Jamie1991Stables
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Hi,
I was hoping someone could offer any insight into what type of diabetic they think I may be...
I was diagnosed as a type 1 almost 3 years ago. I had an HbA1c of 83 and the typical symptoms (frequent thirst, urination and blurry vision), I did however have pneumonia at the time of diagnosis.
After being put on both fast acting and slow releasing insulin (lantus and novorapid), I began having regular hypo’s and my HbA1c actually came down to 32.
This baffled the doctor’s who then took me off of insulin completely and I was on no medication whatsoever until earlier this year when my levels began to rise. My most recent HbA1c came back at 49 and I suspect it’s risen again. They then changed their diagnosis and said I am not type 1 as a type 1 would still require a background insulin and I have had none now for two years. I got checked for MODY which came back negative, but I also don’t fit the stereotypical criteria for type 2 as I’m in my mid-20’s and not overweight and I exercise. Recently my levels have been rising again and I’m currently taking 4 x 500mg of slow releasing metformin. But the doctors cannot say I’m type 1 or type 2 because the GAD test comes back negative and there’s no sign of type 1 in the tests they run at this moment. But they say I could be in the honeymoon phase.
Sorry to bore everyone with this but the stress of not knowing surely raises my levels now. It’s been 3 years and I’m still none the wiser!
I was just hoping if anyone had experienced something similar or knew of anyone who had and also wanted to hear your opinions
Thanks
I was hoping someone could offer any insight into what type of diabetic they think I may be...
I was diagnosed as a type 1 almost 3 years ago. I had an HbA1c of 83 and the typical symptoms (frequent thirst, urination and blurry vision), I did however have pneumonia at the time of diagnosis.
After being put on both fast acting and slow releasing insulin (lantus and novorapid), I began having regular hypo’s and my HbA1c actually came down to 32.
This baffled the doctor’s who then took me off of insulin completely and I was on no medication whatsoever until earlier this year when my levels began to rise. My most recent HbA1c came back at 49 and I suspect it’s risen again. They then changed their diagnosis and said I am not type 1 as a type 1 would still require a background insulin and I have had none now for two years. I got checked for MODY which came back negative, but I also don’t fit the stereotypical criteria for type 2 as I’m in my mid-20’s and not overweight and I exercise. Recently my levels have been rising again and I’m currently taking 4 x 500mg of slow releasing metformin. But the doctors cannot say I’m type 1 or type 2 because the GAD test comes back negative and there’s no sign of type 1 in the tests they run at this moment. But they say I could be in the honeymoon phase.
Sorry to bore everyone with this but the stress of not knowing surely raises my levels now. It’s been 3 years and I’m still none the wiser!
I was just hoping if anyone had experienced something similar or knew of anyone who had and also wanted to hear your opinions
Thanks