This week marks the beginning of Diabetes Week. This year the main focus is on, the misconceptions people have in terms of what diabetes is and how it affects individuals. The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. There are many myths which surround diabetes,…
Tag: Insulin resistance
Type 1 diabetic on Metformin
Type 1 diabetic? CHECK Insulin dependent? CHECK Taking Metformin? ERR CHECK Yup your vision isn’t failing you. I’m a type 1 diabetic on Metformin. I started to take metformin over 4 years ago alongside my insulin pump therapy. I began to notice that my insulin basal doses seemed to be increasing steadily on a monthly…
Sugar High Sugar Low - My life with Type 1 diabetes 