about 2 years ago I went to gp and he said I had diebetes he put me on glucophage and sent me to specialist.the specialist said I didn't have it and for me to keep a check in with my gp I stopped the medication. For the past couple of months I was feeling **** and had all the symptoms of diebetes one day in particular I was very ill I had thrush and basically couldn't even get up I went to a different gp as mine was away she done my sugar levels and said I was diebetic I said I'm not and she went thru my files and said all my recent bloods and urine samples are saying I am she put me on metophage 500 x2 and told me return to my own gp my levels were 11.9 that day for 2 weeks my level were very high no matter wat time of day I checked went back to my own gp and told him wat she said and he just laughed and said ( sure we know that for years) can't understand why I wasn't told he said the meds take a couple of weeks to work my levels are around 8 most mornings and go up throughout the day. Sorry for the length of message but he still didn't refer me to anyone havnt clue wat I'm doing having fierce headaches and exhausted tired all the time
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Hi. The levels you posted aren't that bad but indicate diabetes. There is no easy test for T2 as such but a couple of tests can indicate T1 rather than T2. If you have excess weight then T2 is the most likely. Metformin/Glucophage is a good start point. If you have not already reviewed your diet then do that and in general a reduction in carbs is needed. The level of blood sugar you have posted wouldn't normally cause any real symptoms apart from the thrush which happens when your blood sugar goes above around 11 mmol due to sugar being dumped in the urine.
I used to eat a lot of biscuits and bread I'm not a healthy eater by no means have cut away back on these and cut out sugar in my tea I still feel very tired all the time and have a lot of headaches not real headaches if you know wat I mean just kind of fuzziness in my head I'm also asthmatic and suffer with barretts disease and diverticulitis I would probably benefit greatly by seeking a dietician I don't think I'm overweight I'm 5ft 3 ins and 9st
Hi Cheerio, my suggestion would be to keep asking your GP for a referral to a consultant or a diabetic specialist unit. It says here http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/doctors/Pages/gp-referrals.aspx that you can insist on a referral but at the same time it says that you need your GP to refer you.
Initially I was diagnosed as T2 because I was quite old but I was sure I wasn't, for one thing I was losing so much weight and I was only 8st to start with! I kept insisting and the specialist immediately diagnosed type1.
It doesn't sound as if you're getting much support and it's difficult to have to fight when you're feeling ill.
Im sure there are others on the forum who will help you and there are really helpful sites like
http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk but you need to know whether you're T1 or T2. Whichever it is though, diet plays a key part. Personally I find that mainly vegetable meals and fruit works best for me.
Good luck.
Initially I was diagnosed as T2 because I was quite old but I was sure I wasn't, for one thing I was losing so much weight and I was only 8st to start with! I kept insisting and the specialist immediately diagnosed type1.
It doesn't sound as if you're getting much support and it's difficult to have to fight when you're feeling ill.
Im sure there are others on the forum who will help you and there are really helpful sites like
http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk but you need to know whether you're T1 or T2. Whichever it is though, diet plays a key part. Personally I find that mainly vegetable meals and fruit works best for me.
Good luck.
Thanks for all your answers Ya I think I really need to change doctors as iv been thinking it for awhile now every time I come away from the surgery I'm upset thinking (why didn't I just tell him I needed to see further about things ) I'm r really trying with the diet and I'm happy with my levels compared to wat the were a few weeks ago some say they were not that high but they were going up to 15 and weren't below 11 or 12 for about 2 weeks till I started the meds I happy I joined this group it's good to get other people's views at least it keep me sane (haha ) my levels are 9.2 this morning not bad I downloaded cook book but I can't see me eating anything from it as I a plain eater thanks again for the boost I keep trying
