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Could my son be T2 at only 20?

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Helenababe

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:( My 20 year old son has been treated for mouth thrush. His sugar was taken, none fasting, and it was 31. He's had no other symptoms you see, so I couldn't pick up on anything.

But, the reason his sugar was so high was because the drops for his thrush, that he had to put on his toung 4 times a day, had a high concentrated amount of sugar in them. He goes for a fasting test on Thursday. In the meantime its good that I can test him to keep an eye on his sugar until he gets sorted out at docs.

Tested 1st time before tea yesterday, and it had gone down to 15.2, so was relieved and knew it was the drops that had sent him so high. I went with him to docs as the nurse rang to ask him to go to surgery straight away. The doc said if it wasn't for the drops he would have sent him to hospital.

Anyway, he had low carb tea, and 1 hour after he was 16.7, then 2 hours, 17.2. I then tested him at 11pm and he was 14.6.
Tested this morning, fasting test, and it was 12.6.

He's bearing up pretty well really with it being such a shock, and all of us are in shock, because we don't know yet if he's T1 or 2, but can't believe he could be T2 at only 20 years old??
Is this rare?

Feel for him, because all his life he's been over weight, and has been on a constant diet. He was looking forward to coming off it for Christmas.

Helena.
 
It's obvious that he is diabetic with those readings. Wether he's T1 or T2 I wouldn't know. I have heard of people that young being T2 if very overweight, but I would have thought T1 more likely. There are other "types" he could fit into - you'll need to wait for the proper results. Meanwhile, give him our best wishes and tell him not too despair. Whichever it is he has, there are ways of controlling it. It's not the end of the world.
Good luck
 
Thanks Grazer,

At least he's got used to me being a diabetic so he doesn't have the 'fear' most of us go through when 1st being diagnosed.

Helena
 
ielenababe I was diagnosed at 20years old. I have never been overweight but a solid stocky kind of child compared to my siblings who were all slim. It used to seriously depress me and totally confused my parents. We would all sit down to a home cooked meal I was never full though and would eat the leftovers craving carbs. Two hours later I was ravenous again. Looking back I definitely had all signs of type 2 I often fell asleep in school suffered from itchy sore genitals and getting told off for perhaps not washing myself properly!!
I wanted to be willowy like my sister no amount of dieting helped.
It was a shock but also a relief to finally know what's wrong although then a whole truck load of other problems started mainly due to being given wrong info or misinterpretating what I was told (I am being generous here :-))
But then came low carb and I haven't looked back since and best of all I am slim not stocky anymore.
Your son will be able to avoid the pitfalls with your guidance he cannot fail. Of course its all such a shock that this has happened and as a mother I know how difficult it must be for you to find that your baby is poorly. I feel for you but hopefully he will get sorted soon and can go on to live a happy and healthy life and actually lose the surplus weight that will make him really happy I bet. At least its diabetes and not some other disease that would be so much harder to control than diabetes.
I wish you and your family all the very best.
 
Thanks alot for your reply Whitbyjet,

It just helps to know, so I'm not thinking it's odd or too unusual. Yeah, he's pleased I'm able to help him, especially as his sugar levels are high. I'm certainly going with him on his 1st visits to get results and getting sorted out with treatment etc. I want to make sure he gets all the information he should be getting.

When I went to the doctors with him, I was talking to him, and he said: 'Can I talk now?'
Lol, you have to develop a thick skin with doctors.

Helena
 
HI. As your son is only 20 there is a strong possibility he is a Type 1 variant so be prepared for this possibility. The GP can do additional tests such as c-peptide to confirm the type especially if the BS doesn't come down with the good diet. I am surprised anyone sells/prescribes pills with sugar to treat mouth thrush as sugar is an ideal medium for thrush to thrive? I hope you get a clear diagnosis in the near future.
 
Hi,

An update on my son. He is type 2. He has been put on SR Metformin. This week it's one a day, then next week 2 a day, and so on.

He hasn't got his own testing kit yet, but should do on Thursday. In the meantime the doctor prescribed me more strips so he could test.

His BS goes between 10 and 17, so I'm having to keep him on quite a low carb diet, until his tabs start to work. He's taking it far better than I did, although I was quite ill with my diabetes for 2 months until metformin started to really kick in. The metformin is starting to make him feel abit tired now, and he's getting dry sore eyes, but he'll have to ask the nurse about that.

Helena
 
Well, my son had a nasty surprise when he went to see the diabetic nurse today.
He asked for his testing kit and the nurse told him they don't give them out anymore, that he doesn't need to test!! :evil:

I went straight to the phone and rang the surgery. I was told the nurse had just gone, so I explained why I needed to talk to her and she said she would have a word with 'my' doctor, and ask him to ring me.

I told him all, then went into all the reasons why my son should be testing, and I was still being given them??
Well he agreed with everything I said, but told me that it was becoming policy not to give out strips as alot of patients were becoming obsessed with testing and it isn't good for them. Anyway, he has prescribed my son strips now, and put them on repeat for him.

My son said: 'Mums always get things done!' Lol.

Helena
 
Helenababe said:
Well he agreed with everything I said, but told me that it was becoming policy not to give out strips as alot of patients were becoming obsessed with testing and it isn't good for them.
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nothing to do with the cost of course... :roll:
don't you just love the excuses they think of! As a T1 if I said to the doc that I thought daily testing was bad for me, I'd be written off as non-compliant.

well done for battling the system.
 
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