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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi all.
I am newly diagnosed type 2 (couple of months) and wondered how common is it for people to be initially diagnosed as type 2, only to find out some time later that they were type 1 all along?
Since being diagnosed I have cut my carbs to the bone and stuck to the LCHF diet religiously. I still have a couple of stone to lose, but I've lost 22lbs since d day, going from 16st 6 to 14st 10. (I'm a 55 year old, 6'1" male).
Despite taking 3 x 500 metformin per day and avoiding carbs & sugar like a zealot, I can't seem to get my BG readings below 8.5 at any time throughout the day and my feet are stinging constantly.
It may be that I need to up my excercise or that my meter (codefree) is on the blink, but having seen others mention misdiagnosis in a few threads, I thought I would ask about its rarity or otherwise.
In advance of the inevitable question, I haven't the foggiest what my blood results were, but will be requesting them next week as I need to produce them at the X-pert course I have been asked to attend.
Thanks for reading.
Andy
I am newly diagnosed type 2 (couple of months) and wondered how common is it for people to be initially diagnosed as type 2, only to find out some time later that they were type 1 all along?
Since being diagnosed I have cut my carbs to the bone and stuck to the LCHF diet religiously. I still have a couple of stone to lose, but I've lost 22lbs since d day, going from 16st 6 to 14st 10. (I'm a 55 year old, 6'1" male).
Despite taking 3 x 500 metformin per day and avoiding carbs & sugar like a zealot, I can't seem to get my BG readings below 8.5 at any time throughout the day and my feet are stinging constantly.
It may be that I need to up my excercise or that my meter (codefree) is on the blink, but having seen others mention misdiagnosis in a few threads, I thought I would ask about its rarity or otherwise.
In advance of the inevitable question, I haven't the foggiest what my blood results were, but will be requesting them next week as I need to produce them at the X-pert course I have been asked to attend.
Thanks for reading.
Andy