Hi folks,
I'm looking to hear of others experience like mine, as I'm a bit confused to my situation.
I first turned up at my doctors surgery at the start of january this year after suffering from the heavy weight loss and showing the typical symptoms of diabetes. The doctor took a quick blood glucose test and I was 24, I came back the next day for a hba1c and the results were 126, I was put on 2 x 500 metformin twice a day and was sent to my diabetes clinic at the hospital 6 weeks later as a type 2.
Within minutes of meeting my DSN she told me I didn't look like a type 2 and was putting me on insulin, as you can imagine I was a bit stunned and asked her how she knew this. She quickly gave me another quick BG test and i was 26 and was told my metformin was doing nothing for me, she then organized for another hba1c the next day and the results were 124.
I was put on lantus 8 units once a day increased to 10 units a week later and was told to come back for another hba1c and see the consultant in 6 weeks time as most likely I'd be getting put on a bolus insulin as well, my results for this one was 67. the consultant was impressed with my number but said it was confusing as that little amount of lantus should not have brought it down this much and he had done a test looking for antibodies and didn't find any, he told me believes me to be type 1 but in honeymoon period.....long story I got him to agree for me to cut my lantus down to 6 units a day for 3 months then another hba1c test and those results were 43.
So now I'm off all insulin and have another hba1c scheduled for start of october and some more blood tests as the DSN says there's a chance that i gave a false negative for the antibodies.
So now just checking my BG regularly as well as ketones. my BG seems to be all over the place but low carbing does seem to keep it at the lower end of the scale.
So I don't know whether I'm type 1 or 2... would just like a diagnosis one way or another
I'm looking to hear of others experience like mine, as I'm a bit confused to my situation.
I first turned up at my doctors surgery at the start of january this year after suffering from the heavy weight loss and showing the typical symptoms of diabetes. The doctor took a quick blood glucose test and I was 24, I came back the next day for a hba1c and the results were 126, I was put on 2 x 500 metformin twice a day and was sent to my diabetes clinic at the hospital 6 weeks later as a type 2.
Within minutes of meeting my DSN she told me I didn't look like a type 2 and was putting me on insulin, as you can imagine I was a bit stunned and asked her how she knew this. She quickly gave me another quick BG test and i was 26 and was told my metformin was doing nothing for me, she then organized for another hba1c the next day and the results were 124.
I was put on lantus 8 units once a day increased to 10 units a week later and was told to come back for another hba1c and see the consultant in 6 weeks time as most likely I'd be getting put on a bolus insulin as well, my results for this one was 67. the consultant was impressed with my number but said it was confusing as that little amount of lantus should not have brought it down this much and he had done a test looking for antibodies and didn't find any, he told me believes me to be type 1 but in honeymoon period.....long story I got him to agree for me to cut my lantus down to 6 units a day for 3 months then another hba1c test and those results were 43.
So now I'm off all insulin and have another hba1c scheduled for start of october and some more blood tests as the DSN says there's a chance that i gave a false negative for the antibodies.
So now just checking my BG regularly as well as ketones. my BG seems to be all over the place but low carbing does seem to keep it at the lower end of the scale.
So I don't know whether I'm type 1 or 2... would just like a diagnosis one way or another