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Hi
I was previously diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetic 3-4 years ago. I have until now been managing this with Metformin and my hba1c was pretty good. At the beginning of the year, this rose from the 40s/50s to the 90s. At the time the hospital thought that this was due to stress, as my parent had recently been diagnosed with Cancer and my sister had had a heart attack.
They increased the dose of Metformin and said that it would improve. My diet hasn't changed, but even with the extra medication my latest hba1c has actually risen. Now my GP thinks that the reason may be that I am LADA.
My hospital doesn't have any available appointments for the diabetes team until September, so they have now written to my GP with me in cc and confirmed that I could have LADA and asked for my GP to start me on insulin. It was such a shock that the first I knew that this would be happening was via a letter in the post.
I thought I had a good understanding of Diabetes and now I am freaking out as much as I was with the first diagnosis. The only relief is that with daily ranges from 10-22 for the last 4 months, at least I might start feeling better.
Is it normal for the Diabetes team to delegate starting insulin to your GP? I have a great one, I'm just concerned that I may get rushed through it because they are so busy.
Also, is it likely that the hospital will test me officially for LADA, or should I push for it?
How did other people find switching from Metformin to insulin?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kelly
I was previously diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetic 3-4 years ago. I have until now been managing this with Metformin and my hba1c was pretty good. At the beginning of the year, this rose from the 40s/50s to the 90s. At the time the hospital thought that this was due to stress, as my parent had recently been diagnosed with Cancer and my sister had had a heart attack.
They increased the dose of Metformin and said that it would improve. My diet hasn't changed, but even with the extra medication my latest hba1c has actually risen. Now my GP thinks that the reason may be that I am LADA.
My hospital doesn't have any available appointments for the diabetes team until September, so they have now written to my GP with me in cc and confirmed that I could have LADA and asked for my GP to start me on insulin. It was such a shock that the first I knew that this would be happening was via a letter in the post.
I thought I had a good understanding of Diabetes and now I am freaking out as much as I was with the first diagnosis. The only relief is that with daily ranges from 10-22 for the last 4 months, at least I might start feeling better.
Is it normal for the Diabetes team to delegate starting insulin to your GP? I have a great one, I'm just concerned that I may get rushed through it because they are so busy.
Also, is it likely that the hospital will test me officially for LADA, or should I push for it?
How did other people find switching from Metformin to insulin?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kelly