Diabetes Weight Loss Fad

I used to try to lose weight by not taking my insulin, but learned the hard way that it can cause a lot of complications including DKA.

I have two eposides of DKA in which I was place in either ICU or CCU. The first eposide, about 8 months after my diagnosis, I came down with the flu and we werent sure how to treat it. I ended up in CCU for 24 hours and basically comatose. The second time which happened this past April 2007 was because of this fad diet with not taking insulin. It doesnt work as well as some people might think it does. You might lose weight but you also lose muscle mass as well.

I'm only 23 years old and have the starting of neuropathy in my left leg. This is caused from doctor's who didnt know what they are doing. I am finally with a new doctor that understands what he is doing and is a specialist. I still have a regular doctor for everything else but he doesnt deal with my diabetes.

Cherise