catherinehitch
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Hi Everyone- ive had a bit of a rollercoaster week and hoped someone would be able to shed some light on things.
On Wednesday evening my gp called to say some blood results ( taken at the hospital in December to investigate a range of long term symptoms they decided were ME) had come back indicating that i was heading towards being prediabetic and would it be ok to start attending diabetic clinic for further advice in diet etc. it came out if the blue but i said yes that was fine and thought nothing more of it. On Friday evening at 5pm the hospital phoned to say could i go into see a diabetic consultant first thing Monday morning- thinking it was
Just going to be a confirmation of an eat better and exercise more message i duely went. When i got into my appointment i was told that actually my bp was 141/101 my cholesterol was at 8 and another figure was at 49 which was in the diabetic range. The consultant asked if id had any diabetic symptoms- i wasn't really sure what they were to be honest so when je asked about thirst and urination increase i said no but that i did have a dry tongue and weight gain . He sent me off with a 24 hr urine test and tablets and a blood test which i later discovered were to test cortisol for some reason? I was then sent for further blood tests to measure the previous readings against and sent home. I was told i would be sent another appointment soon.
Can anyone shed any light on what i may or maynot have - he said he wouldn't tell me until confirmed or not ,with these tests to stop me being anxious but i feel more anxious having all these seriously raised results but not knowing what might be wrong? Ive googled loads but cant seem to het to the bottom of whether i might have t1 or t2 or something else. Can i have t1 and be a couple of stones over weight? Ive recently had night sweats, often wake up feeling naseous, have infertility issues, constantly eating , exhaustion and dry
Mouth as well as blurred vision especially when exercising- none of which i told the consultant because he didn't mention them and I didn't know they were linked until i came home and googled diabetes. As you can probably tell im in a bit of a state!
On Wednesday evening my gp called to say some blood results ( taken at the hospital in December to investigate a range of long term symptoms they decided were ME) had come back indicating that i was heading towards being prediabetic and would it be ok to start attending diabetic clinic for further advice in diet etc. it came out if the blue but i said yes that was fine and thought nothing more of it. On Friday evening at 5pm the hospital phoned to say could i go into see a diabetic consultant first thing Monday morning- thinking it was
Just going to be a confirmation of an eat better and exercise more message i duely went. When i got into my appointment i was told that actually my bp was 141/101 my cholesterol was at 8 and another figure was at 49 which was in the diabetic range. The consultant asked if id had any diabetic symptoms- i wasn't really sure what they were to be honest so when je asked about thirst and urination increase i said no but that i did have a dry tongue and weight gain . He sent me off with a 24 hr urine test and tablets and a blood test which i later discovered were to test cortisol for some reason? I was then sent for further blood tests to measure the previous readings against and sent home. I was told i would be sent another appointment soon.
Can anyone shed any light on what i may or maynot have - he said he wouldn't tell me until confirmed or not ,with these tests to stop me being anxious but i feel more anxious having all these seriously raised results but not knowing what might be wrong? Ive googled loads but cant seem to het to the bottom of whether i might have t1 or t2 or something else. Can i have t1 and be a couple of stones over weight? Ive recently had night sweats, often wake up feeling naseous, have infertility issues, constantly eating , exhaustion and dry
Mouth as well as blurred vision especially when exercising- none of which i told the consultant because he didn't mention them and I didn't know they were linked until i came home and googled diabetes. As you can probably tell im in a bit of a state!
