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Hello everyone my grandson is newly diagnosed and seems to be doing well,he on insulin and has been prescribed metoforam and being take for a few days his insulin has been reduced but I don’t understand what insulin resistant means can anybody let me know what it means has I still struggle on to understand all the ins and outs tia
 
It means his body doesn’t use the insulin properly, so he needs more of it than he should do to get the job done.
 
If the doctor has said he’s insulin resistant then yes that’s basically what it means. Don’t worry too much about that though, everyone is different and his doses will have been worked out carefully. As he’s newly diagnosed they may need to make some adjustments until they get everything right for him. There’s no point comparing his doses with anyone else, you need what you need. My daughter seems to need more insulin than a lot of people but as long as we can keep her blood sugar under control then it doesn’t matter. Whether she might be a bit insulin resistant or not I have no idea, it’s never been mentioned!
 
Rac123 said:
Do you mean he needs more insulin ?
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I think the metformin is to help the body use the insulin more effectively so it is then not necessary to have increasing doses of insulin. I wonder why they think he has insulin resistance, I think there is a test for that though which he may have had.
Just be aware the metformin can cause stomach upsets initially but it will usually settle down but can be unpleasant.
 
Thankyou for replying my grandson has been on insulin for 5 weeks and couple days again started metaforam 1 tablet in the morning he doing well and doing carb count and his levels have been steady last few days and DN told his mom to reduce his daily insulin I just finding hard to get my head around but I think asking questions is helping thankyou for replying
 
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I think the metformin is to help the body use the insulin more effectively so it is then not necessary to have increasing doses of insulin. I wonder why they think he has insulin resistance, I think there is a test for that though which he may have had.
Just be aware the metformin can cause stomach upsets initially but it will usually settle down but can be unpleasant.
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He waiting on antibodies and C-pretide(hope spelt right ) but so far he been ok not upset stomach so hopefully he be ok with that and his insulin has been reduced the morning and night thankyou for replying very grateful if all comments has very new to this
 
It is a lot to learn and can be confusing in the beginning, hang in there you’ll get used to it! How old is he?
 
He 17in couple weeks I hope so has I’ve always had him on weekends but haven’t be able to has my brain just like a fog I’m usually good understanding things but this has been hardest in my life and I think I have been emotional but I’m getting calmer now so full steam ahead to understand it but my grandson knows what he doing so he help me along the way when he comes to stay
 
Rac123 said:
He 17in couple weeks I hope so has I’ve always had him on weekends but haven’t be able to has my brain just like a fog I’m usually good understanding things but this has been hardest in my life and I think I have been emotional but I’m getting calmer now so full steam ahead to understand it but my grandson knows what he doing so he help me along the way when he comes to stay
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I think at 17 he probably has a good handle on what he needs and as a shared carer you should follow what he has been used to during the week to get some consistency. I should be led by what his weekday support does and listen to what he wants.
But you do need to know what action to take in an emergency situation, maybe have something written down on what you will need to do and also some contact numbers etc.
 
Insulin resistance is how efficiently he is using the insulin his body makes. If you carry a bit of extra weight sometimes this can make you a bit resistant to insulin. One of the ways Metformin acts is to reduce insulin resistance. And if he is using the insulin more efficiently and effectively, he won’t need so much of it, which is why his doses will be reducing. 🙂
 
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