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<blockquote data-quote="slayer" data-source="post: 2222546" data-attributes="member: 229360"><p>Guys, this question has been troubling me all week. Let me give you some context: I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 12. My diabetes was caused by a steroid I was given by the children's hospital - Ive always felt my parents should have sued.</p><p></p><p>I am now in my late 30s and have been on an insulin pump. I made the decision to come off it last week as I am gaining too much weight. I have been taking apidra as my bolus insulin and have gone low carb so my sugars have been okay. However, my basal insulin is Lantus and I used to take 22 units of it a day. I have now been taking 7 units in the evening and my blood sugars are dropping at night! I also take two glucophage mainly for PCOS.</p><p></p><p>Now my concern is I have heard it is dangerous to stop basal insulin but if I am dropping what choice do I have? Also, what if they got it wrong in 1996 and I am actually a Type 2 diabetic as I feel my pancreas is making insulin and my aunt injected herself for 17 years and then the doctors said oh sorry, we made a mistake, you are actually Type 2.</p><p></p><p>Please give me some advice as my healthcare provider is useless and I am self medicating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slayer, post: 2222546, member: 229360"] Guys, this question has been troubling me all week. Let me give you some context: I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 12. My diabetes was caused by a steroid I was given by the children's hospital - Ive always felt my parents should have sued. I am now in my late 30s and have been on an insulin pump. I made the decision to come off it last week as I am gaining too much weight. I have been taking apidra as my bolus insulin and have gone low carb so my sugars have been okay. However, my basal insulin is Lantus and I used to take 22 units of it a day. I have now been taking 7 units in the evening and my blood sugars are dropping at night! I also take two glucophage mainly for PCOS. Now my concern is I have heard it is dangerous to stop basal insulin but if I am dropping what choice do I have? Also, what if they got it wrong in 1996 and I am actually a Type 2 diabetic as I feel my pancreas is making insulin and my aunt injected herself for 17 years and then the doctors said oh sorry, we made a mistake, you are actually Type 2. Please give me some advice as my healthcare provider is useless and I am self medicating. [/QUOTE]
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