Readings coming up unusually low? Having to up your dose of insulin but not seeing why? Would love to hear your experiences, stay well
This is more or less for type 3c who's pancreas have made them diabetic. The title is a question I have been mulling over for a while now, and let me be clear, don't stop taking your insulin, the ability of insulin is not what I'm questioning.
Let me explain.
On the 14th October 2019 I was doubled over in the worst pain that I could never have imagined, Three months in hospital 5 operations, 7 stone weight loss, chronic Pancreatitis, but no diabetes, damage to the pancreas, malabsorption intermitten pain but no diabetes.
September last year massive pancreatitis flare up and admitted to hospital 5 days and diagnosed with diabetes type 3c. prescribed lantus that I used once a day, checking Blood Glucose twice a day. After about three weeks I was constantly getting low BG some dangerously low so I lowered the lantus dose then low BG again so again lowered the lantus dose till It got to the point I didn't need it at all so stopped taking it. My consultant told me that my pancreas was still making insulin so it wasn't that badly damaged it could still make insulin,as it de-inflammed insulin production returned.
Now this is a story a diabetic nurse told me that got me thinking, several years ago a group of body builders taking steroids started taking insulin to convert more glucose to energy for a more intense workout, word spread and lots of bodybuilders stared doing the same. Now, because they were taking injected insulin there pancreas stopped making insulin and when they stopped taking injected insulin they ended up diabetics, because the pancreas didn't have to make insulin, it stopped making it alltogeather.
Around 5 weeks ago I had a blood test included was a HAb1c test slightly high but no insulin prescription.
Three weeks ago I went to the diabetic clinic, the docter prescribed novorapid along with lantus and here's the thing. My diabetes is getting worse, no change in diet/exercise and yet my BG readings are slowly getting higher requireing a bigger insulin dose.
So Hence the title. And this is the question, is taking insulin having a detrimental effect on my pancreas ability to want/need to make insulin, like the body builders am I making my pancreas lazy?
Anybody with type 3c experience anything similar? Readings coming up unusually low? Having to up your dose of insulin but not seeing why? Would love to hear your experiences, stay well
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