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<blockquote data-quote="LI" data-source="post: 1999747" data-attributes="member: 498983"><p>Thanks - this is very helpful. </p><p>I only had blood drawn at t=0h (before the drink), t=1hr and t=2 hr. The only things analysed were bglucose and insulin levels at t=1 hr and t=2hr. At t=0, I also had cortisol (normal, as were at least 2 tests in previous year), and ACTH IRMA. Kidney. liver, etc. were all normal in previous tests (and in recent for unrelated testing -- they sure like blood tests around here!)</p><p></p><p>I have not had any tests for c-peptide or GAD, or the fasting test, etc. I will ask my endo for these. </p><p></p><p>Although I understand that people without the typical risk factors can develop T2, or other metabolic disorders, it seems like in my case the endo defaulted to pre-T2 because of the very high occurrence here, without ruling out (or in) other causes. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I've reduced my carb intake -- it was never very high and only very rarely sugar-containing goodies -- but have now completely cut out bread/potatoes/rice/starchy veg, etc. and have found it has been an improvement with balancing my energy levels (and much fewer dizzy spells). So far it doesn't seem like I have to go VLC/keto, but I'll keep track and ask for the additional tests from the endo. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again!</p><p>Lots of very helpful info on the forum!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LI, post: 1999747, member: 498983"] Thanks - this is very helpful. I only had blood drawn at t=0h (before the drink), t=1hr and t=2 hr. The only things analysed were bglucose and insulin levels at t=1 hr and t=2hr. At t=0, I also had cortisol (normal, as were at least 2 tests in previous year), and ACTH IRMA. Kidney. liver, etc. were all normal in previous tests (and in recent for unrelated testing -- they sure like blood tests around here!) I have not had any tests for c-peptide or GAD, or the fasting test, etc. I will ask my endo for these. Although I understand that people without the typical risk factors can develop T2, or other metabolic disorders, it seems like in my case the endo defaulted to pre-T2 because of the very high occurrence here, without ruling out (or in) other causes. In the meantime, I've reduced my carb intake -- it was never very high and only very rarely sugar-containing goodies -- but have now completely cut out bread/potatoes/rice/starchy veg, etc. and have found it has been an improvement with balancing my energy levels (and much fewer dizzy spells). So far it doesn't seem like I have to go VLC/keto, but I'll keep track and ask for the additional tests from the endo. Thanks again! Lots of very helpful info on the forum!! [/QUOTE]
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