What test was used for your diagnosis?

[bilb_baggins]

I HAD A FASTING TEST DONE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED 16 YEARS AGO I HAD SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES PLUS I HAD A SISTER THAT WAS A DIABETIC

 

[Geri]

My father took me to see my local GP with a specimen of urine. I was eight years old and a clinitest was carried out which turned bright orange, which meant I had sugar in my urine. I was immediately sent to hospital and put on 2 hourly shots of (then) beef insulin and measured amounts of food. The first night was awful as I was on limited amounts of water and was extremely thirsty. That was new years day 1970. What a start to the year!

 

[kram]

Can I ask the good people on this forum if they were diagnosed using a testing method other than HBa1c ?

To clarify where you diagnosed using one of the following methods.

• A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least eight hours without eating or drinking anything but plain water. This test is used to detect diabetes or pre-diabetes.
• An oral glucose tolerance test measures your blood sugar after you have gone at least eight hours without eating and drinking and two hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage. This test can be used to diagnose diabetes
• A random plasma glucose test, your doctor checks your blood glucose without regard to when you ate your last meal. This test, along with an assessment of symptoms, is used to diagnose diabetes but not pre-diabetes.

When I was 15, 43 years ago they used a urine test, how thing s have changed

 

[Anatoli15]

My diagnosis type 2 was determined via the oral glucose tolerance test. There is no history of diabetes in my family and am a very plain eater and never touches fatty things. I did however love bread and jam!

 

[doolallylady]

December 2015. Type 2.

Went to the Dr's because I just wasn't feeling right and had no energy. I am overweight and have quite a few other medical problems. I don't have any of the normal associated symptoms eg, thirst and weeing a lot. Was given a full range of blood tests and when I went for the results I was told that my kidney function had gone down and the sugar levels were elevated and to have another blood test. When I went for the results I was told that the results were 48 & 49, therefore I have type 2 diabetes. Neither test was a fasting test and both were roughly 2 - 3 hours after breakfast.
No medication required just diet at the moment..

 

[Muzleflash58]

I originally went to see GP about really agonising lower abdominal pain, had a urine test which was positive then a finger prick test, then HBa1C which came back at 107

 

[amgrundy]

I went to the doctor in Jan this year with flu, tested my water said there was a trace of glucose in my water. Sent me to hospital for blood tests, rang me up 3 days later, had to go see doctor same day, told I was a diabetic Type 2 and had been for six yrs erh!!! Now on Metformin 500mg x2 daily. still in shock confused doctors not really helpful, got more out of this website, love it everyone so nice.

















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[vic hill]

This is what is called plasma vs whole blood tests. The older meters test capilliary blood (sometimes referred to as interstitial fluid) and give readings in line withthe NICE test ranges shown on this website. Recently some meter manufacturers have started calibrating their meters to whole blood so that their readings are more like the samples taken by GP's and analysed formally in a laboratory ( i.e .venous blood drawn by syringe). I believe these meters read higher than the old ones by a factor of 1.2
If you are using alternative site testing (not fingertips) then I believe that the actual reading.you should use is the whole blood value since the blood drawn at those sites is closer to venous blood. Note: alternate sites are only useful if the bgl is not changing (i,e, not to be used too close to a meal)

thanks vic
recent i had a talk with person who had gone to hospital to have a blood sugar test this was lower than one done by finger prick
hence not really in to becoming a type 1 so was not started on insulin .
plus i think will undertake a fasting test good of you to the time make it clear
vic

 

[elainegold]

Diagnosed in October after fasting plasma glucose test.

 

[muslabs]

First routine finger prick at GP, then stress test (drink glucose solution, test after x minutes) in hospital.

 

[Bognorlad40]

I was diagnosed t2 1999 with the finger prick test followed by venous blood and a gtt thats how I found out

 

[clareb1970]

I was tested in 1983 after being ill for a few months (which I kept hidden from my parents!). During this period of being unwell I had an uncontrollable thirst and the need to pee all the time! Not only that, I kept falling asleep in class and lost a lot of weight very quickly. I just felt rotten. Eventually my parents found out about these symptoms and immediately put 2 and 2 together. As my Dad was a diabetic, he made me collect a urine sample and my Mum tested it - to reaveal I had over 2 ++ of glucose in my urine.

