So confused right now by the American Diabetes Association
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just listened to Dr Eric Westmans presentation on The Disbetes Summit and right toward the end he comments about the lumping together of T1D and T2D being a problem and mentions that insulin shouldn't have been given to T2D back in the day because their problem is too much insulin. So why give them more?
Big pharma... That's why. Stick that band-aid on there! That'll hold ya! For a minute!
http://thediabetessummit.com/froiaa/
And that literally explains the lumping together doesn't it? The insulin connection?
Insulin is a temporary treatment and sometimes is needed for type 2's. But then they forget or don't care about the needed long-term treatment quite often.
I get that it's sometimes needed, but I think part of that reason is because they wait until A1C is so high to consider doing anything and by then, other concerns start showing up and it's a matter of get it down ASAP, not necessarily get it down in the most healthful way for your longevity. But if insulin resistance were much better recognized and treated properly from the beginning, things would be entirely different.
I'm just basing all of this off of how my sister has been treated all along. It was years ago when she was symptomatic of insulin resistance. It showed up as hypoglycemia from the high insulin. Her treatment, "eat more often and eat carbs."
Well... That just made her fully T2..
Yes, I am in a lot of diabetes groups that include both types (mostly on Facebook) and find that there are a whole lot of type 2's that did absolutely nothing until they were a really bad case.1 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »
I'm just basing all of this off of how my sister has been treated all along. It was years ago when she was symptomatic of insulin resistance. It showed up as hypoglycemia from the high insulin. Her treatment, "eat more often and eat carbs."
Well... That just made her fully T2..
Like your alcoholic fatty liver needs exercise from daily whisky infusions...
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I think testing fasting insulin should be a first line of defense test right along side fasting glucose and A1c. My PCP had been on me for years and years to cut carbs to lower my cholesterol. Had she done a test back then showing my insulin resistance, it might have made a difference. Might being the key word. Instead, my Endocrinologist tested, based on my description of symptoms, even though my A1c and fasting sugars were normal. PCP sees his results and wigged. Completely. It might have been funny if that wasn't my life going on.
But honestly, that should have been done back when I was a kid who swore she was always hungry, stuffing herself with carbs and sugar just to feeling alive, and all that. I'm positively terrified these days at my insulin resistance turning into diabetes. And it seems that going low carb, if we can stick with it hard core, is great, but that once you're low carb, eating carbs again is amplified because of renewed insulin sensitivity. I feel completely "damned if I do, and damned if I don't."
I've never been one for willpower, but I'm moderately determined. It's just the FOREVER aspect of everything that is sinking my will to even try today. SIGH Here's to hoping I can at least blame it some on a super crazy stressful event less than 24 hours prior to my testing.3 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think testing fasting insulin should be a first line of defense test right along side fasting glucose and A1c. My PCP had been on me for years and years to cut carbs to lower my cholesterol. Had she done a test back then showing my insulin resistance, it might have made a difference. Might being the key word. Instead, my Endocrinologist tested, based on my description of symptoms, even though my A1c and fasting sugars were normal. PCP sees his results and wigged. Completely. It might have been funny if that wasn't my life going on.
But honestly, that should have been done back when I was a kid who swore she was always hungry, stuffing herself with carbs and sugar just to feeling alive, and all that. I'm positively terrified these days at my insulin resistance turning into diabetes. And it seems that going low carb, if we can stick with it hard core, is great, but that once you're low carb, eating carbs again is amplified because of renewed insulin sensitivity. I feel completely "damned if I do, and damned if I don't."
I've never been one for willpower, but I'm moderately determined. It's just the FOREVER aspect of everything that is sinking my will to even try today. SIGH Here's to hoping I can at least blame it some on a super crazy stressful event less than 24 hours prior to my testing.
Don't think about forever, today. Think about today and maybe tomorrow, today. There's that darned mental aspect of change that kicks our butts and keeps us held back.2 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »
I'm just basing all of this off of how my sister has been treated all along. It was years ago when she was symptomatic of insulin resistance. It showed up as hypoglycemia from the high insulin. Her treatment, "eat more often and eat carbs."
Well... That just made her fully T2..
Like your alcoholic fatty liver needs exercise from daily whisky infusions...
Not just daily, but every couple of hours!0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »
I'm just basing all of this off of how my sister has been treated all along. It was years ago when she was symptomatic of insulin resistance. It showed up as hypoglycemia from the high insulin. Her treatment, "eat more often and eat carbs."
Well... That just made her fully T2..
Like your alcoholic fatty liver needs exercise from daily whisky infusions...
Not just daily, but every couple of hours!
Or maybe a pump in the case of those stubborn souls who insist it's better to stay in the wagon!0
