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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2388372" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I did not say that your pancreas was having a nice little rest.</p><p>I said that it was a possibility. I also suggested that you discuss the likelihood of your pancreas' future production of insulin with your consultant, since they are in a much better position to judge the future of your beta cell production than anyone here on the forum.</p><p></p><p>I see that you are determined to take the vague information in an obscure news article as an indication that insulin is harmful to you. Please read it through again. The doctor quoted is an A&E doctor, not an endocrinologist, and it mentions a single body builder. The vague reference to 'experts' sounds like nothing more than journalistic chain-rattling, and in your place I would track down the actual study mentioned and read it with care. Apparently it can be found in the <strong>British Journal of Sports Medicine</strong> so it shouldn't be too difficult for you to find.</p><p></p><p>You asked me for references to my suggestion that the pancreas can take a rest from insulin production.</p><p>So I refer you to the many posts on this forum giving examples of the situations I have already mentioned. The honeymooners who go onto insulin and then find that their own pancreas recovers for a period of weeks or months. The T2 members who switch to low carb diets, and whose ability to tolerate some carbs improves. I have already said that I do not know if 3cers experience the same.</p><p></p><p>I would encourage you to read this forum broadly, and you will learn a great deal, on many aspects of diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I realise that you are probably in the early stages of accepting your diagnosis, and we all go through a stage when we want it to all go away, and things to go back to normal, without the inconvenience and stress of ongoing injections, medications and lifestyle adjustments. That is perfectly normal. However, if you really are 3c, and your pancreas is suffering following pancreatitis - and may suffer more bouts of pancreatitis in future - then you may have to accept insulin injections are a necessary part of your future. So I would urge you to try to move towards that acceptance, rather than trying to find justifications to avoid insulin. There are many, many members on this forum whose lives depend on insulin on a daily basis, and who can help you tremendously and support you in your future diabetes management.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2388372, member: 41816"] I did not say that your pancreas was having a nice little rest. I said that it was a possibility. I also suggested that you discuss the likelihood of your pancreas' future production of insulin with your consultant, since they are in a much better position to judge the future of your beta cell production than anyone here on the forum. I see that you are determined to take the vague information in an obscure news article as an indication that insulin is harmful to you. Please read it through again. The doctor quoted is an A&E doctor, not an endocrinologist, and it mentions a single body builder. The vague reference to 'experts' sounds like nothing more than journalistic chain-rattling, and in your place I would track down the actual study mentioned and read it with care. Apparently it can be found in the [B]British Journal of Sports Medicine[/B] so it shouldn't be too difficult for you to find. You asked me for references to my suggestion that the pancreas can take a rest from insulin production. So I refer you to the many posts on this forum giving examples of the situations I have already mentioned. The honeymooners who go onto insulin and then find that their own pancreas recovers for a period of weeks or months. The T2 members who switch to low carb diets, and whose ability to tolerate some carbs improves. I have already said that I do not know if 3cers experience the same. I would encourage you to read this forum broadly, and you will learn a great deal, on many aspects of diabetes. I realise that you are probably in the early stages of accepting your diagnosis, and we all go through a stage when we want it to all go away, and things to go back to normal, without the inconvenience and stress of ongoing injections, medications and lifestyle adjustments. That is perfectly normal. However, if you really are 3c, and your pancreas is suffering following pancreatitis - and may suffer more bouts of pancreatitis in future - then you may have to accept insulin injections are a necessary part of your future. So I would urge you to try to move towards that acceptance, rather than trying to find justifications to avoid insulin. There are many, many members on this forum whose lives depend on insulin on a daily basis, and who can help you tremendously and support you in your future diabetes management. [/QUOTE]
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