[Geoff]

Hi Kimbo, I have been down some of the same road as you. I was diagnosed as type 1, but because of my age at diagnosis’s , 49, I do not fit into the NHS’s nice little box of being a classic type 1. I was put on insulin from day one, and have been able to achieve very good control . I have asked many times my GP, Diabetes specialist, and every one who would listen for a C-Peptide test and have been fobbed off each time that it is not important to have this test?

As goes the type of advice on insulin, most type 2’s in the UK are put on Lantus long acting insulin, usually as a single dose. After a period of several months to a year, they find out that it is not working very well and put you on MDI (Multi Dose injection) Rapid insulin with meals, base insulin Lantus one time per day or as a split dose. This is now the preferred method with all newly diagnosed type 1’s in the UK. The most important thing with this regerman is that you learn to count carbs, and adjust your insulin to suite. Try to get yourself on a DAFNE course (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) ask your diabetes specialist about this not your GP, as most have no idea what it is.