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<blockquote data-quote="kokopuddle" data-source="post: 184315" data-attributes="member: 33099"><p><strong>Re: PCOS and type 1 diabetes - could I have been misdiagnose</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Julia</p><p></p><p>I know your post was a couple of years ago now but reading it was like looking in the mirror. I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 10 so 14 years ago now. I was also diagnosed with PCOS last year after years of fighting for a blood test. In the end it was my GP who sent me for the test after noticing my acne. It was confirmed after an ultrasound. All through my teens I had unexplained problems with my diabetes mainly around a certain time of the month. At one point I was in and out of hospital every month for around a year and still my consultant refused to do blood test to check my hormone levels stating and I quote "hormones don't affect diabetes" . Even now since its been confirmed he still refused to help in anyway claiming again and again the PCOS has no or little affect on diabetes. This is something I keep hearing over and over again from so called health professionals but find it increasingly hard to believe when I talk to other sufferes in the UK and abroad. I was even told that the problems I am having are "all in my mind" before I was diagnosed with PCOS. I am still struggling I have also been on the pill but find that after around 6 months that it starts to affect my blood sugars badly I have also been on metformin but that caused me really nasty stomach cramps. Both were prescribed by my GP not consultant. </p><p></p><p>I guess what I would really like to ask you is how you have gotten on since your post? </p><p></p><p>Thanks K</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kokopuddle, post: 184315, member: 33099"] [b]Re: PCOS and type 1 diabetes - could I have been misdiagnose[/b] Hi Julia I know your post was a couple of years ago now but reading it was like looking in the mirror. I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 10 so 14 years ago now. I was also diagnosed with PCOS last year after years of fighting for a blood test. In the end it was my GP who sent me for the test after noticing my acne. It was confirmed after an ultrasound. All through my teens I had unexplained problems with my diabetes mainly around a certain time of the month. At one point I was in and out of hospital every month for around a year and still my consultant refused to do blood test to check my hormone levels stating and I quote "hormones don't affect diabetes" . Even now since its been confirmed he still refused to help in anyway claiming again and again the PCOS has no or little affect on diabetes. This is something I keep hearing over and over again from so called health professionals but find it increasingly hard to believe when I talk to other sufferes in the UK and abroad. I was even told that the problems I am having are "all in my mind" before I was diagnosed with PCOS. I am still struggling I have also been on the pill but find that after around 6 months that it starts to affect my blood sugars badly I have also been on metformin but that caused me really nasty stomach cramps. Both were prescribed by my GP not consultant. I guess what I would really like to ask you is how you have gotten on since your post? Thanks K [/QUOTE]
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