Frankiewoof
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Is there a reason why the discussion about type 3c ended well over a year ago? (I’ve been recently diagnosed.)
There is a sub forum about 3C. It's not very busy but at least it's more than just this thread: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/type-3c-pancreatic-diabetes.73/Is there a reason why the discussion about type 3c ended well over a year ago? (I’ve been recently diagnosed.)
Hi folks,
Looking for information on Type 3c Diabetes aka Pancreatitis diabetes. This is a little known form of brittle Diabetes characterised by rapid and large Hi/Lo & Lo/Hi swings in BGLs.
Chronic pancreatitis, apart from one of the most painful things that can ever, ever happen to you, basically kills off the pancreas over a period leading to no insulin production at all. Fine and dandy and on the face of it treatable in the same way as Type 1
Now for the awkward part. As the pancreas self-digests and dies off, it kills off not just the Beta cells that produce insulin, but also the alpha cells that produce Glucagon, the enzyme that instructs the Liver to convert Glucogen into Glucose when blood sugars are low.
So with the insulin/blood sugar uptake, and the Glucagon/'Liver glucose top up' mechanisms stuffed there are bound to be additional problems in control.
I just can't seem to find any reliable info on the web.
Hi Leather
I remember your name from the CP Web site. Yes, it seems to be difficult to find any reliable information regarding our type of Diabetes. I will have another search and get back to you if I find any suitable information.
Anyone out there with this problem or knowledge of it please ??
be good and be lucky
Dave
Who prescribed it? I don't understand. Are you seeing an endocrinologist? And over a year ago you mentioned that you had been taking novorapid for at least a year https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/bl...ow-many-units-do-you-take-before-a-meal.1758/Went to see the new GP a couple of weeks as my Bs have been hitting mid teens for the last month mentioned T3C he never heard of it then told me to stop testing my blood ?? I am taking 1 x Pioglitazone 30 mg - 2 x Gllclazide 40 mg - 2 x Metformin x 1000 mg don't understand what's happening. so decided to start taking NovaRapd not sure what's going to happen now.....
Hi, I was taken off Novorapid in March 18, and put on the tablets, over the past 2 months my Bs have been rising towards mid teens, last Friday my GP put me back on to Novorapid and told me to also continue with the tablets....not sure about this tho.Who prescribed it? I don't understand. Are you seeing an endocrinologist? And over a year ago you mentioned that you had been taking novorapid for at least a year https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/bl...ow-many-units-do-you-take-before-a-meal.1758/
Are you saying your GP says no testing even though you take novorapid?