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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 1949836" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>[USER=256148]@miahara[/USER] - Sounds like there could be a couple of things in play there.</p><p></p><p>Your low weight isn't necessarily helping you, in that you have no (weight) leeway, in terms of experimentation, but if you have been eating more carbs (in the hope og gaining weight), you may have been clouding and already complex issue with your blood numbers.</p><p></p><p>However, my take on it, in your shoes, would be to up my fats, probably quite a bit, and try dropping the carbs again, so that if calories matter to you (for some calries do impact on their weight, whereas others find on an LC diet, caloric considerations are less important, aside from getting enough of the blighters!). </p><p></p><p>I'd also, urgently, be getting a hold of the GAD and C-Peptide test results. "Normal" and "fine" don't cut it with me. When that is said to me, I just hear the words, "Trust me, I'm a Doctor" in my head, but as you say, unless your GP has sought specialist advice, she may be making a blunt judgement, based on the Lab's assessment. The Lab's assessment can only be based on that signle sample, without any of the surrounding context.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I would also be asking for a specialist referral, and if my GP resisted that on the NHS, I would ask her for a private referral - especially is the "normal" results transpire to be towards the edges of "normality".</p><p></p><p>A private referral to an Endo doesn't have to mean remortgaging the farm. I have done this (albeit not for a diabetes related issue), where my insurers declared the issue I had/have to be diabets related (despite my records having been marked as Diabetes Resolved for around 3 years at that point - Grrrrr), and the Endo was pretty straightforward in askining if I was insured for the visit or self-funding.</p><p></p><p>On declaring the self-funding, the Endo wrote to my GP instructing a whole list of blood tests (like 30) he wanted done. I then saw him a couple of weeks later to discuss the results. The initial consultation was around £250, and the follow up around £150, and from there, her asked my GP to refer me to him, specifically, on the NHS.</p><p></p><p>In your shoes, I would likely consider this money well spent.</p><p></p><p>I doubt a specialist Endo would even attempt to tell you how to put on weight, as that's noit usually their specialist bag, but it could help you get to the bottom of your type and therefore clarify your treatment options better.</p><p></p><p>If it transpired you remain a T2, then there is the postential that starting some meds, know to encourage weight gain, in some, might be of benefot to you, even if only over the shorter term.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, have you had plenty of general checks, to include things like your general health, and thyroid function? A dodgy thyroid can cause havoc with the metabolism. When my Mother's went a bit hyper, she was like the disappearing woman!</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 1949836, member: 345386"] [USER=256148]@miahara[/USER] - Sounds like there could be a couple of things in play there. Your low weight isn't necessarily helping you, in that you have no (weight) leeway, in terms of experimentation, but if you have been eating more carbs (in the hope og gaining weight), you may have been clouding and already complex issue with your blood numbers. However, my take on it, in your shoes, would be to up my fats, probably quite a bit, and try dropping the carbs again, so that if calories matter to you (for some calries do impact on their weight, whereas others find on an LC diet, caloric considerations are less important, aside from getting enough of the blighters!). I'd also, urgently, be getting a hold of the GAD and C-Peptide test results. "Normal" and "fine" don't cut it with me. When that is said to me, I just hear the words, "Trust me, I'm a Doctor" in my head, but as you say, unless your GP has sought specialist advice, she may be making a blunt judgement, based on the Lab's assessment. The Lab's assessment can only be based on that signle sample, without any of the surrounding context. Finally, I would also be asking for a specialist referral, and if my GP resisted that on the NHS, I would ask her for a private referral - especially is the "normal" results transpire to be towards the edges of "normality". A private referral to an Endo doesn't have to mean remortgaging the farm. I have done this (albeit not for a diabetes related issue), where my insurers declared the issue I had/have to be diabets related (despite my records having been marked as Diabetes Resolved for around 3 years at that point - Grrrrr), and the Endo was pretty straightforward in askining if I was insured for the visit or self-funding. On declaring the self-funding, the Endo wrote to my GP instructing a whole list of blood tests (like 30) he wanted done. I then saw him a couple of weeks later to discuss the results. The initial consultation was around £250, and the follow up around £150, and from there, her asked my GP to refer me to him, specifically, on the NHS. In your shoes, I would likely consider this money well spent. I doubt a specialist Endo would even attempt to tell you how to put on weight, as that's noit usually their specialist bag, but it could help you get to the bottom of your type and therefore clarify your treatment options better. If it transpired you remain a T2, then there is the postential that starting some meds, know to encourage weight gain, in some, might be of benefot to you, even if only over the shorter term. In the meantime, have you had plenty of general checks, to include things like your general health, and thyroid function? A dodgy thyroid can cause havoc with the metabolism. When my Mother's went a bit hyper, she was like the disappearing woman! Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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