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<blockquote data-quote="ceejay" data-source="post: 63004" data-attributes="member: 8409"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I've not posted before but just wanted to post a slightly more positive tale - I guess I was incredibly "lucky" compared to many who've been diagnosed as adults! I had all the standard symptoms. Went to Lloyds for a diabetes test after about a month of feeling rubbish and eventually looking up my symptoms on the web (I thought initially that I was just coming down with flu). </p><p></p><p>Fasting blood sugar 17.1mmol (had no idea at the time what that meant). Pharmacist told me needed to see doctor. Did so. And have to say, my GP was fab. Ketone test straightaway (ketones through the roof). Initially he said to go to get a "proper" blood test at the hospital, but while I was waiting for that he called my mobile and said that actually he was too worried about how long an official blood test would take to process, and told me to hotfoot it straight to A&E where he'd already called them to let them know I was coming. At this point I didn't appreciate the seriousness of the situation - figured I'd be given some insulin and sent on my way, perhaps. Three days on an insulin drip later and they finally let me out. Which is, of course, exactly how it should have been. And although I didn't count myself lucky at the time, in retrospect what happened to me was several thousand times better than it seems most other T1's diagnosed as adults and even some diagnosed as children have faced. </p><p></p><p>I can't fault my GP who, by his own admission, knows very little about Type 1 diabetes - but rather than this meaning he dismissed my concerns, he instead erred on the side of caution, and I'm very grateful to him. My status as a T1 was never questioned - I guess the fact I was in full fledged ketoacidosis helped with that at least - but I'm constantly stunned at the number of T1's who are misdiagnosed and wrongly treated as T2's simply because they don't fit a GP's expected demographic.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the aftercare I received is a different matter (had to teach myself to carb count, and the dietician I saw gave me advice relevant to an overweight T2, and not a T1 verging on underweight) but I can't fault the diagnosis itself and the initial care I was given (although I NEVER want to spend time in an NHS hospital again). </p><p></p><p>CJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ceejay, post: 63004, member: 8409"] Hello, I've not posted before but just wanted to post a slightly more positive tale - I guess I was incredibly "lucky" compared to many who've been diagnosed as adults! I had all the standard symptoms. Went to Lloyds for a diabetes test after about a month of feeling rubbish and eventually looking up my symptoms on the web (I thought initially that I was just coming down with flu). Fasting blood sugar 17.1mmol (had no idea at the time what that meant). Pharmacist told me needed to see doctor. Did so. And have to say, my GP was fab. Ketone test straightaway (ketones through the roof). Initially he said to go to get a "proper" blood test at the hospital, but while I was waiting for that he called my mobile and said that actually he was too worried about how long an official blood test would take to process, and told me to hotfoot it straight to A&E where he'd already called them to let them know I was coming. At this point I didn't appreciate the seriousness of the situation - figured I'd be given some insulin and sent on my way, perhaps. Three days on an insulin drip later and they finally let me out. Which is, of course, exactly how it should have been. And although I didn't count myself lucky at the time, in retrospect what happened to me was several thousand times better than it seems most other T1's diagnosed as adults and even some diagnosed as children have faced. I can't fault my GP who, by his own admission, knows very little about Type 1 diabetes - but rather than this meaning he dismissed my concerns, he instead erred on the side of caution, and I'm very grateful to him. My status as a T1 was never questioned - I guess the fact I was in full fledged ketoacidosis helped with that at least - but I'm constantly stunned at the number of T1's who are misdiagnosed and wrongly treated as T2's simply because they don't fit a GP's expected demographic. Of course, the aftercare I received is a different matter (had to teach myself to carb count, and the dietician I saw gave me advice relevant to an overweight T2, and not a T1 verging on underweight) but I can't fault the diagnosis itself and the initial care I was given (although I NEVER want to spend time in an NHS hospital again). CJ [/QUOTE]
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