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Hi guys!
So i'm a 24 year old and I've recently been diagnosed.
So, I know only tests can really provide a definite answer...but I thought I might ask for your opinions because i'm so confused!
I stayed in hospital around December 20th last year with DKA a HBA1C of 13.7% and a fasting blood sugar of around 18, and ketones were at 3. Before this, I decided to get tested for diabetes as I had lost 20kg over around 3-6 months without really having to try, was always needing to pee, super thirsty all the time (you know all the usual symptoms). I have only just been able to see an endo today, I was told by my educator, my two hospital doctors, my nurses in hospital that I had type one. It never crossed my mind that I might be type two? But now my endo is sending me for tests 'incase it is type two', he said if it is he will take me off insulin and put me onto tablets. That kind of scares me because I'm currently on 12u of Lantus each night and around 6u of novorapid before each meal (depending on carb intake etc). I honey mooned for like a month and now my educat or thinks i'm not because my levels were so easy to control at first and now I find myself struggling to get my levels below 12 sometimes- and my diet hasn't changed I've been super healthy since diagnosis (I started out on 10u lantus and 2 units novorapid but had to up it to try and control this). I kind of had accepted my diagnosis and now I feel a bit thrown by my endo? He said that type one is usually diagnosed in childhood, which I knew but I also thought it could be diagnosed into adulthood as well? I just feel like i'm not really being listened to, and he's going against what everyone else has said. Has anyone else had something similar happen? I just feel a bit thrown and confused now. I feel like my insulin has literally brought me back to life, I can sleep a full night without needing to pee like I have energy, I feel fairly normal again (apart from the highs and lows lol). I'm scared based on one test result he's just going to take me off my insulin? Seems a bit drastic!
Thanks!
So i'm a 24 year old and I've recently been diagnosed.
So, I know only tests can really provide a definite answer...but I thought I might ask for your opinions because i'm so confused!
I stayed in hospital around December 20th last year with DKA a HBA1C of 13.7% and a fasting blood sugar of around 18, and ketones were at 3. Before this, I decided to get tested for diabetes as I had lost 20kg over around 3-6 months without really having to try, was always needing to pee, super thirsty all the time (you know all the usual symptoms). I have only just been able to see an endo today, I was told by my educator, my two hospital doctors, my nurses in hospital that I had type one. It never crossed my mind that I might be type two? But now my endo is sending me for tests 'incase it is type two', he said if it is he will take me off insulin and put me onto tablets. That kind of scares me because I'm currently on 12u of Lantus each night and around 6u of novorapid before each meal (depending on carb intake etc). I honey mooned for like a month and now my educat or thinks i'm not because my levels were so easy to control at first and now I find myself struggling to get my levels below 12 sometimes- and my diet hasn't changed I've been super healthy since diagnosis (I started out on 10u lantus and 2 units novorapid but had to up it to try and control this). I kind of had accepted my diagnosis and now I feel a bit thrown by my endo? He said that type one is usually diagnosed in childhood, which I knew but I also thought it could be diagnosed into adulthood as well? I just feel like i'm not really being listened to, and he's going against what everyone else has said. Has anyone else had something similar happen? I just feel a bit thrown and confused now. I feel like my insulin has literally brought me back to life, I can sleep a full night without needing to pee like I have energy, I feel fairly normal again (apart from the highs and lows lol). I'm scared based on one test result he's just going to take me off my insulin? Seems a bit drastic!
Thanks!