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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 1135510" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. If you have excess weight as many T2s do then you will have insulin resistance and I'm slightly surprised that you have been started on Gliclazide rather than Metformin? If you are slim then Gliclazide makes sense but bear in mind that there is then a possibility that you are not T2 but Late onset T1 (LADA) which could explain the high blood sugar levels. See how your levels are with a low-carb diet and note the points I've made above about weight influencing your diagnosis and treatment. I speak as an amateur and the GP may have good reasons for his course of action but sometimes GPs have limited in-depth knowledge of diabetes (they may otherwise be good GPs). If your 20Kg weight loss was part of a planned diet then that points to you being T2. If the weight loss was unexpected then that points to T1 (ref latest NICE Diabetes Guidelines).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 1135510, member: 21149"] Hi. If you have excess weight as many T2s do then you will have insulin resistance and I'm slightly surprised that you have been started on Gliclazide rather than Metformin? If you are slim then Gliclazide makes sense but bear in mind that there is then a possibility that you are not T2 but Late onset T1 (LADA) which could explain the high blood sugar levels. See how your levels are with a low-carb diet and note the points I've made above about weight influencing your diagnosis and treatment. I speak as an amateur and the GP may have good reasons for his course of action but sometimes GPs have limited in-depth knowledge of diabetes (they may otherwise be good GPs). If your 20Kg weight loss was part of a planned diet then that points to you being T2. If the weight loss was unexpected then that points to T1 (ref latest NICE Diabetes Guidelines). [/QUOTE]
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