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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 2514498" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>Claire, I'm not T1 and nor am I an insulin user, but having been around here for ages, it seems insulin doesn't cause weight gain, but it's more like it's because the insulin and food, activity and other factors aren't matched up too well.</p><p></p><p>Many with gestational diabetes and t2 are put onto mixed insulins, which deliver part long acting and part fast acting insulins.</p><p></p><p>Over time, as life gets in the way, it's unlikely the person will eat exactly the same things, in the same quantities, whilst undertaking exactly the same activity and getting the same sleep.</p><p></p><p>Using separate long and short acting insulins give more control, but take a bit more skill, to understand carb counting, calculating insulin doses and so on.</p><p></p><p>Were I in your shoes, I would want to be referred to a specialist diabetes clinic, at a hospital. Even if I thought my GP was the best GP in the world, I'd be keen to be treated by someone with specialist knowledge and experience.</p><p></p><p>Please ask to be referred, so that you can get the correct meds, the correct monitoring kit and the relevant education.</p><p></p><p>I do hope you start to feel better and more comfortable about things soon.</p><p></p><p>(p.s. - just to add that many adults are misdiagnosed with T2; especially if they carry and excess weight, but sometimes just because they're a grown-up. That won't help how you feel about your position, but hopefully you won't feel too alone.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 2514498, member: 88961"] Claire, I'm not T1 and nor am I an insulin user, but having been around here for ages, it seems insulin doesn't cause weight gain, but it's more like it's because the insulin and food, activity and other factors aren't matched up too well. Many with gestational diabetes and t2 are put onto mixed insulins, which deliver part long acting and part fast acting insulins. Over time, as life gets in the way, it's unlikely the person will eat exactly the same things, in the same quantities, whilst undertaking exactly the same activity and getting the same sleep. Using separate long and short acting insulins give more control, but take a bit more skill, to understand carb counting, calculating insulin doses and so on. Were I in your shoes, I would want to be referred to a specialist diabetes clinic, at a hospital. Even if I thought my GP was the best GP in the world, I'd be keen to be treated by someone with specialist knowledge and experience. Please ask to be referred, so that you can get the correct meds, the correct monitoring kit and the relevant education. I do hope you start to feel better and more comfortable about things soon. (p.s. - just to add that many adults are misdiagnosed with T2; especially if they carry and excess weight, but sometimes just because they're a grown-up. That won't help how you feel about your position, but hopefully you won't feel too alone.) [/QUOTE]
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