The next morning I was taken directly to my local hospital where they carried out some blood tests. Not sure what the result was (I was 13 at the time) but I do know it was very high. Never had a glucose tolerance test or anything. I think the level of my symptoms and blood results made it very clear what was wrong.

 

[TorqPenderloin]

Basic glucose test (33+), then admitted into emergency room, then a1c (13.2%), c-peptide, and GAD 65 antibody test. Also had thyroid, kidney, and liver tests to make sure nothing else was wrong.

I'm very fortunate that I didn't have to request any of this and my gp and endocrinologist are amazing.

 

[clareb1970]

Glucose tolerance test aged 35 given warning that would be diabetic within 10 years. 180 lbs and 6FT 4Inches.
Sugar drinks and sweets where not a big feature of my life.
Advice none.

Where did this come from?

Aged 42, subjected to fasting tests and declared diabetic.
Take these pills and follow diet instructions.
Talked through with a diet specialist who was informative, but only had urine test sticks to monitor.
Stopped drinking and adopted sugar free drinks including tea and coffee, and reduced my carbohydrate intake, but it was all guess work as there was no information on packets like today.
From then it was, you know what is wrong, use the advise and get on with it.
No more support.

3 months later very ill, nobody knows why.
See private specialist who decides I am not trying hard enough re diabetes.
6 months later back up to speed.
3 years later I am feeling very ill, and Doctor says I have renal threshold problems.
Confused, not happy trying to do my excellent job as a Director in a major Engineering company.
I resigned, moved to Devon, started my own business, registered with Doctor.
After 3 months I am referred to the hospital/ Peninsula Health where I met the late Dr McCloud, and was put on Insulin immediately.
My Blood sugar levels where running in the mid 20's
A few years later I am on DAFNE and doing very well.

I am now challenging some of the ways in DAFNE, but not the main principal.

It would appear I was diagnosed Type 2 and should have been Type 1. A specialist recognised the situation.

If they had done an HBA test they would have known, but had to wait until I moved to Devon and a new NHS region.
As for the medical specialist, who had me in hospital under observation for a week, rather not say.

Why write all this?

Just to say despite the misdirection or poor diagnosis it is possible to get the attention that is required, even when some areas of the NHS failed to progress as fast as others.

The NHS may be slow and cumbersome at times but they are really a fantastic organisation.

If I had been living elsewhere in the world there is a good chance I would not have been here to type this.

Whatever way diagnosis was made, things are changing so fast it is not worth worrying about.

Hi, what is DAFNE?

 

[TorqPenderloin]

Hi, what is DAFNE?

Google is your friend
http://www.dafne.uk.com/What_is_DAFNE_-I293.html

 

[clareb1970]

Google is your friend
http://www.dafne.uk.com/What_is_DAFNE_-I293.html

Thanks. Why is information full of acronyms these days?? I work for a large company as a Comms Lead and employees get sick to death of information which is full of acronyms. Dose Adjustment for normal eating doesn't even need its own acronym. Must go now, I need to have my FWFATP (forty winks for a tired person). TTFN

 

[roslynfarm]

I had a random finger prick test after a emergency admittance to hospital for something not connected - it was 28.something then a Hba1c whilst in hospital of 11.something - also had high keytones thought I was T1 for a short while.

New GP noticed my blood test results two years earlier which had fasting BGL at 5.9. He said often a sign of D2 and order a glucose tolerance test. From memory reading came back as 17 .... I control my D2 with diet. I have 3 monthly check. My HbA1C is 5.9

 

[willb]

Can I ask the good people on this forum if they were diagnosed using a testing method other than HBa1c ?

To clarify where you diagnosed using one of the following methods.

• A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least eight hours without eating or drinking anything but plain water. This test is used to detect diabetes or pre-diabetes.
• An oral glucose tolerance test measures your blood sugar after you have gone at least eight hours without eating and drinking and two hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage. This test can be used to diagnose diabetes
• A random plasma glucose test, your doctor checks your blood glucose without regard to when you ate your last meal. This test, along with an assessment of symptoms, is used to diagnose diabetes but not pre-diabetes.

About 10years ago I had a oral glucose tolerance test, which was the most commonest way at the time as I recall.

 

[welsh polly]

Fasting plasma glucose test.

About 10years ago I had a oral glucose tolerance test, which was the most commonest way at the time as I recall.

 

[terryfisher]

I had a plasma glucose tolerance test after 8 hours min. of fasting and only drinking water.