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hi everyone i wonder if anyone can help me , i was diagonosed with type 2 diabetes in dec 2010 given 2000 mg of metformin a day i followed a proper diet and within a few weeks the symptons had gone but from about may last year i started eating the wrong foods again but still took the tablets .now i have my symptons again only worse i am hungry all the time thirsty and have that taste in my mouth but i have ate fairly healthy the last couple of weeks ,i have lost two stone in about 6 weeks but its not through diet this morning my blood sugars read 23.8 but i only ate a small bowl of rice krispies with no sugar has my pancreas stopped producing insulin ? and am i likely to be type 1 now ? i am having a full blood test mon morning but currently feel lousy .... any help would be appreciated thanks dave !!!
 
Hi dave,
Unfortunetly we can't answer those questions for you as the best person to see would be your gp,at your appt on monday do mention this, two stone is 6 weeks is a great weight lose dave also.you mention you had cereal for breakfast something that causes havoc for a lot of us diabetics as it often causes a spike,,maybe look into alternatives of low carb meals like bacon and scrambled egg or throw in some tomato or poached egg.
 
Hi Dave

Sorry to hear you are struggling.

It does sound like you need to speak to your Dr as 23.8 and rapid weight loss suggest things are really not right.

Incidentally, T2s can lose their beta cells (they kinda burn out trying to produce more and more insulin even though the body can't use it properly) but this would not make you T1. Just a T2 who needs to inject insulin. There are more T2s injecting insulin in the UK than T1s. Crazy to think I know, but the number of T2s is so much greater that the proportion of them that inject is still a bigger number than *all* the T1s!

As Steff suggests, reducing your carb intake until you can see your GP is a good move.

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I don't give my daughter (type 1) rice krispies because they spiked her level too high!
 
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