I am new to the forum, just joined this week and wished I had joined sooner. I have taken a lot of comfort in other peoples experiences in knowing that I am not alone.
I was diagnosed as diabetic by my GP in September 2019 my case was passed on to the hospital as they were unable to diagnose which type as I was not a direct fit for either 1 or 2. This all came as a massive shock as I hadn’t been particularly unwell apart from urine infection which revealed a high level of ketones. I was seen by the hospital pretty quickly, lots of questions asked and bloods were taken to try and determine what type of diabetes I had. I was advised that the results still may not be conclusive of type but at that time they thought it is was more likely type 1. I was devastated but tried my best to keep myself together whilst trying to get my BS under control. The results didn’t come back till 14 weeks later by which time I was managing my BS much better between diet and meds. The results came back with negative gads which indicated type 2 but was told that this still didn’t mean that I wasn’t type 1. I was back at the diabetic clinic in February 2020 for my HbA1c I had managed to get it down from 97 from when I was diagnosed to 40. It was still a bit of mystery about type but further blood tests were taken and sent off again. On a positive I was able to start decreasing the dose of my meds. Then COVID hit and I didn’t hear back about these tests till June 2020. They were testing for anti bodies that are commonly associated with Type 1 and I had none present and as I had responded well to meds they now think it is more likely type 2 I have. I have not heard anything further due to appointments not going ahead due to COVID. It has been long hard emotionally rocky road getting here but I do feel like I am getting there. I am still working on reducing my meds further. I have tried introduce regular exercise in a bid to do this but I am finding that it spikes my BS, which is really disheartening. I have tried various types of exercises cross training, hiit and even long walks. Does this happen to anyone else? Any tips would be much appreciated.
Anyway that’s my story so far......thanks for reading. X
I was diagnosed as diabetic by my GP in September 2019 my case was passed on to the hospital as they were unable to diagnose which type as I was not a direct fit for either 1 or 2. This all came as a massive shock as I hadn’t been particularly unwell apart from urine infection which revealed a high level of ketones. I was seen by the hospital pretty quickly, lots of questions asked and bloods were taken to try and determine what type of diabetes I had. I was advised that the results still may not be conclusive of type but at that time they thought it is was more likely type 1. I was devastated but tried my best to keep myself together whilst trying to get my BS under control. The results didn’t come back till 14 weeks later by which time I was managing my BS much better between diet and meds. The results came back with negative gads which indicated type 2 but was told that this still didn’t mean that I wasn’t type 1. I was back at the diabetic clinic in February 2020 for my HbA1c I had managed to get it down from 97 from when I was diagnosed to 40. It was still a bit of mystery about type but further blood tests were taken and sent off again. On a positive I was able to start decreasing the dose of my meds. Then COVID hit and I didn’t hear back about these tests till June 2020. They were testing for anti bodies that are commonly associated with Type 1 and I had none present and as I had responded well to meds they now think it is more likely type 2 I have. I have not heard anything further due to appointments not going ahead due to COVID. It has been long hard emotionally rocky road getting here but I do feel like I am getting there. I am still working on reducing my meds further. I have tried introduce regular exercise in a bid to do this but I am finding that it spikes my BS, which is really disheartening. I have tried various types of exercises cross training, hiit and even long walks. Does this happen to anyone else? Any tips would be much appreciated.
Anyway that’s my story so far......thanks for reading. X