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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hi. As suggested by my title I'm newly diagnosed although have been living in the shadow of diabetes for at least 20 years due to gestational diabetes with my (now 19 year old) daughter (and ended up on insulin) - and suspected gesteational with my 22 year old son (never diagnosed but they were finding sugar for the last 6 weeks of pregnancy and he was 9lb 3.5oz when he arrived!). Also my mum was diagnosed type 2 in her mid 50's - about 10 years ago (ish as she can't remember).
So, despite trying to keep my BMI in the normal range, trying to keep fairly active and trying to eat fairly healthily, I started having symptoms:
- constant sweet taste in my mouth regardless of what I'd consumed (the first symptom that actually registered to me as something to investigate)
- blurry vision but not all the time
- drinking like it was going out of fashion leading to wearing a path in the carpet to the bathroom (although not necessarily at night bizarrely!)
I had invested in a BG meter after my mum was diagnosed so I started testing my blood and went to the doctors when my BG results were throwing out some worrying results (the highest was 20.4 and generally have results in double figures 2 hours post prandial) and an average morning result of around 8.
I was diagnosed as type 2 at the end of May having had a fasting blood glucose result of 8.2 - only 1 was done as I'm symptomatic and due to my home testing results also supporting the diagnosis. I had my first hba1c result yesterday which was 51 so I would say that would confirm the diagnosis
Then starts the whole confusion of advice, opinions, attitudes, diets....... Despite my fairly good knowledge of diabetes (or so I thought!) it is evident that there is so much more that isn't known about diabetes and even more that isn't understood by the majority of people - including myself!! This was very blatantly put across to me when a colleague (who teaches biology to GCSE students) was talking to a type 1 colleague of ours and basically said that she (the T1 colleague) had 'proper' diabetes - which stunned me into silence and to be honest I still don't know how to tackle the subject with her.
The main confusion I currently have is over the possibility of LADA or type 1.5.
I am not seen as 'typical' type 2 (if indeed there is such a thing) as:
- I'm 43
- I have a BMI of 24
- I'm fairly active
- have a fairly healthy diet, I try to choose healthier options although do eat more 'bad' carbs like pasta and potatoes than I should
- I don't have high blood pressure, if anything it tends to be on the low side
- my cholesterol came back at 5.1 but with a ratio of 3
In fact the only marker I have is the genetic link and my previous experience with gestational.
This has led me to look into the possibility of LADA as I have also just been told by the doctor that I am anaemic and have been put on iron tablets. Does anyone know if LADA would be looked into as a matter of course or should I mention it to my Diabetic nurse at my next appointment?
Hopefully there are people out there who have experienced this, or similar, themselves who can share their expertise with me
Thanks
So, despite trying to keep my BMI in the normal range, trying to keep fairly active and trying to eat fairly healthily, I started having symptoms:
- constant sweet taste in my mouth regardless of what I'd consumed (the first symptom that actually registered to me as something to investigate)
- blurry vision but not all the time
- drinking like it was going out of fashion leading to wearing a path in the carpet to the bathroom (although not necessarily at night bizarrely!)
I had invested in a BG meter after my mum was diagnosed so I started testing my blood and went to the doctors when my BG results were throwing out some worrying results (the highest was 20.4 and generally have results in double figures 2 hours post prandial) and an average morning result of around 8.
I was diagnosed as type 2 at the end of May having had a fasting blood glucose result of 8.2 - only 1 was done as I'm symptomatic and due to my home testing results also supporting the diagnosis. I had my first hba1c result yesterday which was 51 so I would say that would confirm the diagnosis
Then starts the whole confusion of advice, opinions, attitudes, diets....... Despite my fairly good knowledge of diabetes (or so I thought!) it is evident that there is so much more that isn't known about diabetes and even more that isn't understood by the majority of people - including myself!! This was very blatantly put across to me when a colleague (who teaches biology to GCSE students) was talking to a type 1 colleague of ours and basically said that she (the T1 colleague) had 'proper' diabetes - which stunned me into silence and to be honest I still don't know how to tackle the subject with her.
The main confusion I currently have is over the possibility of LADA or type 1.5.
I am not seen as 'typical' type 2 (if indeed there is such a thing) as:
- I'm 43
- I have a BMI of 24
- I'm fairly active
- have a fairly healthy diet, I try to choose healthier options although do eat more 'bad' carbs like pasta and potatoes than I should
- I don't have high blood pressure, if anything it tends to be on the low side
- my cholesterol came back at 5.1 but with a ratio of 3
In fact the only marker I have is the genetic link and my previous experience with gestational.
This has led me to look into the possibility of LADA as I have also just been told by the doctor that I am anaemic and have been put on iron tablets. Does anyone know if LADA would be looked into as a matter of course or should I mention it to my Diabetic nurse at my next appointment?
Hopefully there are people out there who have experienced this, or similar, themselves who can share their expertise with me
Thanks