Glucose 290
My Doctor told me that my blood test results showed that my glucose level was 290.. He will put me on medications to control it..
I am freaking out.. Naturally I am glad we found out so we can put it under control, but what is scaring me is not knowing how long it's been going on and how much damage it has caused to my system.
How do i know if this is type 1 or 2? and how do I know if my kidney and pancreas didn't already get affected?
Thanks
Rana
I am freaking out.. Naturally I am glad we found out so we can put it under control, but what is scaring me is not knowing how long it's been going on and how much damage it has caused to my system.
How do i know if this is type 1 or 2? and how do I know if my kidney and pancreas didn't already get affected?
Thanks
Rana
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on 7/22/08 1:11 am - Woodbridge, VA
on 7/22/08 1:11 am - Woodbridge, VA
Did they check your insulin serum level? Your HBA1C? Based on tests, your doc should tell you which type you are. What kind of medication were you given? From my understanding, the only thing that will help a type 1 is insulin (I could be wrong, but my understanding is that type 1s do not produce insulin, which is the problem).
You are almost certainly type 2, Rana. If you were type 1 you would have been much sicker (and it usually presents in childhood/adolescence). It is unlikely that your kidneys have already been affected - those kinds of complications don't usually appear for many years. The same goes for the pancreas in type 2 diabetics - after many years of uncontrolled diabetes, the pancreas can "give up" and the type 2 then becomes a type 1 who has to have insulin to survive. This will get better with weight loss, and if you are on metformin/glucophage, that also promotes weight loss (as opposed to insulin, which inhibits it).
Hi Rannawi,
One thing I wish people had told me when I was diagnosed, was to sympathize with me. I am so sorry you have diabetes! But I'm glad you are going to take steps to fix it.
Let me tell you about my experience. I too am recently diagnosed, just end of July but I have a lot of diabetic friends and family and I have been researching low carb for some time now because I also have WLS friends, too.
Type 2 is non insulin dependent most of the time and type one is usually juvenile onset.
I'm going to give you the advice that I gave someone else. See an endocrinologist. These types of doctors specialize in Diabetes, Thyroid and Pituitary issues. My husband sees one for his pituitary and I went to see him. It was har****old the doc I did not want to give up bread- (I have not had WLS) and he said, "Sit in my office waiting room for a day and watch how many patients come in with out feet or legs, those are people who could not give up bread and KNEW better." I cried and then decided to try to give it up. My fasting blood sugar was only 120. What you really want to know, is what is your hemoglobin A1c level- this is another blood test that averages your blood sugars for the past three months and it will tell you. Are you absolutely sure that the day that bloodwork was done you didn't sneak a bite to eat? Just a thought.
I found that when I started on the medicines and I am on several- I had a lot of adjusting to do. For one thing, going up from 500mg to 1000mg of Metformin made me SO sick, so the doctor changed me to Glimperide/Azril (sp?) instead. I am also on Byetta which is an enszyme that you inject twice a day. The up swing of the Byetta is that it's also something of an appetite suppressant. So I'm not always that hungry.
Were you peeing all the time? I found that when I started the meds I stopped getting up 2, 3 times a night to pee and didn't have to go, go, go all day long.
It's good to be scared a little that way you will do what the doc says. the good news is that it's manageable and a lot of people here say that it goes away with weight loss. I'm losing just by low-carbing and I've lost 255-237,5 since I was dxed. Mainly by eating less and eating healthy when I did.
One thing I wish people had told me when I was diagnosed, was to sympathize with me. I am so sorry you have diabetes! But I'm glad you are going to take steps to fix it.
Let me tell you about my experience. I too am recently diagnosed, just end of July but I have a lot of diabetic friends and family and I have been researching low carb for some time now because I also have WLS friends, too.
Type 2 is non insulin dependent most of the time and type one is usually juvenile onset.
I'm going to give you the advice that I gave someone else. See an endocrinologist. These types of doctors specialize in Diabetes, Thyroid and Pituitary issues. My husband sees one for his pituitary and I went to see him. It was har****old the doc I did not want to give up bread- (I have not had WLS) and he said, "Sit in my office waiting room for a day and watch how many patients come in with out feet or legs, those are people who could not give up bread and KNEW better." I cried and then decided to try to give it up. My fasting blood sugar was only 120. What you really want to know, is what is your hemoglobin A1c level- this is another blood test that averages your blood sugars for the past three months and it will tell you. Are you absolutely sure that the day that bloodwork was done you didn't sneak a bite to eat? Just a thought.
I found that when I started on the medicines and I am on several- I had a lot of adjusting to do. For one thing, going up from 500mg to 1000mg of Metformin made me SO sick, so the doctor changed me to Glimperide/Azril (sp?) instead. I am also on Byetta which is an enszyme that you inject twice a day. The up swing of the Byetta is that it's also something of an appetite suppressant. So I'm not always that hungry.
Were you peeing all the time? I found that when I started the meds I stopped getting up 2, 3 times a night to pee and didn't have to go, go, go all day long.
It's good to be scared a little that way you will do what the doc says. the good news is that it's manageable and a lot of people here say that it goes away with weight loss. I'm losing just by low-carbing and I've lost 255-237,5 since I was dxed. Mainly by eating less and eating healthy when I did.
Thank you Lisa for your response.. And I am sorry you were diagnosed with Diabetes too..
I am currently taking 1000 Glucophage, or sometimes called Metaphormin, it's ok.. Didn't make me sick as long as I had it with a meal..
I lost my dad to diabetes, he was only 58, and I grew up watching him go through horrible dialysis 3 times a week and I remember how that wore him out.. I am freaked out, I am doing better though, but you are right, I should give up the bread completely. That is something I have not been able to really do..
I have gotten my thyroids checked, need to do the same for my pitutary gland though.. Also I have been steadily loosing weight since I found out.. Slowly, but steadily.. So far I have lost 14 Lbs.. I am hoping that with exercise, I can increase this and hopefully by New Years, I would have at least lost 50 Lbs. I hear that weight loss does help lower the glucose levels.. That's my goal now.
I am currently taking 1000 Glucophage, or sometimes called Metaphormin, it's ok.. Didn't make me sick as long as I had it with a meal..
I lost my dad to diabetes, he was only 58, and I grew up watching him go through horrible dialysis 3 times a week and I remember how that wore him out.. I am freaked out, I am doing better though, but you are right, I should give up the bread completely. That is something I have not been able to really do..
I have gotten my thyroids checked, need to do the same for my pitutary gland though.. Also I have been steadily loosing weight since I found out.. Slowly, but steadily.. So far I have lost 14 Lbs.. I am hoping that with exercise, I can increase this and hopefully by New Years, I would have at least lost 50 Lbs. I hear that weight loss does help lower the glucose levels.. That's my goal now.
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