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Hello all,
I'm currently having a lot of problems controlling my BG, and wonder if a confusing diagnosis about my type and the consequent treatment might be the cause - I'd really welcome any advice.
I was diagnosed as diabetic three months ago, with very high numbers (HBA1C 119, fasting BG 16). The type was never made clear to me, but as I am relatively young (35), have never been overweight, and the symptoms came on over around 8 weeks, I suspect T1 or T1.5. I've pressed the GP but he said the type didn't matter as the treatment was the same - from reading this forum and elsewhere, I now don't think this is the case.
With treatment - 2g metformin and 160mg gliclazide - and a very controlled low carb diet, my numbers were slowly coming down - BG averaging around 10, and HBA1C at 87 when last tested four weeks ago.
However, over the last 10 days, my BG has shot up - now average high teens again, with results as high as 22 yesterday - and symptoms have returned (fatigue, increased thirst and urination, and now some stomach pain). I am not yet back in ketosis (was ++++ when diagnosed, now still +). I am still strictly low carb, and just can't understand why my BG is increasing again.
After chasing my hospital referral, I now finally have an appointment, but not until 14 August. I'm very worried about having such high BG for another month, and, again from some research here, that my medication might actually be making things worse.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm currently waiting for a call back from the practice nurse at my GP, but don't have much faith that they'll do anything until new I've seen the specialist. Will another month of high BG and these meds cause any permanent damage? The only other thing I can think of is going to A&E, but I went shortly after diagnosis (on the advice of 111 as feeling unwell and worried about the ketones), and all they could do was give me a saline drip and tell me to look out for any acute symptoms.
Apologies for the long post, and thank you for any help!
I'm currently having a lot of problems controlling my BG, and wonder if a confusing diagnosis about my type and the consequent treatment might be the cause - I'd really welcome any advice.
I was diagnosed as diabetic three months ago, with very high numbers (HBA1C 119, fasting BG 16). The type was never made clear to me, but as I am relatively young (35), have never been overweight, and the symptoms came on over around 8 weeks, I suspect T1 or T1.5. I've pressed the GP but he said the type didn't matter as the treatment was the same - from reading this forum and elsewhere, I now don't think this is the case.
With treatment - 2g metformin and 160mg gliclazide - and a very controlled low carb diet, my numbers were slowly coming down - BG averaging around 10, and HBA1C at 87 when last tested four weeks ago.
However, over the last 10 days, my BG has shot up - now average high teens again, with results as high as 22 yesterday - and symptoms have returned (fatigue, increased thirst and urination, and now some stomach pain). I am not yet back in ketosis (was ++++ when diagnosed, now still +). I am still strictly low carb, and just can't understand why my BG is increasing again.
After chasing my hospital referral, I now finally have an appointment, but not until 14 August. I'm very worried about having such high BG for another month, and, again from some research here, that my medication might actually be making things worse.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm currently waiting for a call back from the practice nurse at my GP, but don't have much faith that they'll do anything until new I've seen the specialist. Will another month of high BG and these meds cause any permanent damage? The only other thing I can think of is going to A&E, but I went shortly after diagnosis (on the advice of 111 as feeling unwell and worried about the ketones), and all they could do was give me a saline drip and tell me to look out for any acute symptoms.
Apologies for the long post, and thank you for any help!