Hi, thank you everyone who took time to reply!
Mark Munday - thanks for the link you posted, it does look interesting from a quick scan i did and i am interested in the possibility of my body rejecting insulin. My sugars over the years have been terror of terrors, really low (below 2) and really high (above 25) and not rarely both in the same day. My HbA1c that was measured in hospital 2 months ago was 8,54 - not that i couldn't have done better but it's been even higher in the past.
skilz123 - i know what you mean with fluctuating glucose levels and its affecting the body. I am trying to find out if it's really up to that that i feel like this. These symptoms have been with me for the past 2 years or so, they started occuring sometime after my switching to Humulin and Humalog (i was on Homofan and Homorap before that), but now with Lantus (today is the 3rd day i've been on it) the sugars are constantly high.
I've never been given tablets for my diabetes - does Altace belong in the same group as well as Prandin? My hypoglicaemias mostly occured during night and i think the problem was in high sugars after meal but more in the way i couldn't get used to Humulin (the long acting one). My carb intake is higher than yours - approximately 45 per meal (that was even in hospital's 1000kcal diet which is minimal i think) and i weigh 55kg which makes my current total insulin dosage just about right, so that's confusing too (and i do some exercise, as much as the dizzy feeling allows me) - i've read somewhere on this forum mention that the long acting insulin should take up to 60% of total insulin dosage so according to this Lantus will have to go up on the cost of Humalog. Either that or a split dose that you do (i was surprised when i read that many of people on here do take split doses of Lantus as it's being described as a 24-hour lasting insulin).
It is very kind of you to want to talk to me about this, i would like to exchange some experiences. I'm glad that you manage to keep such a good control of your sugars and i do hope your rhetinopathia doesn't go worse.
am1977 - thank you for your support and good wishes. As for my medical team, yes it does get frustrating when you're not heard by those who should try to help you with their knowledge.
Anyway, i'm hoping it will get beter with Lantus. Life with diabetes is a fight not to be given up on, and with a smile
