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CelalDari
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Firstly I just want to say this site is not for medical advice and I know that but I’m just curious.
So I’ve been losing weight for months, at first I was glad because I was slightly overweight 86kg. Then I started to lose weight at an alarming rate e.g. dropping from 75kg to 57kg (-18kg) between September 2019 and April 2020 so about 6-7 months. Only in the last few months have I realised frequent urination and that I drink a lot of water however honestly I don’t know if it’s me but I don’t think I drank that much, estimating around 3 litres a day maybe slightly more.
Told my GP and did a series of blood tests and I had a HbA1c of 134mmol/mol and a fasting blood sugar of 19.4 mmol.
However this was not the only irregular blood test result but for some reason my GP was fixated on the diabetes and ignored the other test results. Thankfully my GP actually sent me the blood test document otherwise I wouldn’t be on here concerned for myself.
My serum ferritin was significantly high at a level of 595 when the reference range for a male is between 20-340. Had to recall my GP and book another blood test 1 month after starting insulin treatment. The results haven’t come out yet.
My serum alkaline phosphatase was elevated at a value of 159 (normal reference range 0-129) while my serum albumin was elevated at a value of 54 (normal reference range 32-45). My GP putted this down to what he calls “inflammation” which is apparent “especially in type 1”. However I beg to differ, I’ve checked online for the best inflammatory blood markers which are C- reactive protein and white blood cell count both of which were in the normal range and in fact towards the lower end of the normal range for me. My creatinine was low which is understandable because of decreased muscle mass (as my body was cannibalising its muscle and fat for energy) however there’s something peculiar going on in terms of elevated ferritin, alkaline phosphatase and albumin.
Also I find it strange that I was not in DKA, my ketones were 3.2 when I was receiving insulin treatment through a drip in the hospital so I can’t imagine what it was before insulin therapy. I had no abdominal pain, I was only mildly tired and would probably not know I had diabetes if my mother hadn’t convinced me to call the GP. The NHS is frustrating me, I’ve been discharged from the hospital for over a month and haven’t seen a dietician so I would have to basically starve myself if I didn’t teach myself how to bolus and carb-count by using the internet. My C-peptide and GAD antibodies tests are taking ages which is killing me inside.
Due to my age I am being treated as a type 1 and currently using 14u of Lantus while adjusting my Novorapid to my carb intake. (I am 58kg right now so don’t know if my basal is normal) What I really want to ask people is how long did their C-peptide and GAD antibodies test results take to come back. Also is it not strange that I was losing weight for months (around 10 months if I had to guess) but I was not in DKA being rushed to hospital or anything. I’ve heard type 1 usually takes weeks to occur.
Did anyone experience these blood test results? I appreciate that some of you were diagnosed decades ago but diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is surely a hard thing to forget. My theory is that I might have a condition called haemochromatosis which causes excessive iron loading on the body thus leading to damage to organs such as the pancreas and liver which would explain my high iron levels, high alkaline phosphatase and high albumin. Very hard to tell with the very slow speed of blood tests and the careless attitude of some doctors. Please offer advice and also share anecdotes of any irregular blood tests in the diagnosis of your diabetes. In theory if I were type 1 I would’ve had a near-fatal experience with DKA if I had been surviving 10 months without insulin. It’s very unlikely for me to have type 2 unless it’s secondary diabetes caused by another condition because of my age (18) and my relatively healthy eating and occasional exercise. Type 2 usually develops due to years of building insulin resistance which is highly unlikely given the fact I have only been alive for 18 years.
So I’ve been losing weight for months, at first I was glad because I was slightly overweight 86kg. Then I started to lose weight at an alarming rate e.g. dropping from 75kg to 57kg (-18kg) between September 2019 and April 2020 so about 6-7 months. Only in the last few months have I realised frequent urination and that I drink a lot of water however honestly I don’t know if it’s me but I don’t think I drank that much, estimating around 3 litres a day maybe slightly more.
Told my GP and did a series of blood tests and I had a HbA1c of 134mmol/mol and a fasting blood sugar of 19.4 mmol.
However this was not the only irregular blood test result but for some reason my GP was fixated on the diabetes and ignored the other test results. Thankfully my GP actually sent me the blood test document otherwise I wouldn’t be on here concerned for myself.
My serum ferritin was significantly high at a level of 595 when the reference range for a male is between 20-340. Had to recall my GP and book another blood test 1 month after starting insulin treatment. The results haven’t come out yet.
My serum alkaline phosphatase was elevated at a value of 159 (normal reference range 0-129) while my serum albumin was elevated at a value of 54 (normal reference range 32-45). My GP putted this down to what he calls “inflammation” which is apparent “especially in type 1”. However I beg to differ, I’ve checked online for the best inflammatory blood markers which are C- reactive protein and white blood cell count both of which were in the normal range and in fact towards the lower end of the normal range for me. My creatinine was low which is understandable because of decreased muscle mass (as my body was cannibalising its muscle and fat for energy) however there’s something peculiar going on in terms of elevated ferritin, alkaline phosphatase and albumin.
Also I find it strange that I was not in DKA, my ketones were 3.2 when I was receiving insulin treatment through a drip in the hospital so I can’t imagine what it was before insulin therapy. I had no abdominal pain, I was only mildly tired and would probably not know I had diabetes if my mother hadn’t convinced me to call the GP. The NHS is frustrating me, I’ve been discharged from the hospital for over a month and haven’t seen a dietician so I would have to basically starve myself if I didn’t teach myself how to bolus and carb-count by using the internet. My C-peptide and GAD antibodies tests are taking ages which is killing me inside.
Due to my age I am being treated as a type 1 and currently using 14u of Lantus while adjusting my Novorapid to my carb intake. (I am 58kg right now so don’t know if my basal is normal) What I really want to ask people is how long did their C-peptide and GAD antibodies test results take to come back. Also is it not strange that I was losing weight for months (around 10 months if I had to guess) but I was not in DKA being rushed to hospital or anything. I’ve heard type 1 usually takes weeks to occur.
Did anyone experience these blood test results? I appreciate that some of you were diagnosed decades ago but diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is surely a hard thing to forget. My theory is that I might have a condition called haemochromatosis which causes excessive iron loading on the body thus leading to damage to organs such as the pancreas and liver which would explain my high iron levels, high alkaline phosphatase and high albumin. Very hard to tell with the very slow speed of blood tests and the careless attitude of some doctors. Please offer advice and also share anecdotes of any irregular blood tests in the diagnosis of your diabetes. In theory if I were type 1 I would’ve had a near-fatal experience with DKA if I had been surviving 10 months without insulin. It’s very unlikely for me to have type 2 unless it’s secondary diabetes caused by another condition because of my age (18) and my relatively healthy eating and occasional exercise. Type 2 usually develops due to years of building insulin resistance which is highly unlikely given the fact I have only been alive for 18 years.
