Today I am a very fortunate Type II diabetic. My HbA1c has been in the mid 5s for the last nine months. My daily glucose readings average 110 in the morning and mid 80s in the late afternoon. I spike occasionally beyond those averages when I forget my diabetic life style discipline. I take each spike as a wake up call to return to my more diet controlled diabetic life style.
Last November I was diagnosed a Type I diabetic and placed on a regiment of 10 units of insulin in the morning and late afternoon. At an age of 57 a diagnosis of Type I diabetes is not the norm. My HbA1c was 12.1 and my initial daily glucose readings were off scale, 600+. Those kinds of readings could only express themselves if my pancreas has stopped producing insulin. I was literally floating in glucose. My young inexperienced doctor knew that I had to quickly reduce my glucose level. Insulin was prescribed to do eliminate excess glucose from my system.
The insulin injections would assist my red blood cells absorb glucose to be carried to starving body and organ cells throughout my body. This would arrest the self feeding weight loss. Without the use of insulin my red blood cells could not deliver glucose and other nutrients to my body. In response my body drew necessary energy and nutrients stored in living cells. My body was in starving self feed in condition.As a result my liver and kidneys would be less stressed to eliminate excess glucose. My pancreas would be able to initiate a recovery which most fortunately it did.