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Hello my names Verity and I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes 3 weeks ago. I am very confused by the diagnosis, but my dr is adamant that they are doing the right thing for me. My mother has type 2 diabetes and is now on insulin, and I had gestational diabetes in my last pregnancy nearly 6 years ago, so I knew my risk factor was high. I was admitted to A & E just before christmas after collapsing (not the first time might i add). The hospital tested my blood sugar which was 10.2, but i had only eaten an hour and half previous to this. I was then referred back to my gp with suspected diabetes. I had a load of blood tests done and a urine test, all of which have come back with everything in the normal ranges, but due to the fact I am high risk, I am overweight (even though i have dramatically lost 5 stone very quickly), I keep having hypos and I don't eat so have some ketones, they are now treating me as diabetic. I am on diet and exercise only at the moment, and due to my regular hypos, have to test my sugars regularly. The dr has told me that due to the fact that I rarely eat, it was very hard to get true readings from my blood tests. I'm finding this all a little overwhelming and to be honest hard to swallow. When I was pregnant I was on diet only and my levels kept going far too low even though i was eating a balanced diet. Has anyone else ever experienced this, because my mother although a huge help and reassurance to me, doesn't quite understand what is happening either. Many thanks :?
 
Hi Verity

Welcome aboard :)

It's interesting that you're on diet and exercise and getting hypos. Can I ask what numbers you're getting when you get these hypos?

Diabetes is confusing at first but the more you understand, the much better chance of dealing really well with diabetes.

Keep a record of all your results and preferably the meals and exercise you're having.

Ed
 
My levels are mainly under 4. They only ever go to about 6 when i have eaten, so to me this is completely normal. I had that one high reading when i collapsed and was told it may have been high due to the stress of passing out. I am finding this all very hard to take it at the moment.
 
Those figures sound pretty non-diabetic to me but I'm not a doctor. It sounds like there is something very odd going on with your body, most people don't just loose 5 stone quickly. Go back to your GP and get a referral to an endocrinologist.

All the best.
 
I lost weight before I was diagnosed. It is not usual for a Type 2, but it does happen.
If you have been running with fairly high BGs for years, a low normal of 4 can feel like a flat-out .
I take it your numbers are low because you are working at your diet? If not, you are an unusual type of diabetic, maybe your pancreas is missfiring
 
Continued...Anyway, I would definitely go for a referral to the hospital if I were you.
 
Thanks for your reply's. Yes i am going back to my gp as the hypos are getting more of a problem and the dr wants to run more tests. Everybody i have spoken to has been confused by my diagnosis, even my mother, who is type 2 and now on insulin.
 
Just a minute - what do you mean, you don't eat?
People who don't eat get sick. Why don't you eat?
Fainting from lack of food is probably pretty indistinguishable from a hypo.
 
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