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Drinking too much milk?
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Kaylz
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@everydayupsanddowns @Docb either of you able to split @Emryn comment into it's own thread? Just don't think it will get much attention being in this old one xx
trophywench
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Emryn - are they 200% certain you have Type 2 diabetes? - most unusual (thought not impossible) to get T2 aged 21. What led to your diagnosis of diabetes? Do you know the results of your blood tests ? (the actual numbers to assess whether you have a mountain to climb or just a small hillock) - and what's the attraction of milk ?
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Welcome to the forum @Emryn
I’ve split your post into its own thread to give it more attention.
In the weeks and months before I was diagnosed I found myself drinking a lot of milk to try to quench the insatiable thirst of my undiagnosed T1. There was something about the soothing nature of it that seemed to help more than regular drinks.
Like @trophywench, I am interested in a little more information about how you came to be diagnosed, whether the symptoms came on suddenly... whether you have diabetes in your family... whether you experienced any weight loss...
Do you know what your blood glucose levels generally are? High blood glucose (above 10ish on a fingerprick meter) prompts the kidneys to try to flush out the excess glucose in urine, which leads to increased weeing, and in turn to being very thirsty.
Not sure of that sounds familiar?
I’ve split your post into its own thread to give it more attention.
In the weeks and months before I was diagnosed I found myself drinking a lot of milk to try to quench the insatiable thirst of my undiagnosed T1. There was something about the soothing nature of it that seemed to help more than regular drinks.
Like @trophywench, I am interested in a little more information about how you came to be diagnosed, whether the symptoms came on suddenly... whether you have diabetes in your family... whether you experienced any weight loss...
Do you know what your blood glucose levels generally are? High blood glucose (above 10ish on a fingerprick meter) prompts the kidneys to try to flush out the excess glucose in urine, which leads to increased weeing, and in turn to being very thirsty.
Not sure of that sounds familiar?
trophywench
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@everydayupsanddowns - I never had spare milk - one pint a day delivered to my door end of story - you couldn't 'just buy extra from a shop' even if you could afford to - and I couldn't afford to either. Literally mortgaged up to beyond our eyeballs in 1972!
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