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[Sullipepper]

Hi I am new here. I have messaged on here tho last week. I was diagnosed type 2 3 weeks ago but have only just had a call to see the diabetic nurse on the 5th july. My query is that all my life I have been living with hypoglicemia which is heart related the think. So my body has been flooded with insulin for many years which i have managed as best i can. Origonally all those years ago my Diabetic Consultant said that one day my pancreas will just wear out and the pendulum will stop. Now i have a diagnosis of type 2 does this mean I have both conditions still and are seperate or am i now just diabetic. I understand if No one can help me its all very complicated. Since this diagnosis i havnt been contacted by my surgery in way what so ever. My Hb1c on the 2nd request was 8 and people have said this is only just over the threshold. My meter readings before breakfast are around 10 and 2half hrs after meals 15...this is a whole new territory for me after having hypoglicemia most of my life. My sister also has all the same as me, heart condition ect too so this must be genetic.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Well pretty much no one here has the ability to do anything other than guess I’m afraid! Sounds like something for a specialist really 🙂

However from what you have been told about the possibility of you beta cells ‘wearing out’ I wonder if that might be involved in the glucose disregulation at your diagnosis?

Rather like can happen with the gradual autoimmune destruction of beta cells in LADA, where BG levels initially rise gradually, and look a bit like T2, but soon enough insulin is needed as there isn't enough ‘home grown‘ production available?

In which case it might help to add insulin earlier rather than later, to take the pressure off your remaining beta cells?

Worth asking your consultant perhaps?

 

[Sullipepper]

Well pretty much no one here has the ability to do anything other than guess I’m afraid! Sounds like something for a specialist really 🙂

However from what you have been told about the possibility of you beta cells ‘wearing out’ I wonder if that might be involved in the glucose disregulation at your diagnosis?

Rather like can happen with the gradual autoimmune destruction of beta cells in LADA, where BG levels initially rise gradually, and look a bit like T2, but soon enough insulin is needed as there isn't enough ‘home grown‘ production available?

In which case it might help to add insulin earlier rather than later, to take the pressure off your remaining beta cells?

Worth asking your consultant perhaps?

Thankyou for your advice it has really helped. 🙂