Clifton
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Wanted to share the meandering route I had before my diagnosis was confirmed. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and in retrospect I should have it all checked out long before it became apparent.
Rewind to summer 2018 and I noticed that leg hairs were disappearing on my lower calves, dry skin and a tingling that came and went in my feet and toes. I ignored it. Typical man!
Fast forward to early 2020 and my need to go to the loo increased without warning. It was as though late middle age came without warning too. I was in the middle of a case in London, when I had to ask to be excused much to my embarrassment.
During Covid times, I steadfastly refused to go to the GP. But one night as I wrote on another thread, I suffered a contracture on my left hand and finally went to the GP. Was told it was Dupuytren's and given a talk about NHS resources. Nothing else was done.
Before getting the DC fixed a blood glucose test apparently came back "normal".
Very late January 2021, called NHS 111 as I was dizzy, heart racing and sweating. They sent me a 999 ambulance and they found my BG was 18.8. Taken to hospital, nothing wrong with the ticker or anything else though my BP was through the roof.
Immediate appointment with GP followed and my BG was 8.9 at that point. An HbA1c test x 2 showed I was 88 and 86 respectively and a diagnosis given, last week February.
By then, I was testing my own BG levels anyway, had bought a BP monitor and had adjusted my diet to a low carb variety.
The moral of my story I think is, don't beat about the bush and go see a Dr. Looking back, I imagine my diabetes was starting to show itself in 2018.
I hope you find this interesting!
Rewind to summer 2018 and I noticed that leg hairs were disappearing on my lower calves, dry skin and a tingling that came and went in my feet and toes. I ignored it. Typical man!
Fast forward to early 2020 and my need to go to the loo increased without warning. It was as though late middle age came without warning too. I was in the middle of a case in London, when I had to ask to be excused much to my embarrassment.
During Covid times, I steadfastly refused to go to the GP. But one night as I wrote on another thread, I suffered a contracture on my left hand and finally went to the GP. Was told it was Dupuytren's and given a talk about NHS resources. Nothing else was done.
Before getting the DC fixed a blood glucose test apparently came back "normal".
Very late January 2021, called NHS 111 as I was dizzy, heart racing and sweating. They sent me a 999 ambulance and they found my BG was 18.8. Taken to hospital, nothing wrong with the ticker or anything else though my BP was through the roof.
Immediate appointment with GP followed and my BG was 8.9 at that point. An HbA1c test x 2 showed I was 88 and 86 respectively and a diagnosis given, last week February.
By then, I was testing my own BG levels anyway, had bought a BP monitor and had adjusted my diet to a low carb variety.
The moral of my story I think is, don't beat about the bush and go see a Dr. Looking back, I imagine my diabetes was starting to show itself in 2018.
I hope you find this interesting!
