Hello,
I spotted so many people here being experts in Lada and thought this is the right place to share my concerns.
Breakdown of my situation:
At diagnosis (June 2020): I went for just a check up, I had no symptoms (no thirst, no frequent urination, nothing suspecting any diabetes).
Age : 37
BMI : 22
Hba1c: 8.8%
Fasting BS: 10.5
C peptide: 1.68 ng/ml (normal lab range 0.01 - 40)
Gad65: Negative
Very strong family history of type 2 diabetes from both mother and father and sister.
No autoimmune diseases for myself neither in the family.
Urine: no ketones, presence of glucose
Ultrasound in abdomen showed moderate fatty deposits on liver, high visceral fat. I had a belly.
My diet was high carb, especially breads, fruits juices, pasta etc.
Blood pressure: 137/90 (slightly high)
Triglycerides: 180 mg/dl (high)
LDL Cholesterol: 170 mg/dl (high)
Doctor diagnosis: Type 2 diabetes - immediately put on metformin and statins for cholesterol.
I only used the meds for 10 days, immediately switched to a low carb version of a Mediterranean diet with healthy fish and fats (olive oil, nuts, seeds) and lot of walking and excercice.
After 2 weeks, fasting BS started to fall, and remained consistently under 5.5.
Postprandial rarely reached 7.5.
May 2021, new tests:
Lost 7 kg through low carb diet since last summer.
Hba1c: 5.3 (non diabetic range)
Triglycerides: 82 (normal)
LDL cholesterol: 123 mg/dl
HDL: 69 mg/dl
Total Cholesterol: 201 mg/dl
BP: normal since months.
Ps: all this with no meds and no insulin.
But here is my confusion:
Since a month, I'm on intermittant fasting (from 1 am to sunset), I started to see morning blood sugar (around 10 am) when I wake up, around 6 - 6.5. But after 12 pm, it goes down to under 5.5 until almost 5 by sunset. But post prandial never over 6.
When I went for testing, 3 days ago, I was tired because of side effects of second dose covid vaccine that kept me in bed for 1 day, the next day I went to my appointment for this blood test.
Honestly, whenever I go to the doctor, I get super stressed and anxious. My BP creeped up to 150/90. My heartbeat over 130/min.
So as you could see, the doctor was amazed by my results. But my fasting BS came high at 8.3. He told me that it is not relevant to your overall results, it is high most likely because of your high level of anxiety and stress.
When I went back home, it started to fall gradually.
Since 2 or 3 days of these last blood tests, my morning fasting blood sugar are around 7.2 that gradually starts to fall. My postprandial at night never exceeds 6.8.
My question is:
Are these new high morning readings due to stress and intermittant fasting or end of honeymoon period of Lada? Even though I'm negative Gad65, strong family history of type 2 and have no autoimmune diseases?
Thank you so much once again and sorry for this long text!
I spotted so many people here being experts in Lada and thought this is the right place to share my concerns.
Breakdown of my situation:
At diagnosis (June 2020): I went for just a check up, I had no symptoms (no thirst, no frequent urination, nothing suspecting any diabetes).
Age : 37
BMI : 22
Hba1c: 8.8%
Fasting BS: 10.5
C peptide: 1.68 ng/ml (normal lab range 0.01 - 40)
Gad65: Negative
Very strong family history of type 2 diabetes from both mother and father and sister.
No autoimmune diseases for myself neither in the family.
Urine: no ketones, presence of glucose
Ultrasound in abdomen showed moderate fatty deposits on liver, high visceral fat. I had a belly.
My diet was high carb, especially breads, fruits juices, pasta etc.
Blood pressure: 137/90 (slightly high)
Triglycerides: 180 mg/dl (high)
LDL Cholesterol: 170 mg/dl (high)
Doctor diagnosis: Type 2 diabetes - immediately put on metformin and statins for cholesterol.
I only used the meds for 10 days, immediately switched to a low carb version of a Mediterranean diet with healthy fish and fats (olive oil, nuts, seeds) and lot of walking and excercice.
After 2 weeks, fasting BS started to fall, and remained consistently under 5.5.
Postprandial rarely reached 7.5.
May 2021, new tests:
Lost 7 kg through low carb diet since last summer.
Hba1c: 5.3 (non diabetic range)
Triglycerides: 82 (normal)
LDL cholesterol: 123 mg/dl
HDL: 69 mg/dl
Total Cholesterol: 201 mg/dl
BP: normal since months.
Ps: all this with no meds and no insulin.
But here is my confusion:
Since a month, I'm on intermittant fasting (from 1 am to sunset), I started to see morning blood sugar (around 10 am) when I wake up, around 6 - 6.5. But after 12 pm, it goes down to under 5.5 until almost 5 by sunset. But post prandial never over 6.
When I went for testing, 3 days ago, I was tired because of side effects of second dose covid vaccine that kept me in bed for 1 day, the next day I went to my appointment for this blood test.
Honestly, whenever I go to the doctor, I get super stressed and anxious. My BP creeped up to 150/90. My heartbeat over 130/min.
So as you could see, the doctor was amazed by my results. But my fasting BS came high at 8.3. He told me that it is not relevant to your overall results, it is high most likely because of your high level of anxiety and stress.
When I went back home, it started to fall gradually.
Since 2 or 3 days of these last blood tests, my morning fasting blood sugar are around 7.2 that gradually starts to fall. My postprandial at night never exceeds 6.8.
My question is:
Are these new high morning readings due to stress and intermittant fasting or end of honeymoon period of Lada? Even though I'm negative Gad65, strong family history of type 2 and have no autoimmune diseases?
Thank you so much once again and sorry for this long text!
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