Not only have see better A1C’s since starting insulin, I’ve done something I haven’t been able to do without it.
Lose weight. I’ve lost around 25 pounds since starting Symlin in June. I had previously lost around 15 pounds over a year time period, and it was a horrible struggle.
Losing weight on Symlin is extremely easy.
I’ve reduced my daily insulin usage from over 120 units per day to recently around 33 units. My A1C went from 6.9 to 6.0
I have not gone completely without problems. With the weight lose comes constant diligence to insure that I don’t go low. In fact, I had two hypoglymic events last week. It’s taken some time to figure it out, but I’ve determined that I can no longer dose prior to the meal, but have to dose immediately. I had been dosing 30 minutes before the meal to avoid a high blood sugar reading post prandial. We’re figuring with the weight lose, I’ve also gotten a reduction in insulin resistance.
I’ve gotten very good at tweaking bolus rates.
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