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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2737127" data-attributes="member: 85785">Hi again, Funnily enough I'm not gluten intolerant but to the wheat (carbs) itself.I think we a relative newbie, your understanding of what happens is brilliant.I can explain further if you wish. It is quite complicated, and the terms used is an adventure in itself.Having a CGM to back you up when talking to an endocrinologist is very good forward thinking.And now I understand why you were referred, and I do agree the next stage is the eOGTT.All the tests do not prove RH, but are elimination tests and only after a couple more tests can the true diagnosis be known.It is widely known that CGMs get what is known as compression loss whilst sleeping. This is a good reason to have a back up glucometer to finger test the low.I have never used a CGM, when I was going through it all, I only had a glucometer, CGMs were not about a decade ago. I'm sure my endo would have insisted on one.But I managed, and as there was only one of two around that had actually been diagnosed, you could say I was thrown into the deep end, but it was a great learning curve. And thanks to my endo, he did save my life.I was really unhealthy and suffering, cos my GP didn't have a clue, not did another endo, six or seven years earlier.Forgot to mention, one of the tubes drawn will be for c-peptide and GAD tests for antibodies.I would be surprised, if that is what they find. And I hope they test insulin levels as well, which is something everyone with a metabolic condition should get.On my soapbox again!!!Keep asking, there is so much to learn.Best wishes.</blockquote>

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