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How old were you at diagnosis?

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I was told that I was pre-diabetic when I was 30, but noone told me what to do to prevent it progressing, which has since annoyed me, I was told back then that it was inevitable that it would progress and that id just have to plod along and wait for that day. Had I known I could have maybe fought it a little then I would have done my best to do so.

At the time I was about 3 stone overweight and pretty lazy.

Since diagnosis I have lost just over 2 stone and exercise daily, which I love doing and feel so much better for it, I just wish I would have been pushed a little back then and I may have prevented a full diagnosis so early on in life

Never mind tho :roll:
 
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I was 61. Possibly should have been diagnosed at 60, looking back at my fasting blood tests. A friend's husband was diagnosed 2 days ago at 75, I think he's also Type 2 and will have been for a while, I guess. Hadn't been to the doctor for 10 years!

Another friend of mine was 56, I think, and yet another in her mid-40s. They both had a family history - I don't.

Viv
 
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Age 52 in A&E as lost feeling down left side A&E was treating for stroke until BG test 30+
 
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I was diagnosed type 2 and since May last year have struggeled to get my BG down to single figures and my diatitian said I can't possibly make more changes to my diet as I was eating like rabbit nibbeling on green stuff, not much more... When I told her that eating a small pear sent my BG rocketing to 17 mmol/L she wrote to my diabetes doctor and told him to book me in to the diabetes clinic at the hospital to check if I either need to start insulin or if I may be type 1 and he did ...

What I'm trying to say is get another health profecional involved like me, a diatitian and INSIST on having your diabetes re-evaluated...
 
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Diagnosed by new Dr. 3 years ago, revised 9 months later, when properly tested, to pre diabetic. What I don't get is how come their are soooo many more people being diagnosed nowadays. Better screening?or have they shifted the numbers? 3 years ago I knew 1 T1 now it seems every other person I meet has been told they are diabetic, T2, and all diagnosed in the past few years. If I was a skeptic I would be thinking that all Drs were getting a bung from the makers of metformin. :twisted: :twisted: .
 
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Was 37.

On reflection I had warning signs a while before diagnosis. Sadly no one told me what I should be watching out for (numb hands, thirst and deteriorating eyesight etc.). Family has strong history of condition.

In any case male machismo had me ignoring everything until I didn't even have enough energy to go to the shops up the road without being exhausted to the point of needing to sleep after (and losing so much weight that I looked like I'd just been liberated as a prisoner of war).

They say I'm type 2, but I have a sneaking suspicion that they are wrong and are reluctant to send me to a specialist to save costs.

PS - I have a feeling that I am pretty close to the average age of onset?
 
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When I was training in Anatomy and Physiology in 2000, they were still calling it 'Late age-onset diabetes' and talking about a late 50's starting age! :shock: Shows how slowly information trickles down to grass roots level where it is actually needed- no wonder we have so many moans at GP's still going on...the info just doesn't seem to be getting through. :evil:
 
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I was 47, but I'm sure I was diabetic for at least two or three years before that. My morning fasting level the day I was diagnosed was 17.6.
 
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I was 62 years old, no symptoms, felt fine but it was picked up in a routine blood test so had the glucose intollerance one and it showed me to have high blood sugar and then another fasting blood test nailed it :roll:
 
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So, between the 46 t2's that we have ages for we were a collective age of 1,166 years old, making an mean average age at dx of 44 years and ten months!
Does this make us a typical bunch or not?
 
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bowell said:
You forgot the total Tonnage :lol:
Click to expand...

Oh no I hope you are not implying we have all got to declare our weight too!!! :shock: :lol:

Regards
Angie
 
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Hi Jumbleannie

In my personal opinion, the reason we're all suddenly getting diagnosed with diabetes is because we're being encouraged to stuff ourselves with far too much carbohydrate, even on a 'good' diet. I know some people will not agree with that, but it's just my opinion!

Also we're not cooking properly any more, at least some of us, because we have no time. That is not a criticism - me too!

Also, my generation was brought up not to 'bother' the doctor. Unless there is another reason, who goes to the doctor and demands a check-up? We should all have MOTs every 3 years or so. If things were caught early it would save everyone time, trouble and cash.

My practice apparently has 142 registered diabetics. I know we're a small practice, but I'm sure that's far too few - don't they think that it could be as much as 10% of the population? or was it 5%?

Viv
 
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I was treated as T1 and put on insulin at first because of my age. I've noticed most people at the hospital diabetic clinic I use are usually 50 plus so I usually stand out.
 
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They have changed the diagnostic criteria: http://www.library.nhs.uk/guidelinesfin ... esID=59707

It's not to sell more metformin (it's generic anyway, so no one company benefits from increased sales, and the profit margin is probably lower than for fancy patented things), it's because they (the WHO according to the link above) wanted fewer people to die from diabetes.

There is a real increase too (as well as the increase generated by changing the numbers).
 
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I was 64. My mother was a similar age when she was diagnosed with T2 as well, and I was told that I had inherited it from her. My last 2 tests were 6.4 so keeping on the level. DN says I am exactly where she wants me! No lower! Anyone know why not? I would have expected that a bit lower would be better. Daily tests are good at last: 5.4 on waking and between 6/7 2 hours after evening meal. Does this sound OK to the experts?
 
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