Hi all
Two weeks ago I had an asthma health check and my BP came back too high. Standard blood tests followed and I got a bit of a shock when I was asked to see the Diabetes nurse. Long story short my tests came back 7.2 mmol/l. I've known for a week and since radically overhauled literally everything - diet, exercise, everything. All the refined sugars gone and watching carbs closely. Its early days but doing my best to balance meals. Actually really enjoying healthy food although my wife is concerned I'm overcompensating. I guess it'll take a little time to get the balance right.
Now what concerned me was that the nurse said I didn't fit the typical profile for Type 2. Up until about a year ago I was 16 stone (6 foot tall) which has now dropped to 14 (so she saw me when I was a bit slimmer than before, and its ALL on the belly), I have elevated cholesterol and BP, and my mother has had type 2 for about 13 years. Diet controlled until recently, and she's on the metformin now. Seems to me I have all the major risk factors for type 2 in a nice tidy bundle, but the nurse mentioned something called Type 1.5 or LADA.
Got to back in 2 months for more bloods and this is making me anxious. I have literally no symptoms, my eye health check last Oct showed nothing, and my last bloods in Jan 2015 showed nothing. There's so much information out there that its become a bit overwhelming, so now I'm obsessed with whether my blood sugars will go up and I'll be in trouble with this Type 1.5 thing.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Two weeks ago I had an asthma health check and my BP came back too high. Standard blood tests followed and I got a bit of a shock when I was asked to see the Diabetes nurse. Long story short my tests came back 7.2 mmol/l. I've known for a week and since radically overhauled literally everything - diet, exercise, everything. All the refined sugars gone and watching carbs closely. Its early days but doing my best to balance meals. Actually really enjoying healthy food although my wife is concerned I'm overcompensating. I guess it'll take a little time to get the balance right.
Now what concerned me was that the nurse said I didn't fit the typical profile for Type 2. Up until about a year ago I was 16 stone (6 foot tall) which has now dropped to 14 (so she saw me when I was a bit slimmer than before, and its ALL on the belly), I have elevated cholesterol and BP, and my mother has had type 2 for about 13 years. Diet controlled until recently, and she's on the metformin now. Seems to me I have all the major risk factors for type 2 in a nice tidy bundle, but the nurse mentioned something called Type 1.5 or LADA.
Got to back in 2 months for more bloods and this is making me anxious. I have literally no symptoms, my eye health check last Oct showed nothing, and my last bloods in Jan 2015 showed nothing. There's so much information out there that its become a bit overwhelming, so now I'm obsessed with whether my blood sugars will go up and I'll be in trouble with this Type 1.5 thing.
Any advice would be much appreciated.