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I think some of my variations are because of differences in
absorption, as well as bouts with anemia when I don't feel so great
and therefore don't move around as much as I should. Also, my insulin
(since 1962) just sometimes just has seasonal or various other
unexplainable (stress?) shifts. Maybe it's just that butterfly
fluttering in Brazil!

Sue


>I have been a type I diabetic for 2 years and a celiac for about 1 1/2
>years.  After going on a strict gluten free diet, my insulin requirements
>obviously increased as I absorbed more and more.  However, occasionaly
>(once or twice) through out the last year, I have noticed that my insulin
>requirements suddenly decrease.  The same amount of insulin that I have
>been using will now cause me to go low.  This period usually lasts about a
>week or two.  I have noticed that this period sometimes coincides with a
>cankersore or two, which usually indicates that I have unknowingly digested
>some form of gluten.  Is it possible that a singular mistake of having some
>gluten could have an immediate effect on my villi to flatten and thus
>absorb less and therefore require less insulin.  Does anyone else have this
>shift of insulin requirements and does this coincide with a possible gluten
>reaction.

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Susan Pieper / Las Cruces, NM
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. --E.
Dicksonon