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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotBeyonce" data-source="post: 2328519" data-attributes="member: 468355">Hi Guys,I have not posted here in a while. I've been really busy not being married to Jay-Z, not being a mom of 3, and not voicing a character in the Lion King. I think the last time I posted, I was a Type 2 on insulin maintaining decent glycemic control. After getting really serious with my diet and exercise, I was able to get off insulin and all oral medications. My A1C has been stellar ranging from 4.9 to 5.1 for the past year or so. However, starting this spring (around lockdown for Corona), I started having highs and lows. My highs were double digits (up to 11) which is hard to deal with after basically never seeing anything above a 7 in forever. I also get tons of lows, generally as low as 2.0. My endocrinologist initially didn't seem concerned as my fasting (3.6 to 4.1.) and my A1C (4.9 to 5.1) have been stellar. However, after looking at my glucose logs, they saw multiple highs on a pretty clean diet and  lows that are not influenced by sulfonylureas or insulin as I've off all meds. My doctor ordered labs. My fasting glucose came back normal. My fasting insulin came back low. This seems confusing and contradictory. I feel like as a type 2 should have high fasting insulin, with normal or high fasting glucose. If I'm having reactive hypos, I feel like I should have normal or high fasting insulin levels, with low fasting blood sugar. I feel like if I have low fasting insulin, I should have high fasting glucose (if I were some how LADA, or or in the early stages of adult onset type 1). My blood sugar highs, though high to me, are not at an alert level. My lows, I can not correlate them to anything dietary (eating a high carbohydrate meal and having a reactive hypo, going several hours without eating etc).  My thirst has only slightly increased. I occasionally feel EXTREME hunger (but when I test my blood it will show a 5.4  or something), so I got my thyroid hormones tested too, but they were normal. I don't feel like how I did prior to diagnosis of type 2 (but my fasting and A1C were in the 20s so I had multiple diabetes symptoms), so I don't know what is up. I have my virtual appointment with my endocrinologist on Friday to get more insight. Until then, I'm relying on Dr. Google who has advised me to start planning for my funeral. I think Jennifer Hudson will give a soulful rendition of Amazing Grace. In all seriousness, anyone have a low fasting insulin?</blockquote>

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