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Hi all, stumbled across this forum trying to educate myself, and its great so thought I'd say hello.
Had a routine fasting blood test on Wednesday (for cholesterol check, which is always high, and they luckily checked glucose as well which they dont normally - last for that was 6 years ago), only to be called in to see the Dr Thursday morning due to HbA1c of 73 and blood glucose of 12.
No family history, 39, I do a fair amount of exercise (running, swimming, childcare), and im not overweight (79kg) so a real shock completely out of the blue. No symptoms other than, on reflection, more tired and irritable lately. And perhaps some lows after exercise which I massively over compensated for in a frenzied raid of the cookie jar. And ive always eaten a lot, which is something I need to be more mindful of now.
Prescribed 80mg of glic to get me through the weekend, which for first two days had me hypo from slightest activity (going shopping, doing hoovering - wife said I couldn't even stand straight, and my meter reading wasn't that bad at 4.5). Fun.
I halved the glic dose today, which has readings looking less erratic and less trigger happy on lows, and im taking lots of readings before and two hours after food etc. to monitor and build a picture.
Drs were very confused due to lack of symptoms and other factors. I felt pretty much fine. Seeing specialist again tomorrow although another two weeks until further blood results come back to indicate if Type 2 or LADA.
So... nice to meet you all, sure I'll be seeking your advice as I get going on this journey! Keep well all
Had a routine fasting blood test on Wednesday (for cholesterol check, which is always high, and they luckily checked glucose as well which they dont normally - last for that was 6 years ago), only to be called in to see the Dr Thursday morning due to HbA1c of 73 and blood glucose of 12.
No family history, 39, I do a fair amount of exercise (running, swimming, childcare), and im not overweight (79kg) so a real shock completely out of the blue. No symptoms other than, on reflection, more tired and irritable lately. And perhaps some lows after exercise which I massively over compensated for in a frenzied raid of the cookie jar. And ive always eaten a lot, which is something I need to be more mindful of now.
Prescribed 80mg of glic to get me through the weekend, which for first two days had me hypo from slightest activity (going shopping, doing hoovering - wife said I couldn't even stand straight, and my meter reading wasn't that bad at 4.5). Fun.
I halved the glic dose today, which has readings looking less erratic and less trigger happy on lows, and im taking lots of readings before and two hours after food etc. to monitor and build a picture.
Drs were very confused due to lack of symptoms and other factors. I felt pretty much fine. Seeing specialist again tomorrow although another two weeks until further blood results come back to indicate if Type 2 or LADA.
So... nice to meet you all, sure I'll be seeking your advice as I get going on this journey! Keep well all
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