Another Newbie saying hi!

[chrismbee]

Hi Blythespirit and welcome to the forum from me too 🙂

You've already had some great input, typical of this forum and its members, but can I also add that requirement of insulin does not necessarily reflect on your management to date; if your body mechanisms change so that a change to your treatment regime is required, then so be it. We're all different, as it happens.
Have "they" tested whether you are genuinely a T2 recently? Might be worth posing the question to your healthcare team.
Anyway, as others have reinforced, you should never apologise for asking questions - that's why we're all here.

The only stupid question is one that you already (definitely) know the answer to .....

 

[Blythespirit]

Hi Chrismbee and thaks for the welcome. I'll add that to my growing list of questions as I know 'they've' not checked that. I agree that changes can affect our Bg's and I'm pretty sure that's the case myself as the change has happened so quickly. Mind you it was the same in the beggining for me. I'd had an MOT in the June and my fasting A1c was 5.3. Feeling ill in November I was tested again and it was 18.9. Big jump as I'm sure you'll agree. So that was me diagnosed.

Alan, I will indeed keep you informed. Early days yet as I only started properly yesterday, but we live in hope. 😉 XXXX

 

[mrsjaja]

Hi Blythe

I am a recent "insulin" type 2. Have been diagnosed since Dec 2008. My fasting levels were a joke, despite being on Metformin, Gliclazide and Byetta injections, so i now have a once a day Lantus injection as well (currently at 28 units) and the change in my fasting (morning) levels have been amazing!!!!!

On waking today i was 6.9, the lowest i think it has ever been!!!!

I feel sooooo much better these days, and can now watch a movie with dd without falling asleep (Yippee - yogi bear was fab).

Good luck

 

[Witchy Mum]

That doesn't make you boring. It means you'll be able to take better care of yourself and understand what's happening. Many of us have gone mad trying to figure it all out at times 😱



Sorry to hear that. It's bound to be there at the back of your mind.



Doesn't stop any of us worrying though, sadly !🙄

Rob

To those of us who carb count, to help my daughter do it herself I have told her to bring every thing down to 1g=1carb, as some labels tell you what 100g is but the pack is on 28g or something. A simple way I think is 100g=Xcarbs, so 1g will be Xcarbs divided by 100g, then all you do is multiply that answer by the actual amount of grammes you are having. It is harder to explain than do, but it does work.

 

[Blythespirit]

My first thread. Bumping up for Theresa. XXXXX