Type2

[HARLEY]

Hi Type 2 Newbie.

 

[Pine Marten]

Hi @HARLEY, welcome to the forum.

Would you like to tell us a bit about yourself, how you came to be diagnosed, how you are coping and so on? Feel free to ask any questions so do fire away!

 

[HARLEY]

Hi @HARLEY, welcome to the forum.

Would you like to tell us a bit about yourself, how you came to be diagnosed, how you are coping and so on? Feel free to ask any questions so do fire away!

Hi I was diagnosed approx 18 months ago, was Pre for quite some time, then went into Dia when I hit 50 ! Coped quite well , then it spiked again, so they Metaformed me, took that for 72 hrs and my kidneys felt like I’d been kicked by a Mule ( So stopped taking) been Self assessing with no meds until recently , when I had a non intentional 1.5 Stone weight loss ( Alarm Bells rang) saw GP put on Gliclazide ( No side effects) so happy , issued with a Smart 4Sure meter now taking own samples ...

 

[grovesy]

Hi I was diagnosed approx 18 months ago, was Pre for quite some time, then went into Dia when I hit 50 ! Coped quite well , then it spiked again, so they Metaformed me, took that for 72 hrs and my kidneys felt like I’d been kicked by a Mule ( So stopped taking) been Self assessing with no meds until recently , when I had a non intentional 1.5 Stone weight loss ( Alarm Bells rang) saw GP put on Gliclazide ( No side effects) so happy , issued with a Smart 4Sure meter now taking own samples ...

I have they considered that you may not be Type 2 but in fact LADA/Type1.5?

 

[HARLEY]

Hi I was diagnosed approx 18 months ago, was Pre for quite some time, then went into Dia when I hit 50 ! Coped quite well , then it spiked again, so they Metaformed me, took that for 72 hrs and my kidneys felt like I’d been kicked by a Mule ( So stopped taking) been Self assessing with no meds until recently , when I had a non intentional 1.5 Stone weight loss ( Alarm Bells rang) saw GP put on Gliclazide ( No side effects) so happy , issued with a Smart 4Sure meter now taking own samples ...

Also when I asked the question as to the rapid weight loss, he said that definitely was caused by the Blood Sugar spike, up & down with Gizmo results was 14.2 this morning , so the Tabs are defo helping a lot ( Was 29.7 , when the practice nurse took a reading on the 15/12)

 

[HARLEY]

I have they considered that you may not be Type 2 but in fact LADA/Type1.5?

Can you explain LADA 1.5 please?

 

[grovesy]

Also when I asked the question as to the rapid weight loss, he said that definitely was caused by the Blood Sugar spike, up & down with Gizmo results was 14.2 this morning , so the Tabs are defo helping a lot ( Was 29.7 , when the practice nurse took a reading on the 15/12)

I suggest you do a forum search of LADA /Type 1.5, as your journey sounds more typical. It is a slow onset of basically Type 1.

 

[Docb]

Hi @HARLEY and welcome from me as well. Those of us who measure would take a reading immediately we got up and if your 14.2 was done that way then most of us would consider that on the high side. GP response to a diabetes diagnosis can be variable and often tends to be reactive rather than proactive so if you are getting waking readings in double figures, then I would be back onto the surgery asking what needs to be done to get it down.

Have you had a HbA1c blood test done?

 

[trophywench]

@Docb - I read his post that he had, by the fact that he'd been told he'd stepped over the mark from Pre-D to D, when his result was 50.

 

[trophywench]

Hi @HARLEY , by the way!

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) | Diabetes UK

 

[Docb]

@Docb - I read his post that he had, by the fact that he'd been told he'd stepped over the mark from Pre-D to D, when his result was 50.

Ah, missed that. @HARLEY, A spot reading of 29.7 and waking of 14.2 would suggest a HbA1c higher than 50. Something is going on and I would be wanting to get to the bottom of it, so maybe a bit of badgering is in order.

 

[trophywench]

I certainly agree with that comment @Docb !

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @HARLEY

Hope the meds continue to work for you, and you can begin to unpick your diabetes story. The rapid onset, accompanied by unexpected weight loss, and sudden change in BG levels certainly sound like they could do with a little further investigation?