Type 2s - what do you think caused your diabetes?

[vit90]

Thanks for all the responses! By the way I am not trying to seek 'blame' although I am interested in spotting trends and I do want to try to make my kids realise that some food and lifestyle habits could bite back later in life.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Mine arrived suddenly, at some point during 2013. January 2013 I wasn't diabetic, I had normal FBG. January 2014, I was diabetic with an HbA1c of 53, FBG of 7.

What happened in 2013? Diagnosed with breast cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy. Steroids during chemo, but only 4 days a week once every 3 weeks. Eating foods recommended to ward off chemo side effects (a bottle of Lucozade daily, Manuka Honey every day, large amounts of Cranberry juice, 2 bananas a day, sugar on some food to give it taste, comfort foods like chocolate (which I was never bothered about before, not having a sweet tooth) ...................... stress, weight gain.................

Who knows? No family history. Maybe I was just destined to get it and would still have got it without the cancer treatment. I don't really care. I got it, end of story. At least my cancer is in a jar in the path lab, or so my oncologist tells me. Long may it remain there.

 

[Brunneria]

Reactive hypoglycaemia from the age of 3 and a half.
Which led to food cravings, binge eating and weight gain.
PCOS
Prediabetic and hypoglycaemic for decades
Reached type 2 sometime in my 40s.
Would have been sooner if I hadn't discovered low carbing in my late teens.
Family history of type 2 on both sides of the family

I was kinda doomed, wasn't i?
And I don't hold out ANY expectation that de-fatting my liver would reverse me. No chance.

Stress, yoyo dieting, and attempts to 'eat normally' have each caused steplike deteriorations at various times.

 

[louch1]

I think mine was stress. I work as a year 1 teaching assistant and very strong family history .

 

[vit90]

Mine arrived suddenly, at some point during 2013. January 2013 I wasn't diabetic, I had normal FBG. January 2014, I was diabetic with an HbA1c of 53, FBG of 7.

What happened in 2013? Diagnosed with breast cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy. Steroids during chemo, but only 4 days a week once every 3 weeks. Eating foods recommended to ward off chemo side effects (a bottle of Lucozade daily, Manuka Honey every day, large amounts of Cranberry juice, 2 bananas a day, sugar on some food to give it taste, comfort foods like chocolate (which I was never bothered about before, not having a sweet tooth) ...................... stress, weight gain.................

Who knows? No family history. Maybe I was just destined to get it and would still have got it without the cancer treatment. I don't really care. I got it, end of story. At least my cancer is in a jar in the path lab, or so my oncologist tells me. Long may it remain there.

I dislike the term 'you were lucky' but I can't think of a better one - your HbA1c was only very slightly above the normal range and it looks like things were caught early plus you have demonstrated a lot of motivation to keep things under control

 

[vit90]

I think mine was stress. I work as a year 1 teaching assistant and very strong family history .

I'm seeing a lot of stress and family history cropping up in this thread; me included!

 

[Brunneria]

I'm seeing a lot of stress and family history cropping up in this thread; me included!

In my case, stress hormones have an even bigger impact (on a daily basis) than anything except silly amounts of carb. But I do have generally screwed up hormones.

 

[SuzyMo]

Stress and genetics. My aunt was T1, mum was T2 and sister had gestational none of them were over weight and neither am I. Getting even thinner now.

 

[pavlovsdog]

I'm seeing a lot of stress and family history cropping up in this thread; me included!

Yes, stress seems to be a big factor

 

[AnnieC]

Yes I am a ."don't know why" always had a healthy diet low on sugar stuff never drank alcohol no family history of T2 and no real stress in my life I have never been overweight no medical conditions and I don't take any medication that could predispose me My doctor said she really doesn't know why I have been prediabetic for over 3 years now right on the edge in the high 6's so there you go what does cause it some will develope it some won't whatever their life styles are

 

[vit90]

Do peeps here think stress is a direct factor (triggering damaging hormones, for example) or do you think it is more related to related habits like lacking exercise and poor diet. If you are stressed out you are less likely to eat the right food, probably eat too much and not have time to exercise and relax, sleep well, etc.

 

[izzzi]

Thanks for all the responses! By the way I am not trying to seek 'blame' although I am interested in spotting trends and I do want to try to make my kids realise that some food and lifestyle habits could bite back later in life.

Type 2 diabetes has become increasingly common in children, If our children have a risk for developing diabetes for whatever reason they should be tested. I am not to sure what the NHS thinks about these matters.

 

[AnnieC]

Between me and my mother she is the one really who should have had diabetes she loved her sweet stuff cakes biscuits sweets chocolate she hardly took any excercise was always overweight and she took steriods for over 30 years for a chest condition yet she lived to 88 and never had diabetes

 

[cold ethyl]

Do peeps here think stress is a direct factor (triggering damaging hormones, for example) or do you think it is more related to related habits like lacking exercise and poor diet. If you are stressed out you are less likely to eat the right food, probably eat too much and not have time to exercise and relax, sleep well, etc.

A combination of the side effects of stress hormones, (excess cortisol secretion can lead to fat around belly area and adrenalin triggers glucose release ) and the consequences of feeling too rubbish to look after oneself. Also I used carbs to self medicate as they had a calming effect on me.

 

[vit90]

Between me and my mother she is the one really who should have had diabetes she loved her sweet stuff cakes biscuits sweets chocolate she hardly took any excercise was always overweight and she took steriods for over 30 years for a chest condition yet she lived to 88 and never had diabetes

Yeah - I also know someone in her 70s and she has a sweetie stash and while she isn't overweight she probably goes through a sweet shop od sweets and chocolates a week. She has a lot of things wrong with her medically but diabetes isn't one of them.

 

[SuzyMo]

My brother in law is the same. Eats sweets by the ton. Stuffs buns into himself, is not over weight and certainly not diabetic!! Lucky beggar.

 

[vit90]

Type 2 diabetes has become increasingly common in children, If our children have a risk for developing diabetes for whatever reason they should be tested. I am not to sure what the NHS thinks about these matters.

Interesting. Neither of my kids are overweight and both are very active but one of them definitely has a sweet tooth. I'm working on it, gently!

 

[izzzi]

Interesting. Neither of my kids are overweight and both are very active but one of them definitely has a sweet tooth. I'm working on it, gently!

In a sense all the more reason to get them tested, Eg; (every six months) My simple point being "Nobody Knows" Yet a blood test can reveal early symptoms in the view to avoid future major problems as they get older,

 

[vit90]

In a sense all the more reason to get them tested, Eg; (every six months) My simple point being "Nobody Knows" Yet a blood test can reveal early symptoms in the view to avoid future major problems as they get older,

One of them (with the sweeter tooth) has an underlying medical condition which means she has regular blood tests and I'm sure any diabetic indicators would have been flagged by now. She is active in sports and walks a lot. I was tested when I had a BMI of 31 back in 2006 but I was not diabetic then. My other daughter is a first team sports player and does practice several times a week plus walks very long distances at university. She is at a very low risk at this stage in life.

 

[loulou99782]

Family history and genetic disorder. I had an injection in my heal as a baby cause was born diabetic then pancreas started working was diagnosed ?T2 last year. Waiting to see specialist in the new year cause hbca1 high seen dn and monitoring bg levels.

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