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<blockquote data-quote="knowlestr" data-source="post: 1401935" data-attributes="member: 382758"><p>Hi, just thought I would join in here. I tend not to post on 'social' media so this is all new to me, apologies if I have it wrong!</p><p></p><p>I have been watching some of the more recent posts of new diagnosis, and thought if they can then I can.</p><p></p><p>I had my 50th birthday at the end of January, mu biggest present was being told I had diabetes. I am guessing that I already had an inkling that I had diabetes as I managed to drop 2 stone through the month, clothes that I had not worn for 15 years I now fit into again. it is not as if I had a weight problem - only 16 stone or thereabouts, and am now back to 14ish 9as I was in my athletic youth. Happy days.</p><p></p><p>My diagnosis came off the back of health provider screening at work - my blood glucose was 33.3 (the max the device could register, so may have been higher). Spoke to my GP and they advocated a trip to A&E, which I duly undertook. A&E took more blood then sent me upstairs to the diabetes clinic where I am now being assessed.</p><p></p><p>for meds I was started off on:</p><p>breakfast 1 Gliclazide, and 2 Metformin, which was then upped to 2 Glic, and about 10 days later introduced Empaglflozin., and for supper 2 Glic and 2 Met. Last week I had the morning Glic cut to 1/2 , then yesterday after a visit to the diet nurse it has been removed altogether.</p><p></p><p>Issue is that by all accounts I am not presenting as a typical type 2 - which is what they think I am, but with the removal of the Glic, is that paving the way for a Type 1 diagnosis as I understand that if T1 then you should not have Glic.</p><p></p><p>just to confuse matters further I have had additional bloods taken for LADA(?) testing.</p><p></p><p>all quite confusing, but I am more a glass half full person at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="knowlestr, post: 1401935, member: 382758"] Hi, just thought I would join in here. I tend not to post on 'social' media so this is all new to me, apologies if I have it wrong! I have been watching some of the more recent posts of new diagnosis, and thought if they can then I can. I had my 50th birthday at the end of January, mu biggest present was being told I had diabetes. I am guessing that I already had an inkling that I had diabetes as I managed to drop 2 stone through the month, clothes that I had not worn for 15 years I now fit into again. it is not as if I had a weight problem - only 16 stone or thereabouts, and am now back to 14ish 9as I was in my athletic youth. Happy days. My diagnosis came off the back of health provider screening at work - my blood glucose was 33.3 (the max the device could register, so may have been higher). Spoke to my GP and they advocated a trip to A&E, which I duly undertook. A&E took more blood then sent me upstairs to the diabetes clinic where I am now being assessed. for meds I was started off on: breakfast 1 Gliclazide, and 2 Metformin, which was then upped to 2 Glic, and about 10 days later introduced Empaglflozin., and for supper 2 Glic and 2 Met. Last week I had the morning Glic cut to 1/2 , then yesterday after a visit to the diet nurse it has been removed altogether. Issue is that by all accounts I am not presenting as a typical type 2 - which is what they think I am, but with the removal of the Glic, is that paving the way for a Type 1 diagnosis as I understand that if T1 then you should not have Glic. just to confuse matters further I have had additional bloods taken for LADA(?) testing. all quite confusing, but I am more a glass half full person at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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