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<blockquote data-quote="Totto" data-source="post: 1459438" data-attributes="member: 91524"><p>Hi Izzy, I'm T2 and was diagnosed at the age of 50, same as my dad and most relatives on his side of my family. It took too long for me to get the correct test to diagnose me, an OGTT, as my fasting BG never was out of the ordinary and I lacked the usual signs of metabolic syndrome. I did have symptoms for a couple of years, mainly very painful cramps in my hands after eating carby things like rice or bread. </p><p></p><p>My GP is great and prescribes test strips while the DN constantly questions my diagnosis as in her view a HbA1c of 32 is impossible to achieve for a diabetic. Well, it would have been, had I followed her advice of eating plenty of starchy carbs with every meal and a lot of fruit and not test my BG. </p><p></p><p>I manage my diabetes as I find works best; testing new foods and meals thoroughly, staying away from stuff that raises my BG and keeping BG below 7 at all times, almost, through LCHF. </p><p></p><p>I am on no meds for diabetes and very few others, just thyroid hormones and occasionally beta blockers to treat Afib.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Totto, post: 1459438, member: 91524"] Hi Izzy, I'm T2 and was diagnosed at the age of 50, same as my dad and most relatives on his side of my family. It took too long for me to get the correct test to diagnose me, an OGTT, as my fasting BG never was out of the ordinary and I lacked the usual signs of metabolic syndrome. I did have symptoms for a couple of years, mainly very painful cramps in my hands after eating carby things like rice or bread. My GP is great and prescribes test strips while the DN constantly questions my diagnosis as in her view a HbA1c of 32 is impossible to achieve for a diabetic. Well, it would have been, had I followed her advice of eating plenty of starchy carbs with every meal and a lot of fruit and not test my BG. I manage my diabetes as I find works best; testing new foods and meals thoroughly, staying away from stuff that raises my BG and keeping BG below 7 at all times, almost, through LCHF. I am on no meds for diabetes and very few others, just thyroid hormones and occasionally beta blockers to treat Afib. [/QUOTE]
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