rosserk
Well-Known Member
- Messages
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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Good morning everyone
To begin with I would like to thank Eurobuff and Elizabeth for their support and encouragement in helping me move forward with my quest to get my health back on track. I think I would have given up the fight if it hadn't been for your support. Thank you!
Yesterday I finally went to see a different Doctor at my local surgery.
I went armed with my meter and printouts of all my readings over the last three months. Which he studied in great detail, to my amazement!
He agreed there's something very wrong going on with my blood sugars which need looking into ASAP. He has ordered a barrage of tests which includes a glucose tolerance test and a test for Lada at the Hospital and will be making a referral to a specialist as soon as the tests are all completed, even if the tests rule out diabetes. Throughout the visit which was well over half hour long he quoted the WHO guidelines and explained many of the things I was told on the forum. He also told me a number of things about recent findings in diabetes, which was encouraging, he agreed with a lot of the information I was told on the forum. He was actually singing from the same song sheet as many of the forum members.
He said an A1c test does NOT rule out diabetes
A 'normal' healthy persons blood sugars will 'seldom' go above 7.8 and will return to pre meal around the two hour mark
Normal fasting blood sugars do NOT rule out diabetes
Persistent 'Spikes' above 7.8 are not 'normal' and should be looked at because they are damaging particularly if BS do not return to post meal readings at the two hour mark
Two readings above 11.1 regardless of when they were taken 'are' a diagnosis of diabetes. As I have had dozens of readings above 11.1 it is highly likely I am diabetic, even allowing for the margin of error in lab results compared to meter readings.
There are many different types of diabetes which all act differently and he mentioned Lada as a possibility.
The extreme lows are worrying and there has to be an explanation for them, which needs investigating. I don't seem to have the lows as often as I did at the beginning but he was concerned I was taking 900mg of Gabapentin three times a day (a massive dose) which can cause low blood sugars so he told me to stop taking them immediately, which I'd recently done anyway.
He also said 'continue' taking my blood sugars and gather all the information I can because it was excellent evidence that the Endocronologist will look at and it will help lead to a diagnosis.
He told me not to mess with my diet at the moment and to continue as normal because he doesn't want a sudden change in diet messing with the results particularly the GTT.
He agreed only eating twice a day would lower the A1c test but already there is an upward trend in the readings which he thinks will likely continue. Stopping the Gabapentin may also mean the numbers will increase.
He apologised for the problems I'd had with the diabetic nurse and said none of what happened was my fault and any issues should not have been addressed with me.
I told him I'd been advised stress could affect my blood sugars and asked if it was possible I could just be suffering from stress which has impacted on my blood sugars. He said not to the extent he was seeing in my readings.
It is a huge relief I now have someone taking me seriously and willing to work towards a solution to get my health back on track, I almost gave up!
To begin with I would like to thank Eurobuff and Elizabeth for their support and encouragement in helping me move forward with my quest to get my health back on track. I think I would have given up the fight if it hadn't been for your support. Thank you!
Yesterday I finally went to see a different Doctor at my local surgery.
I went armed with my meter and printouts of all my readings over the last three months. Which he studied in great detail, to my amazement!
He agreed there's something very wrong going on with my blood sugars which need looking into ASAP. He has ordered a barrage of tests which includes a glucose tolerance test and a test for Lada at the Hospital and will be making a referral to a specialist as soon as the tests are all completed, even if the tests rule out diabetes. Throughout the visit which was well over half hour long he quoted the WHO guidelines and explained many of the things I was told on the forum. He also told me a number of things about recent findings in diabetes, which was encouraging, he agreed with a lot of the information I was told on the forum. He was actually singing from the same song sheet as many of the forum members.
He said an A1c test does NOT rule out diabetes
A 'normal' healthy persons blood sugars will 'seldom' go above 7.8 and will return to pre meal around the two hour mark
Normal fasting blood sugars do NOT rule out diabetes
Persistent 'Spikes' above 7.8 are not 'normal' and should be looked at because they are damaging particularly if BS do not return to post meal readings at the two hour mark
Two readings above 11.1 regardless of when they were taken 'are' a diagnosis of diabetes. As I have had dozens of readings above 11.1 it is highly likely I am diabetic, even allowing for the margin of error in lab results compared to meter readings.
There are many different types of diabetes which all act differently and he mentioned Lada as a possibility.
The extreme lows are worrying and there has to be an explanation for them, which needs investigating. I don't seem to have the lows as often as I did at the beginning but he was concerned I was taking 900mg of Gabapentin three times a day (a massive dose) which can cause low blood sugars so he told me to stop taking them immediately, which I'd recently done anyway.
He also said 'continue' taking my blood sugars and gather all the information I can because it was excellent evidence that the Endocronologist will look at and it will help lead to a diagnosis.
He told me not to mess with my diet at the moment and to continue as normal because he doesn't want a sudden change in diet messing with the results particularly the GTT.
He agreed only eating twice a day would lower the A1c test but already there is an upward trend in the readings which he thinks will likely continue. Stopping the Gabapentin may also mean the numbers will increase.
He apologised for the problems I'd had with the diabetic nurse and said none of what happened was my fault and any issues should not have been addressed with me.
I told him I'd been advised stress could affect my blood sugars and asked if it was possible I could just be suffering from stress which has impacted on my blood sugars. He said not to the extent he was seeing in my readings.
It is a huge relief I now have someone taking me seriously and willing to work towards a solution to get my health back on track, I almost gave up!
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