Hi everyone,
I’ve just signed up to the page as I’m feeling a bit disheartened and would really like some outside input.
In the past two years I’ve had episodes of not feeling well, symptoms which I now know to be common with T1. T1 runs in my family extensively and prior to yesterday I’d never had blood sugar tests or HAb1c done.
Last week I felt awful, I decided to go to the pharmacy to see what it could be, upon explaining how I’m worried about the risk of T1 she offered me a blood glucose monitor so I started to monitor my levels...
I have only taken fasted levels and the past three mornings of testing they have been as follows...
Monday-7.2
Tuesday-6.8
Wednesday-7.3
I went to see the doctor yesterday but instead got put in an appointment with a nurse, frustratingly when she tested blood sugar it had gone down to 5.1mmol (this is still fasted and after a 40 minute walk to the doctors, which I explained I believe would bring the blood sugar levels down), anyway she was helpful and sent me for my first HAb1c test, the results of which I should hopefully get tomorrow, however, the whole time I felt as if I was made to feel I am making this up.
She told me to stop measuring my blood glucose levels as it will only stress me, which I understand the gist behind, however, when the levels are repeatedly in the pre/diabetic level shouldn’t she have encouraged me to monitor it more closely?
I’m a fit 19 year old, I go to the gym 4 times a week and play rugby, my diet is healthy too and so I’m just worried through my lifestyle I have managed to mask the symptoms for this long (to which I was told was nonsense), but every time I get the symptoms of either a hypo/hyperglycaemia they seem to be getting worse.
I just wondered if anyone else has had any frustrating experiences like this or if she’s right and I’m just blaming all my issues on something that isn’t there?
Thank you all in advance