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My blood sugar has come down to 16mmols this morning! I have stopped eating carbs completely for the last 2 days mind you! Still feeling awful.
 
Heather Hughes said:
My blood sugar has come down to 16mmols this morning! I have stopped eating carbs completely for the last 2 days mind you! Still feeling awful.
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Well, it's an improvement but well short of 'good'. I hope that the ABs get the infection under control,you must be feeling miserable.
 
Oh Heather you must be feeling really dreadful! I think you have been very unlucky with your GP, it's true a lot of them don't seem to know much about diabetes but yours seems particularly bad, he sounds like he doesn't even want to prescribe the simplest of medications!

I suppose there isn't much you can do at the moment then other than try what you have been given, but if there is no improvement in a week or so then go back and stamp your feet again and ask them exactly why they think you haven't been misdiagnosed. That's a lot of weight to lose in two weeks! If they say you are too old to be T1 then that is a load of tosh, there are plenty of people on this forum who were diagnosed as adults. Including our dear friend Northerner!

Thinking of you and hoping that you get sorted very soon x
 
Yep I'm feeling very very tired and pretty miserable. I can hardly see because of the blurred vision.The GP is seeing me tomorrow. He's going to increase the metaformin again.

Running out of ideas of what to eat on a no carb diet....I'm sick of salad, fruit soup and stir fry! What do you eat for breakfast that has no carbs in it? I'm not a big meat eater? Any suggestions?
 
scrambled/poached eggs and tomatoes? Mushrooms? Note that fruit contains carbs also, berries probably the best fruit, perhaps eaten in natural yoghurt with some crushed nuts?
 
Eggs, mushrooms, maybe tomatoes? If you don't like meat then you won't want bacon with it but that works too! Oh and cheese is zero carb too. Can't think of much else.

I tried to go zero carb once to lose weight, I did lose a few pounds but was miserable and only lasted five days so I sympathise! Good luck with the doctor, I think it takes time for Metformin to get going in your system anyway so I don't know how long you have to wait until it becomes clear whether it's working or not, but I hope you either see an effect very soon or it dawns on someone that further testing is required. I won't be online much for the next few days but will be thinking of you, please keep posting and let us know how you are. And if you suddenly start feeling loads worse while waiting for things to work then please get yourself to A & E x. ((((Hugs))))
 
Heather, do you know any of your family history? If there have been other diabetics in the last couple of generations, what type were they? Is there any history of other autoimmune problems such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Addison's Disease or the like? My family has a history of obesity but not diabetes, I've had other autoimmune diseases such as eczema and rheumatoid arthritis (still got that one), along with an adrenal deficiency that was treated as Addison's but was brought on by many years of corticosteroid treatment for the other two diseases. I was 52 when I collapsed with DKA and got carted off to hospital but was still diagnosed as T2 just because of my age and weight. It took 6 months of constant nagging to get the GP to authorise the tests and imagine her surprise when it turned out I was right and not T2 at all.

For your own sake you need to either a) find a new GP or, b) demand a second opinion (you are entitled to this) and get at least the GAD and C-peptide tests done. Only when you have the correct diagnosis, will you get the correct treatment for whatever type you really are and start to get a handle on this infernal disease. I realise it's hard to cope with these things when you're feeling so bad but you really must. Is there anyone who can go with you to your next appointment and argue the case for you? If not, you might contact PALS, the Patient Liaison Service for advice on how to proceed.
 
Hey Alison,

My mum, dad and both sets of maternal grandparents and several aunts were diagnosed with type 2. I have other autoimmune things going on such as bad allergies, asthma, exec a and my GP thinks I've got fibromyalgia.my dad has all that except for fibromyalgia and also has hypothyroidism and bad osteoarthritis and spondylosis.my folks and my grandparents were all skinny wee things. There is a really strong background of type 2 in my family. Though I have a cousin who was diagnosed with type 1. My sister is getting worried about getting it too.she asked me to do a random blood sugar on her today and it was 7.1. She is booked into to see the GP this week.

I'll see the GP today and ask him again to do the type 1 tests.i will check out the patient liaison service.....
 
Heather Hughes said:
I've been to the GP and he's sent off the tests for type 1!
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That's excellent news Heather! At least you should know one way or another before too long 🙂 Did he give you any more medication, or did he just increase your metformin?
 
He increased my metaformin again. He said if my iddm tests come back negative he'll start me on glicazide.....if there is no change in the next 2 weeks he'll start me on insulin anyway regardless of the test results.
 
Heather Hughes said:
He increased my metaformin again. He said if my iddm tests come back negative he'll start me on glicazide.....if there is no change in the next 2 weeks he'll start me on insulin anyway regardless of the test results.
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Finally you are getting somewhere! I really don't see why you have had to wait so long already. There would probably have been no harm in starting you on insulin and then replacing it with tablets later if necessary rather than the other way round, at least you would have got your levels under control sooner.

Good luck, keep an eye on your levels and if you feel worse then do seek further help 🙂
 
That's good news Heather, whatever the result of the test insulin or tablets to lower the blood sugar will make you feel loads better in the short term and then it's all much easier to deal with when you feel more human 🙂
 
That's great news Heather. Glad to hear you're on track now with what sounds like a proper treatment plan! Some doctors, eh?🙄
 
Hey Heather, how are you feeling now? Hope things have settled down for you 🙂
 
Hi Heather, Welcome to the Forum
 
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