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<blockquote data-quote="pmtbrew" data-source="post: 896957" data-attributes="member: 162438"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>I've been diagnosed for close to 12 months and have dropped by A1C to around the 34-40 mark (2g of metformin and 40mg glic a day) but cannot maintain my body composition (cannot get above 85kg and body fat is falling from 25% to around 17%).</p><p></p><p>Whenever I speak to a nurse I am told I should not take the glic as my control is too tight but am thinking that it would be better to be on insulin as I believe this would give me more freedom to eat more carbs (currently less than 100g per day) but know the answer would be no. I can go 24hr without glic before the sugars start to rise too high so beleive I woudl need very little insulin.</p><p></p><p>Can I request that I be given insulin? Is this a good idea or have I missed something out which would make this silly/dangerous.</p><p></p><p>I use the Freestyle Libre so monitor so hypos are not an issue.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts/feedback would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pmtbrew, post: 896957, member: 162438"] Hello all, I've been diagnosed for close to 12 months and have dropped by A1C to around the 34-40 mark (2g of metformin and 40mg glic a day) but cannot maintain my body composition (cannot get above 85kg and body fat is falling from 25% to around 17%). Whenever I speak to a nurse I am told I should not take the glic as my control is too tight but am thinking that it would be better to be on insulin as I believe this would give me more freedom to eat more carbs (currently less than 100g per day) but know the answer would be no. I can go 24hr without glic before the sugars start to rise too high so beleive I woudl need very little insulin. Can I request that I be given insulin? Is this a good idea or have I missed something out which would make this silly/dangerous. I use the Freestyle Libre so monitor so hypos are not an issue. Any thoughts/feedback would be appreciated. Paul [/QUOTE]
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