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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2254207" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>Hi again,</p><p>I'm not too sure that being ill as I know how ill you can get with RH especially very low hypos, would help with a hospital admission, they would treat the hypo with treatment that probably wouldn't help you.</p><p>On my eOGTT, the nursing staff and the doctor on duty thought because of my hypo, I should be treated as a T1 or T2 should be treated and they made me drink a glucose drink and even worse a sandwich, which I didn't eat! They still were trying to ram carbs in me even an hour later when I was going high again, I stopped eating, I lasted about another hour and a half and went hypo again!</p><p>They got hold of my specialist endocrinologist who had an idea what was going on and he decided then to up my blood glucose levels slowly, as I settled in normal levels, they sent me home, I was in hospital for that one test for about twelve hours.</p><p>Normally in the UK, a specialist endocrinologist who would have an idea would not be called in, only on referral from other doctors.</p><p>The likelihood of getting the right tests is probably low.</p><p></p><p>Getting the correct tests is important, but not as important as what you have started doing already, a diagnosis is not necessary, if your testing and recording, your symptoms are giving you typically RH results then the best way to get through this is your dietary lifestyle.</p><p>Most tests are used to eliminate other metabolic conditions.</p><p>Only if you don't have these other conditions can it be RH.</p><p>For example, a 72 hour fasting test is to prove you don't go hypo while fasting. If you do go hypo, it will be one of the pancreatic conditions, such as insulinoma.</p><p>If you need more information please ask.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2254207, member: 85785"] Hi again, I'm not too sure that being ill as I know how ill you can get with RH especially very low hypos, would help with a hospital admission, they would treat the hypo with treatment that probably wouldn't help you. On my eOGTT, the nursing staff and the doctor on duty thought because of my hypo, I should be treated as a T1 or T2 should be treated and they made me drink a glucose drink and even worse a sandwich, which I didn't eat! They still were trying to ram carbs in me even an hour later when I was going high again, I stopped eating, I lasted about another hour and a half and went hypo again! They got hold of my specialist endocrinologist who had an idea what was going on and he decided then to up my blood glucose levels slowly, as I settled in normal levels, they sent me home, I was in hospital for that one test for about twelve hours. Normally in the UK, a specialist endocrinologist who would have an idea would not be called in, only on referral from other doctors. The likelihood of getting the right tests is probably low. Getting the correct tests is important, but not as important as what you have started doing already, a diagnosis is not necessary, if your testing and recording, your symptoms are giving you typically RH results then the best way to get through this is your dietary lifestyle. Most tests are used to eliminate other metabolic conditions. Only if you don't have these other conditions can it be RH. For example, a 72 hour fasting test is to prove you don't go hypo while fasting. If you do go hypo, it will be one of the pancreatic conditions, such as insulinoma. If you need more information please ask. Best wishes [/QUOTE]
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