- Messages
- 30
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- The rain and constant testing and insulin injections
I am late onset type 1 diabetic. Diagnosed three years ago after being very unsuccessfully treated as type 2. I nearly died. A new doctor at my surgery suspected my symptoms were connected to diabetes type 1. He put me on insulin immediately and I was referred to diabetes endocrinologist. Tests confirmed I was Type 1. Why do doctors presume that if you are a certain age and overweight that, without any testing, you must be type 2. I lost a significant amount of weight, 12st, in a really short space of time, I was a bag of bones. I was so exhausted all the time I could barely put one foot in front of the other. My mouth was always bone dry, I wasn’t producing any saliva. I spent my time drinking gallons of water and weeing. Everything tasted foul. So I wasn’t eating. My balance was terrible and I kept falling over. Thank heavens for our new doctor. He knew exactly what was wrong and how to remedy it. However, my glucose levels were still all over the place. I have only realised now that there is a place for carb counting if you’re type 1. In my case I have drastically reduced carb in take and therefore reduced insulin. I did put a load of weight back on in a short time after starting to take insulin but now, on low carb, low insulin, I am slowly getting back to a healthy weight. I have more energy too.