newly diagnosed

[aard]

Hi,

newly diagnosed, not too bad at 6.6. What I was wondering was for the last few yrs I’ve had weird feeling ,hard to explain, best expressed as feeling like s*** (sorry lang). Sort of just a general rundown feeling like when you have a cold.

Always in morning, comes and gos through day.

Not looking for diagnosis just wondering about others experiences with diabetes is and if this sounds familiar.

I have read diabetes makes you more susceptible to other health issues so maybe this it.

thx in advance.

 

[Mike d]

Get an Hba1C blood test done. ONLY way to know

 

[VashtiB]

Hello and welcome

It could be related to the diabetes or it could be unrelated- for example you may have low iron levels.

Probably the best thing you can do is to have a meter and test your levels regularly. Then you can see if the levels are higher when you are not feeling great.

Knowing your levels really makes a difference as if they are under control it may be something unrelated.

 

[aard]

sorry if weren't clear I have had hb1ac thats the 6.6 is , i am diagnosed as having diabetes.

I have loads of tests which are all come out as perfect. The only thing I fail is the diabetes test.

Its weird but with finger pricking tests Im never out of range except if i eat white bread(which ive stopped). Asa test I tried coke and chocolate and even they didn't spike me.

at the moment im inclined to think its not diabetes related, make if easier if it was

 

[Mike d]

Sorry, but none of that equates.

 

[Diakat]

When you say in range - what range are you working to?

 

[JoKalsbeek]

sorry if weren't clear I have had hb1ac thats the 6.6 is , i am diagnosed as having diabetes.

I have loads of tests which are all come out as perfect. The only thing I fail is the diabetes test.

Its weird but with finger pricking tests Im never out of range except if i eat white bread(which ive stopped). Asa test I tried coke and chocolate and even they didn't spike me.

at the moment im inclined to think its not diabetes related, make if easier if it was

I have a creeping suspicion you're not testing before a meal and 2 hours after the first bite, otherwise you wouldn't say you're in range (what do you consider to be in range?). Same with the coke and chocolate. Before I was diagnosed I was completely run down, so yeah, it could be the T2, but in case they haven't checked your tyroid, Vitamin D and such, request those too.

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/ <-- this'll let you know what else to ditch besides the bread.

 

[mouseee]

I felt awful before diagnosis, exhausted and needing naps and early nights regularly.

Since I've controlled my eating, and therefore my bs, I feel a hundred times better. I have gone low carb and can tell when my carb intake is too high.

There's no way I could tolerate coke or chocolate without expecting a spike. Sometimes you can go high and then drop low again quite quickly, others would know more about this. I have the headache from hell then. Now I'm better managed I'm far less likely to get a drop.

 

[aard]

well i started a low carb diet and I ve never felt better full of energy and the constant tiredness is gone, literally after a few days.

The weird feeling is still there in mornings so im thinking thats not diabetes.

I dont understand the coke thing, I tested every two hours during the day and got no spikes from chocalate and coke!!! coke certainly spikes my bp considerably!