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<blockquote data-quote="tulip87" data-source="post: 28499" data-attributes="member: 11762"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for all your advice, replies and reassurance - sorry I have not been able to reply until now. </p><p></p><p>Still not really sure what's going on, but people do now seem to be starting to take me seriously at the local diabetic clinic. However within the last week I must have been told "you're diabetic" "you're not diabetic" about 4 times so am thoroughly confused. One DSN told me I must be type 2 as I've had symptoms for 3 weeks, not really any glycosuria, no ketones etc. Another told me I cannot be type 2. So who knows! One totally bizarre thing is that my 3rd and latest fasting glucose was 4.6!! And my HBa1c 5.7%... So I'm adamant this must mean I cannot be diabetic at all!</p><p></p><p>Saw consultant at end of last week, he has run some more blood tests for antibodies but says he thinks they will be negative. In which case I just have to stick to a diabetic diet and have fasting glucose in 3 months...</p><p></p><p>This is mostly pretty good news except:</p><p></p><p>1) My daily BSs are averaging 8, generally taken fasting (a couple 2 hours after food around 10). Is this ok do you think or do I need to ask them for treatment to get this lower?</p><p></p><p>2) About 30 mins after I eat, lasting 2-3 hours, I get "sugar head" (I can't explain, it just feels like a massive sugar rush), palpitations, pulse greater than 110, and when checked my BP has on two occasions been 140/80 in these episodes (normally I'm 100/60). These episodes are so crippling they put me off eating, but the only thing I'm told when I describe them is to make sure I keep eating! NB - I have been low-carbing, even though advised to not to by one of the DSNs...</p><p></p><p>3) The consultant asked me if I had an eating disorder??! </p><p></p><p>So I'm still feeling really confused! I just want to know what's wrong. Does this sound like diabetes do you think, or something else? I feel really worried and want to chase up what's going on and get my levels lower than 8 fasting, but am not sure if I'm just being hypochondriac...</p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for providing a place for support and questions - I do not feel I have this from anywhere else, keep getting mixed messages and whizzed in and out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulip87, post: 28499, member: 11762"] Hello, Thank you so much for all your advice, replies and reassurance - sorry I have not been able to reply until now. Still not really sure what's going on, but people do now seem to be starting to take me seriously at the local diabetic clinic. However within the last week I must have been told "you're diabetic" "you're not diabetic" about 4 times so am thoroughly confused. One DSN told me I must be type 2 as I've had symptoms for 3 weeks, not really any glycosuria, no ketones etc. Another told me I cannot be type 2. So who knows! One totally bizarre thing is that my 3rd and latest fasting glucose was 4.6!! And my HBa1c 5.7%... So I'm adamant this must mean I cannot be diabetic at all! Saw consultant at end of last week, he has run some more blood tests for antibodies but says he thinks they will be negative. In which case I just have to stick to a diabetic diet and have fasting glucose in 3 months... This is mostly pretty good news except: 1) My daily BSs are averaging 8, generally taken fasting (a couple 2 hours after food around 10). Is this ok do you think or do I need to ask them for treatment to get this lower? 2) About 30 mins after I eat, lasting 2-3 hours, I get "sugar head" (I can't explain, it just feels like a massive sugar rush), palpitations, pulse greater than 110, and when checked my BP has on two occasions been 140/80 in these episodes (normally I'm 100/60). These episodes are so crippling they put me off eating, but the only thing I'm told when I describe them is to make sure I keep eating! NB - I have been low-carbing, even though advised to not to by one of the DSNs... 3) The consultant asked me if I had an eating disorder??! So I'm still feeling really confused! I just want to know what's wrong. Does this sound like diabetes do you think, or something else? I feel really worried and want to chase up what's going on and get my levels lower than 8 fasting, but am not sure if I'm just being hypochondriac... Thank you so much for providing a place for support and questions - I do not feel I have this from anywhere else, keep getting mixed messages and whizzed in and out. [/QUOTE]
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