Captain_Sensible
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Hi - Johnny here. At the age of 16 in 1960 I was admitted to hospital in a diabetic coma in July of that year. I eventually fortunately came round 3 months later in October 1960. I guess I was lucky. Anyway the chief doc came around with his entourage of student doctors with clipboards and plonked themselves at the foot of my bed. The first thing the doc said was " Glad to see you are finally in the land of the living old boy" I said " what's wrong with me ? He replied " You've got diabetes old boy" I asked " what's that ?" He said " It's a life sentence old boy" I said " How long have I got doc ?" He replied " well with a fair wind and a bit of luck you should make 72"!! That was a bit of a relief for me as I was only 16 at the time - however I got a bit worried on my 72nd birthday as I remember what this quack said even though it's 58 years ago since I got Type 1. However when I was 72 I was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Still going strong at 74 now though- so st least I've proved the hospital doc wrong. He did save my life though so I am grateful for thatIt may sound like an unimportant question but I am curious how the doctor broke the news to you that you have diabetes. I wonder if my experience is exceptional or normal..
I am still feeling a bit upset because she was extremely careless and unempathetic. I came there to discuss my blood results because of my hair loss. And she didn't even discuss that or knew that could be a symptom of diabetes (i asked and she said she didnt know, another doctor ordered tests for several things to see what could cause my hair loss, appearantly that doctor did think about diabetes?) Anyway i sat down and she just said "you have Sugar disease". Now i am also annoyed at that term, like isn't she a doctor? Call it diabetes please. Then she said normally they would do 2 test but with such a numbers it has to be diabetes. Even the way she spoke , very cheerful, made me think that after the "normally we do 2 tests but with such a numbers....." she would say: it's probably not diabetes. (eventhough she already said it but i guess my mind wasnt progressing that) . Her message, and her tone didn't match at all. She also didn't mention the type, just told me to make appointment at diabetic nurse.. that's it. Then i came home, googled, and i felt the world fell apart... why are they saying it like it is nothing? It's a chronic disease, im 31 years old and have to deal with this for the rest of my life. Why not say "excuse me to tell you this and it can be a shock but you have diabetes type 2, with good diet and lifestyle you can get it under control, it is serious but it doesn't have to lead to complications'.
I don t know why it bugs me so much.. does anyone relate or understands?
He said "You have type 2 diabetes. Here's a prescription for metformin. Come back in 3 months. Bye."
Exactly the same, 10 days later I collapsed, taken to hospital, changed to type 1 and hooked up to pumps and monitors after discovering my keytones read 18He said "You have type 2 diabetes. Here's a prescription for metformin. Come back in 3 months. Bye."
What sort of blood test. 56 and 57 mmol/L or mg/dl for a blood sugar test seems odd. mmol/mol for HbA1c seems possible.Ok so I’m really concerned as have had 2 blood tests 2 weeks apart which have come back as 56 & 57 mmol, the last result I got was last Tuesday and asked me to contact dr , the dr had already put in a appt for me on Wednesday this week for 20 mins phone call and a nurse appt for 10 days time, do you think she is going to advise me I have diabetes.
Ok so I’m really concerned as have had 2 blood tests 2 weeks apart which have come back as 56 & 57 mmol, the last result I got was last Tuesday and asked me to contact dr , the dr had already put in a appt for me on Wednesday this week for 20 mins phone call and a nurse appt for 10 days time, do you think she is going to advise me I have diabetes.
This post inspires me to comment on how very well-organised the Diabetes.co.uk Forum is. I enjoy visiting other Diabetes forums, but imo none comes close to this one. Kudos to all the mods and others working so attentively to make it such a helpful and welcoming place. (Just please don't now rap my knuckles for going off topic!)Hi @Karen20 and welcome
As Bulkbiker says, you’ve posted on an old thread and you’d likely get more responses if you have your own thread. I can move this mini discussion to start a new thread if you’d like.
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