Following a review of my records & a scan on my pancreas - it's totally atrophied - meant that my diabetic specialist has recently reclassified me as a T3C, but with the statement "if you are taken into hospital tell them that you are a T1, because you need insulin".
What I find difficult to understand is why I have sudden energy burns which means that my BSLs crash without reason, even though I haven't really done anything energetic.
Sadly being a late diagnosis T1 diabetic (I was 34 years old) with reasonable control, I'm experiencing neuropathy in my hands. I used to know that I was suffering from low levels because my hands would start to tingle. However, I tend to notice now when the light appears too bright - especially the computer screen - because this is really my first awareness that something is not right.
My average BSL is between 1.8 & 2.1mmol before I notice that something is wrong. My partner has set alarms on my blood meter to remind everyone that I need to be tested should she be busy.
My diabetic team - they are GOOD - are insisting that I run high so that my body can re-introduce itself to hypo awareness .. sadly this approach also has the affect of ketoacidosis .. I'm not sure which has the better effect - me bouncing around with lots of energy, and not being able to sleep, or a periodic stay in hospital with nurses telling me that my BSLs are too high.
Heck it's something when I'm in hospital & can have 3 hypos in a day when I'm on the sliding scale.
What really surprises me is the number of people who know that measuring your BSLs will save you, but openly run away when they have to do this ... why?
