Levels suddenly increasing 3 years after diagnosis?

[Martin768]

Hi, ive just joined the forum and hope to get some advice along the way....

bit of background...

im 49, male, diagnosed type 2 three years ago this month....

after the initial shock i got things under control and for the vast majority of the past three years I have had daily BSL readings of anywhere between 5-7....

so, the last 3 weeks ive been bouncing between 12 - 20 and cant seem to get any consistency in my BSL...I havent changed anything sleeping, eating or working

anyone else experienced this type of spike that's turning into a plateau? Help....... feeling a touch worried there's something else going on here ?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello Martin

Welcome to the forum.

I've moved your post to its own thread so that it can get more attention from members.

Sounds like you are right to be worried by the sudden change after a period of stability. Some people suggest that type 2 diabetes is inevitably progressive, but I have to say that isn't necessarily what I see from members here. However it *may* be (and I am largely speculating here) that your beta cells have been gradually reducing in number over time and mking up the difference by working harder... until a tipping point has been reached where you can no longer generate sufficient insulin. This may be exacerbated by your sensitivity to insulin, which may have been reducing over the same period. Those are both things that I've seen being talked about, but there's no way to know if either are happening in your case.

It may just be that your type 2 diabetes has progressed and you need to add additional medications to support your metabolism of carbs.

Sounds like you should go to discuss this sudden change with your GP.

Did your original diagnosis come about suddenly? Have you ever have any tests for auto-immune antibodies? These are not done as a matter of routine, but a sudden change like this might be related to 'slow onset' type 1 diabetes, properly known as LADA (Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adulthood) where the immune system gradually attacks betacells in the pancreas over a long period.

Hope you get so answers soon.

 

[Ditto]

Hello Martin, welcome to the forum. 🙂

I did read somewhere that D is progressive, so probably just when we think we've got a handle on it things might go awry. I hope you can get this sorted.