I was diagnosed with glaucoma last year and regularly see a specialist for a check up. Each time I have been, he has asked me if I had diabetes and at the last visit, he said once again, "Are you sure that you don't have diabetes"?. "NO, of course not", says I with complete confidence as I was experiencing no symptoms. Then I was diagnosed a couple of weeks back with Type 2. The GP didn't ask me anything at all. I am a 55 year old female carrying a few spare kilos - is that the give away?
A couple of questions really.............
Firstly how does the GP tell the difference between type 1 and 2 (not that I want type 1 of course but just curious that he said immediately type 2 without any further testing?)
And secondly, what could the ophthalmologist be picking up that would indicate diabetes and should I be concerned about his questions. I live in Spain and consequently my consultant is Spanish and does not speak any English which, is fine as a rule, but if he begins to get technical and uses Spanish medical terminology, I may not understand him completely. Even with my glaucoma meds I still have very blurred vision which has deteriorated over the last few years :shock: .
My GP had just told me to go and look on the internet to see what I should be eating to reduce my blood sugars. I feel a bit out on a limb here and would appreciate some answers
Many thanks jaybenj xx
A couple of questions really.............
Firstly how does the GP tell the difference between type 1 and 2 (not that I want type 1 of course but just curious that he said immediately type 2 without any further testing?)
And secondly, what could the ophthalmologist be picking up that would indicate diabetes and should I be concerned about his questions. I live in Spain and consequently my consultant is Spanish and does not speak any English which, is fine as a rule, but if he begins to get technical and uses Spanish medical terminology, I may not understand him completely. Even with my glaucoma meds I still have very blurred vision which has deteriorated over the last few years :shock: .
My GP had just told me to go and look on the internet to see what I should be eating to reduce my blood sugars. I feel a bit out on a limb here and would appreciate some answers
Many thanks jaybenj xx
