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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2413569" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>Yes, I agree we have had similar experiences, and as an RN, you have been given a head start in understanding the dynamics of the reason we have hypos. Welcome to our forum [USER=508286]@Gwennith[/USER].</p><p>I have been fortunate over the years, now over twenty years since I started to get symptoms, that I was given a full blood panel every six months and with every test my endocrinologist did. I am non diabetic, I have no need for supplements or other meds than the ones I have been taking for anxiety, depression, and sitagliptin (Januvia) for an increase in my initial insulin response, which helps lower my spike if I have a few carbs.</p><p>I was hospitalised on Easter weekend, and had a couple of blood tests, a scan, then a cat scan, and everything was healthy! The staff were brilliant, but had nothing to eat for me, I was offered cereal, a sandwich, a pasta ready meal, but nothing else. In the end they sent out for a salad for me.</p><p>The extended oral glucose tolerance test, (I had six, I think!) Every time my blood from a cannula before, during and when I went hypo (every time!) Was sent to a specialist laboratory in London to be studied and checked for any discrepancies, such as B12.</p><p>My insulin levels were also tracked, and because I was eating carbs, I had insulin resistance and circulating insulin, which was because of the secondary excess insulin response. (An overshoot is what it is called!)</p><p>The insulin I was creating, the levels of insulin in my blood was high because of most of it was never used to link with the glucose to give me the energy my body needed.</p><p>I like you with help from my endocrinologist, and reading as much as I could on the internet, not finding much because of the rarity and the lack of research and training for doctors who still don't understand how and why, metabolic conditions actually work and the dietary advice is one reason why I was nearly eighteen stone at diagnosis. I had hyperinsulinaemia, frequent hypos and was really ill.</p><p>The answer and treatment was of course avoiding carbs.</p><p>I am carb intolerant. The severity which i try to remind myself, I never want to go back and be like that ever again.</p><p>And it works. Beware of spuds, they are just as bad as all the other carb laden foods.</p><p>Other than a couple of hiccups, I have been in normal blood glucose levels since diagnosis. Eight years ago!</p><p></p><p>Keep safe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2413569, member: 85785"] Yes, I agree we have had similar experiences, and as an RN, you have been given a head start in understanding the dynamics of the reason we have hypos. Welcome to our forum [USER=508286]@Gwennith[/USER]. I have been fortunate over the years, now over twenty years since I started to get symptoms, that I was given a full blood panel every six months and with every test my endocrinologist did. I am non diabetic, I have no need for supplements or other meds than the ones I have been taking for anxiety, depression, and sitagliptin (Januvia) for an increase in my initial insulin response, which helps lower my spike if I have a few carbs. I was hospitalised on Easter weekend, and had a couple of blood tests, a scan, then a cat scan, and everything was healthy! The staff were brilliant, but had nothing to eat for me, I was offered cereal, a sandwich, a pasta ready meal, but nothing else. In the end they sent out for a salad for me. The extended oral glucose tolerance test, (I had six, I think!) Every time my blood from a cannula before, during and when I went hypo (every time!) Was sent to a specialist laboratory in London to be studied and checked for any discrepancies, such as B12. My insulin levels were also tracked, and because I was eating carbs, I had insulin resistance and circulating insulin, which was because of the secondary excess insulin response. (An overshoot is what it is called!) The insulin I was creating, the levels of insulin in my blood was high because of most of it was never used to link with the glucose to give me the energy my body needed. I like you with help from my endocrinologist, and reading as much as I could on the internet, not finding much because of the rarity and the lack of research and training for doctors who still don't understand how and why, metabolic conditions actually work and the dietary advice is one reason why I was nearly eighteen stone at diagnosis. I had hyperinsulinaemia, frequent hypos and was really ill. The answer and treatment was of course avoiding carbs. I am carb intolerant. The severity which i try to remind myself, I never want to go back and be like that ever again. And it works. Beware of spuds, they are just as bad as all the other carb laden foods. Other than a couple of hiccups, I have been in normal blood glucose levels since diagnosis. Eight years ago! Keep safe [/QUOTE]
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