Just to be clear, I'm not asking for a diagnosis, just want some general advice or for someone to share a similar experience. Also, sorry for the long post, I'm scared to eat anything at this point so any advice is appreciated.
So in the last week of February, I stared getting these weird headaches with brain fog, which I realised were after eating. I instantly though of diabetes as I'm obese and eat a lot of carbs/sugar (22 Male). On the Thursday, I was having the urge to pee every couple mins, but it was only small amounts. I had also been losing weight without trying for about a month (5kg/11lbs).
I got an appointment with my GP the day after (Friday), who did a urine dipstick and found no glucose, but a little bit of ketones (I hadn't eaten for about 14 hours because I was worried). I was told to book a blood test for my HbA1c, and to eat a normal diet until then (plus some general weight loss advice). So I booked it for the Monday after next.
Right after the appointment I began eating like 'normal' i.e. toast, chocolate and other junk food, without getting any headaches. Also, the need to pee only lasted that Thursday, and it was now gone. I went on eating like this for a week with no issue. But on the Sunday I got a headache again, and then again on the following day (Monday), but I did not change my diet. I also missed my blood test, as I thought it was on the following Monday.
During that week, on around Thursday/Friday (2 weeks since my appointment), I was having blurred vision, mainly struggling to focus on words on my screen, but other things as well. I waited til Monday but realised I had missed my blood test, so I called to reschedule but my GP was doing no more blood tests or appointments due to COVID-19. I started a keto diet that day and bought a blood glucose meter, which arrived on Thursday morning. I tested myself right away and got a reading of 4.0mmol/L (72 mg/dl) which seemed normal considering i had been eating very little carbs, but I wanted to make sure it was not low just because of the keto diet.
I started eating a lot of high calorie, high carb foods to see how it affected my blood sugar. On the first day the highest my BGL reached was 5.8 mmol/L (104 mg/dl) 2 hours after a meal, and on the second day it reached 6.4 mmol/L (115 mg/dl) after a large meal. I also started getting tingling in my feet. The next day i began feeling sharp sparks in my feet, and eventually my hands as well. I immediately went back to keto but the feeling did not go away. Obviously I was scared as it had only been 4 weeks since my inital symptoms and I was having what I assumed was neuropathy.
On Monday I called my GP surgery, and got a phone consultation with a Dr who I had not seen before. I explained what had been going on and she was very dismissive, and told me to not check my blood sugar as I was being anxious, and that was probably the reason for the tingling/sharp pains. She said nothing can be done at the moment with the current situation, and to continue with a normal diet.
I did a 2 day water fast and the tingling/sharp feelings pretty much went away (occasional spark feeling), but as soon as I ate something, still keto, it came back within 10 mins. I did a 8 day water fast and I ate 2 boiled eggs and the feeling came back again. That brings me to today, where I'm scared to eat anything now and unable to see a Doctor.
So in the last week of February, I stared getting these weird headaches with brain fog, which I realised were after eating. I instantly though of diabetes as I'm obese and eat a lot of carbs/sugar (22 Male). On the Thursday, I was having the urge to pee every couple mins, but it was only small amounts. I had also been losing weight without trying for about a month (5kg/11lbs).
I got an appointment with my GP the day after (Friday), who did a urine dipstick and found no glucose, but a little bit of ketones (I hadn't eaten for about 14 hours because I was worried). I was told to book a blood test for my HbA1c, and to eat a normal diet until then (plus some general weight loss advice). So I booked it for the Monday after next.
Right after the appointment I began eating like 'normal' i.e. toast, chocolate and other junk food, without getting any headaches. Also, the need to pee only lasted that Thursday, and it was now gone. I went on eating like this for a week with no issue. But on the Sunday I got a headache again, and then again on the following day (Monday), but I did not change my diet. I also missed my blood test, as I thought it was on the following Monday.
During that week, on around Thursday/Friday (2 weeks since my appointment), I was having blurred vision, mainly struggling to focus on words on my screen, but other things as well. I waited til Monday but realised I had missed my blood test, so I called to reschedule but my GP was doing no more blood tests or appointments due to COVID-19. I started a keto diet that day and bought a blood glucose meter, which arrived on Thursday morning. I tested myself right away and got a reading of 4.0mmol/L (72 mg/dl) which seemed normal considering i had been eating very little carbs, but I wanted to make sure it was not low just because of the keto diet.
I started eating a lot of high calorie, high carb foods to see how it affected my blood sugar. On the first day the highest my BGL reached was 5.8 mmol/L (104 mg/dl) 2 hours after a meal, and on the second day it reached 6.4 mmol/L (115 mg/dl) after a large meal. I also started getting tingling in my feet. The next day i began feeling sharp sparks in my feet, and eventually my hands as well. I immediately went back to keto but the feeling did not go away. Obviously I was scared as it had only been 4 weeks since my inital symptoms and I was having what I assumed was neuropathy.
On Monday I called my GP surgery, and got a phone consultation with a Dr who I had not seen before. I explained what had been going on and she was very dismissive, and told me to not check my blood sugar as I was being anxious, and that was probably the reason for the tingling/sharp pains. She said nothing can be done at the moment with the current situation, and to continue with a normal diet.
I did a 2 day water fast and the tingling/sharp feelings pretty much went away (occasional spark feeling), but as soon as I ate something, still keto, it came back within 10 mins. I did a 8 day water fast and I ate 2 boiled eggs and the feeling came back again. That brings me to today, where I'm scared to eat anything now and unable to see a Doctor.
