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Hi , I have just been diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in A&E, how frightening that was !! Im on insulin and tablets .

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Bamjjm said:
My blood sugars were 35 and Ketones 2.2
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Welcome to the forum.
I would suggest you have type1 diabetes and not type2.
 
Think your GP did too, hence why he sent you A&E ! Shedloads of adults are diagnosed T1 - it is NOT only kids that get it. It's auto immune, the only thing YOU personally could have done to prevent it is to change every gene in your body!! - ie get yourself some different ancestors!

Since that isn't possible - we just have to accept it. T2's also have a huge genetic tendency towards diabetes, but it isn't auto immune, usually a whole combination of factors none of them realised mattered.
 
Bamjjm said:
My blood sugars were 35 and Ketones 2.2
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He still shouldn't of frightened you like that as those numbers were a week old.
 
Sorry Adam but you're wrong - if the numbers were a week old, then the numbers right now would have been even higher - not lower! And nobody needs to be on the verge of DKA - would YOU advise someone to not go to A&E when they had ketones of 2.2 already? Cos I bloomin well wouldn't.
 
Not saying your wrong but i don't know the figures at A&E, i would be interested though as having ketones and BG go higher over a week the OP would of probably called an ambulance as you would feel and look that bad..in my opinion and experience of course.
P.S sorry to @Bamjjm if you were feeling really ill at the time of hospital admission as i certainly know how horrendous it can make you feel.
 
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rebrascora said:
The sudden weight loss is the big difference between Type 1 and Type 2, where many people need to lose weight and have to put effort into it. Mine just dropped off at a rate of 4lbs a week and I can still remember looking down at my arms and legs and not recognising them as mine because I lost so much flesh.
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i had the same, lost 4 stone in about 3 or 4 months but diagnosis still came back as type 2
 
@Oblivious Were you tested for Type 1 ie GAD antibody and C-peptide tests and were you trying to lose weight or did it just happen?
 
rebrascora said:
@Oblivious Were you tested for Type 1 ie GAD antibody and C-peptide tests and were you trying to lose weight or did it just happen?
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hi, was tested, no antibodies and c-peptides in normal range as were ketones. and no, not trying to lose weight it just kept happening. at diagnosis i was around 10.5 stone and none of my clothes fit anymore
 
Oblivious said:
hi, was tested, no antibodies and c-peptides in normal range as were ketones. and no, not trying to lose weight it just kept happening. at diagnosis i was around 10.5 stone and none of my clothes fit anymore
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Wow! That is very strange! Have you been referred to a specialist? You definitely don't sound like a typical Type 2 but as with anything "Diabetes" there can be a huge variation in what is normal and a lot more work needs to be done in researching Types of diabetes as there may well be a lot of sub groups within the Types.
 
rebrascora said:
Wow! That is very strange! Have you been referred to a specialist? You definitely don't sound like a typical Type 2 but as with anything "Diabetes" there can be a huge variation in what is normal and a lot more work needs to be done in researching Types of diabetes as there may well be a lot of sub groups within the Types.
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thank you
 
@Bamjjm My comment above was in response to Oblivious's post rather than being directed at yourself. Usually if you quote another person's post as I did, then it suggests you are replying to that, rather than to the Original Poster of the thread (the OP)
 
Welcome to the forum @Bamjjm

Let us know what the GP says on Monday - or whenever you get hold of them.

Asking the questions and seeking an accurate classification of diabetes type is really important as it can significantly affect the ,ost appropriate treatment for you, plus which treatments and technologies are available on the NHS.

It is quite unusual for T2s to go straight onto insulin I think.

Do you have any diabetes or autoimmune conditions in your close family?
 
Hello @Bamjjm. I would just like to say that whatever type you turn out to have ,
With the right info , support and meds if necessary , diabetes is condition that can be well managed by ourselves .
I do hope you can persuade your Gp to do either the C-peptide or GAD blood test as I too suspect you may not have T2 .
 
Let me say that I too think that this is type 1. Why?

Ketones: very unusual in type 2, typical of type 1
Speed of onset: type 2 usually develops slowly, type 1 is often rapid.
Weight loss: typical of type 1, type 2s often struggle to loose weight at all.
Treatment it would not be usual for a newly diagnosed type 2 to need insulin initially. Needed for type 1, nothing else will do. I think that someone is hedging their bets and using insulin in case you turn out to be type 1!

The ONLY thing that is not typical T1 is age. Some medics still believe that T1s have to be under 30 at diagnosis and just say T2 after looking at the date of birth. But T1 can occur at any age.

Ask the question "Why do you think that I am type 2?"
 
leonS said:
Let me say that I too think that this is type 1. Why?

Ketones: very unusual in type 2, typical of type 1
Speed of onset: type 2 usually develops slowly, type 1 is often rapid.
Weight loss: typical of type 1, type 2s often struggle to loose weight at all.
Treatment it would not be usual for a newly diagnosed type 2 to need insulin initially. Needed for type 1, nothing else will do. I think that someone is hedging their bets and using insulin in case you turn out to be type 1!

The ONLY thing that is not typical T1 is age. Some medics still believe that T1s have to be under 30 at diagnosis and just say T2 after looking at the date of birth. But T1 can occur at any age.

Ask the question "Why do you think that I am type 2?"
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I will thank you .
 
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