Newly diagnosed Young adult

[Saravanakumar]

Hi guys, I'm just 24 diagnosed with type 2 a year back.Being sportsman, almost active throughout the day.Had a severe chicken pox few months back and went really down, few months after recovery thought of losing weight rapidly and was thirsty all day,all of a sudden thought of checking blood sugar level and shockingly it was 255 after 2 hours of breakfast, then took hba1c, results were 10.6%.Done with c-petite - 1.32 and thankfully GAD antibody was in favor of me.Initially took just 8 units of insulin shots in morning and night for 3 months and hba1c was 5.7, then changed to oral treatment, took metformin 1000 mg/day for 3 months and hba1c was 5.5.Then reduced 500 mg/day for next months and hba1c was 6.2, now currently taking 250 ms/day for a month.
Some used to say, i got diabetes as side effect of chickenpox,and it may get off in couple of years.... is that true?...whatever, i'm more stronger than diabetes.Will keep fighting

 

[Member34835]

Keep fighting to protect your beta (insulin making) cells! Your story reads like a type 1 story apart from the happy ending where you are not needing extra insulin. I hope you can use this forum to get clued up about ways to get off diabetic medication via diet or at least to get informed about Metformin.

 

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I have never heard of diabetes being a side effect of chicken pox. Although, I have heard it may be as a consequence of a viral infection.
I have given up seeking the answer to the question "why?" and focus on managing it now I have it as that is what I can change.
Looks like that is your main focus. Good on ya!