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- Type of diabetes
- Reactive hypoglycemia
- Treatment type
- Diet only
My Endo has suggested that I do a fasting test to rule out insulinoma, as I have sometimes hypo'd while fasting. She has given me forms to do the blood test if/when my glucoe level drops to 2.7 or below. I have someone who is ready to drive me to the pathology clinic anytime, if need be. The tests she has ordered are for: Glucose, Insulin, c-peptide, cortisol, proinsulin, beta-hydroxybutyrate, sulphonylurea - in the event of low glucose. There is another test form with some extra things on there too: insulin antibodies, FBE, UEC, LFT, TFT, prolactin, ACTH, IGF-1, chromogranin A. I have been fasting since 5 pm yesterday and it's now 9 am and my glucose level is sitting stable at 4.3. The last time I had a hypo while fasting, I got a reading of 2.7 after skipping breakfast one day and then only eating a steak for lunch, then waited about 4 hours while the level slowly dropped.
These are my previous results from 2018:
Pathology Jan 2018 EGFR >90 LFT normal TSH 3.61 mIU/L (0.40-3.50) FT4- 12.1 pmol/L (9-19)
OGTT 75g fasting glucose 4.9, 2-hour glucose 2.1 mmol/L
Medical Imaging Feb 2018
CT abdomen and pelvis No focal pancreatic lesion detected. No acute intracranial, intra-abdominal abnormality detected
March 2018
Pancreatic polypeptide 26.2 pmol/L (<55)
Cortisol 350 nmol/L
ACTH 3.9 pmol/L FSH 1.6 mIU/L
LH 3.1 mIU/L
C-peptide 0.69
Insulin 6 Plasma metanephrines normal: normetanephrine 320 pmol/L (<640), metanephrine 190 pmol/L (<447), 3MT <50 Adrenaline 0.1 nmol/L (<1)
Noradrenaline 1.8 nmol/L (<3.5)
Chromogranin A 40 Sulphonylurea screen negative
These are my previous results from 2018:
Pathology Jan 2018 EGFR >90 LFT normal TSH 3.61 mIU/L (0.40-3.50) FT4- 12.1 pmol/L (9-19)
OGTT 75g fasting glucose 4.9, 2-hour glucose 2.1 mmol/L
Medical Imaging Feb 2018
CT abdomen and pelvis No focal pancreatic lesion detected. No acute intracranial, intra-abdominal abnormality detected
March 2018
Pancreatic polypeptide 26.2 pmol/L (<55)
Cortisol 350 nmol/L
ACTH 3.9 pmol/L FSH 1.6 mIU/L
LH 3.1 mIU/L
C-peptide 0.69
Insulin 6 Plasma metanephrines normal: normetanephrine 320 pmol/L (<640), metanephrine 190 pmol/L (<447), 3MT <50 Adrenaline 0.1 nmol/L (<1)
Noradrenaline 1.8 nmol/L (<3.5)
Chromogranin A 40 Sulphonylurea screen negative