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No matter what they say or tests have shown about weight gain from insulin, i know it can cause weight gain in some people. Glyburide caused me to gain weight (Even if not a ton), but more importantly my wife took a ton of generic insulin shots to get her blood sugars down (and they were still over 200 on average until she started taking Victoza). She was highly insulin resistant and because of that gained about 100 pounds in the first year after starting to take it.

But...but she must have eaten badly and not exercised).

Nope, I always was the cook and did all the shopping. I made sure she ate a healthy diet. She could eat NOTHING for days and her blood sugars would still be high (which happened alot in the hospital as they wouldn't want to give her victoza in the hospital and they couldn't get her blood sugars down just with insulin).

So yes, you can gain weight because of it, even if your really careful and even exercising (just water areobics and walking laps (with a bit of swimming laps) for her, but I got her active every day.

Will i have the same issues? Probably not, most people don't and many take insulin without gaining weight.

But i don't wanna go there if I don't have to. My A1C is usually around 7.5 or so, which is high but not REALLY high, and with more exercise and a more careful diet, i think I can get it lower (I am pretty good but I drink soda sometimes, eat pizza/pasta etc).

My doctor of course thinks I should have been on insulin shots for the last 5 years or so and believes I'll eventually die if i keep going like this. So far at least I have not had any complications not even kidney stones (like my wife used to get) etc. My eyesight sucks, but that isn't due to diabetes (though it probably doesn't help). My hearing loss IS a big problem which I try and get my doctor to focus on, but she only wants to deal with diabetes and nothing else.

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