# 14 hours without insulin... what could you expect to happen?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/14-hours-without-insulin-what-could-you-expect-to-happen/4165>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/14-hours-without-insulin-what-could-you-expect-to-happen/4165 "2018-06-06T20:49:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/14-hours-without-insulin-what-could-you-expect-to-happen/4165/45 "2018-06-12T20:28:52Z")

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> [@Eric](#):
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> No, you can’t cure yourself with diet, exercise, and sheer determination.

Especially for some with LADA, it’s hard to get past that mindset, especially with so many doctors acting like you really just have type 2. I still have to get bold enough to ask my doc if she really believes she can cure me, because some of the things she says and treatments she chooses (like wanting me on Actos rather than just prescribing a basal insulin) make me wonder…

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