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DNA Remembers

As someone who probably lived with this for a while before it became sudden onset it does worry me that this time spent undiagnosed could also affect me despite keeping good control since diagnosis.
 
Juicyj said:
As someone who probably lived with this for a while before it became sudden onset it does worry me that this time spent undiagnosed could also affect me despite keeping good control since diagnosis.
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Yes, I think I have written on the forums previously that before I started insulin I was going to the doctor with a stream of minor complaints and after one set of blood tests I even got the throw away comment of "your blood sugars are bit high" and no action taken.

The memory is getting a bit vague now but that was 2, possibly 3 years before being diagnosed as a diabetic.
 
urbanracer said:
An interesting article that discusses the potential problems of not looking after your blood glucose well enough in the early years.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/dna-remembers-poor-blood-glucose-control-in-diabetes
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As far as I can see, nothing is said about the cause of complications. That poor blood glucose control causes lasting epigenetic change is not surprising. This is how we adapt to changing environments. It doesn't tell us anything we didn't know, though. Looking at HBA1c records tells us all we need to know about the level of control in the past.
 
I am in serious trouble if this is the case, having had years of seriously poor control......Not doing too bad really after nigh on 50 years :)
 
porl69 said:
I am in serious trouble if this is the case, having had years of seriously poor control......Not doing too bad really after nigh on 50 years :)
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Well I reckon that it's never too late to improve matters porl69 at any stage. If that wasn't the case then why are ANY of us bothering, why are Drs constantly telling people to exercise/give up smoking/ stop drinking if the damage is already done within our DNA. Anyway, no matter what has gone before, any positive change made means it may not be getting even worse. 50 years, wow!!! x
 
@KK123 I am now a model diabetic. Ever since I had the stage 4CKD diagnosis. The thought of another 3 or 4 BIG jabs a week for dialysis done me......take a look at my signature to see the huge improvements on my A1C.
 
I've no complications yet and certainly wasn't a good working model for diabeticness in the early days that's for sure, there won't be too many leaving the hospital with a new diagnosis and insulin and put themselves in A&E within 8 hours simply as they told me to drink 'diet pils' and my mates were drinking pints and the pils came in half pint bottles so I bought 2 at a time (in the 80's folk were allowed to take the mickey still) and the hypo knocked me for 6 :p

So I hope my DNA is forgetful, and if not then I hope it's forgiving :)
 
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