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Hi my husband has just been diagnosed with Type 2. He is (was until last week) a healthy, active, normal weight. We eat a healthy diet BUT hubby could eat his way through a sweet shop overnight plus drinks fizzy cans coke, fanta etc. His reading was 20.7 last week, now down to 9.3. He injects twice daily. All sweets, juice, biscuits etc stopped. He has lost weight and muscle. Any advice will be great. Thanks
 
Has your husband lost the weight without trying? And the muscle, it's a little concerning and more commonly seen in a Type 1 before they are diagnosed, are they doing any further tests to determine Type? I don't mean to offend but I assume your husband is of a certain age? I'm just concerned that they may have jumped to the conclusion of Type 2 purely based on age xx
 
Kaylz said:
Has your husband lost the weight without trying? And the muscle, it's a little concerning and more commonly seen in a Type 1 before they are diagnosed, are they doing any further tests to determine Type? I don't mean to offend but I assume your husband is of a certain age? I'm just concerned that they may have jumped to the conclusion of Type 2 purely based on age xx
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Hi Kaylz
My husband is 72. I had noticed for a few months he was looking thinner. I have had two major ops this year and knew he was worried so put it down to that. No further tests but diabetic Dr says type 1;is normally young people. She also said he could have had it a long time.
 
Caz1951 said:
Hi Kaylz
My husband is 72. I had noticed for a few months he was looking thinner. I have had two major ops this year and knew he was worried so put it down to that. No further tests but diabetic Dr says type 1;is normally young people. She also said he could have had it a long time.
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Please seen as there is weight loss and muscle wastage push for more tests, there is no age limit on a Type 1 diagnosis and many here were diagnosed later in life (often misdiagnosed as Type 2 first because of their age) and it is important to have a proper diagnosis in order to receive the proper treatment and equipment, at the very least ask for a GAD test to see if the antibodies are present xx
 
Caz1951 said:
Hi Kaylz
My husband is 72. I had noticed for a few months he was looking thinner. I have had two major ops this year and knew he was worried so put it down to that. No further tests but diabetic Dr says type 1;is normally young people. She also said he could have had it a long time.
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There are many people who come onto this forum who have been diagnosed at a more mature age, often misdiagnosed as Type 2 because of that mis belief among Doctors that it is only in young people.
I assume because you say he injects twice a day he has been put on insulin straight away which is a bit unusual as his levels were high but not all that high. So oral meds and dietary changes would usually have been tried first.
 
Caz1951 said:
Hi Kaylz
My husband is 72. I had noticed for a few months he was looking thinner. I have had two major ops this year and knew he was worried so put it down to that. No further tests but diabetic Dr says type 1;is normally young people. She also said he could have had it a long time.
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Yes but the Dr said “normally” in young people , not always. Welcome to the forum!
 
Kaylz said:
Please seen as there is weight loss and muscle wastage push for more tests, there is no age limit on a Type 1 diagnosis and many here were diagnosed later in life (often misdiagnosed as Type 2 first because of their age) and it is important to have a proper diagnosis in order to receive the proper treatment and equipment, at the very least ask for a GAD test to see if the antibodies are present xx
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Thanks I'll let him know.
 
Hi from someone diagnosed with T1 at 53. There are 30% of those diagnosed with T1 who are over 30, so it is more commonly diagnosed when younger but there are plenty who are latecomers to it. This leads to misdiagnosis as T2 in many cases.

It is definitely worth going back and asking for the tests to confirm type of diabetes as they are very different diseases and require different management.
 
His reading tonight is 5.5 hospital said they wanted it 6-10 or 6-12 is 5.5 bad? Does he need to eat something to make it go up?
 
SB2015 said:
Hi from someone diagnosed with T1 at 53. There are 30% of those diagnosed with T1 who are over 30, so it is more commonly diagnosed when younger but there are plenty who are latecomers to it. This leads to misdiagnosis as T2 in many cases.

It is definitely worth going back and asking for the tests to confirm type of diabetes as they are very different diseases and require different management.
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He's planning on phoning hospital helpline. Thanks
 
5.5 isn’t bad - hypo is below 4 if on insulin and below 3.5 if not on insulin. ( not 100% sure if the not on insulin hypo number is correct)
 
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He's planning on phoning hospital helpline. Thanks
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People might be able to advice better if you were to say what insulin and amount he is having and had he been given any dietary advice or what to do in the event of low blood glucose (hypo). Hypo for most people on insulin would be below 4mmol/l, so 5.5 would not be hypo.
But see what they say.
 
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