Do I have Diabetes
I have recently been wondering if I might have diabetes, because I can't go more then 3 hours with out eating before I get light headed, a headache, shakey, and weak also I can't function. After I eat I am still weak for a while and when I do this I always crave something sweet, I don't know what is going on but it has been going on for a while and I get headaches more then 4 times a week. I have had lap band surgery and am starting to gain some weight back because of the sweet stuff. Also my mom has diabetes. Please help I go to the doctor next thursday.
Well, do you seem to have excessive thirst? Do you urinate alot? Those are two other indicators of diabetes. I'm not sure about post op. I am a nurse but don't have experience with WLS and diabetes even though I am diabetic myself. I would express your concerns to your MD. Simple bloodwork will straighten it out.
I plan on calling my doctor this week because I've been wondering the same thing...I've been having a problem for a few months now which I have read is a symptom of diabetes, that being tingling/*****ly pain and numbness in my toes/feet. The thing is, I've read that this is a symptom of more ADVANCED diabetes, and every year I get my blood sugar tested, and every year it comes back as fine. It's been almost a year since my last blood test - could I have gone from not being diabetic to having a symptom of more advanced diabetes that quickly?
It may not be that it was that quick. If you have only had fasting blood sugars done sometimes that doesn't always show diabetes. I had regular(normal) fasting readings but when I showed other symptoms they did a glucose tolerance test and hemoglobin a1c and both those showed well elevated levels. My blood sugar two hours after meals was sometimes well over 200. The tingling/*****ly in your feet could also be circulation related and not necessarily diabetes. Either was the safest thing to do is call your md. Every person is so different it is better to be safe than sorry.
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on 8/24/09 4:50 am - Woodbridge, VA
on 8/24/09 4:50 am - Woodbridge, VA
Shakey, weak, lightheaded...sounds more like hypoglycemia than diabetes. Try to eat a little something every 2-3 hours to keep your levels from plumetting. And, of course, don't cancel that doc's appointment next week!
I have worked and trained in the medical field for a fairly long time (other then my current time home with my twins, and I also have am a type 2 diabetic (which stemmed from gestational diabetes) so I have fairly well rounded knowledge of this process. Hope I can be of some help.
This really sounds more like Hypoglycemia then Diabetes. People often find the confusion when they hear that a diabetic is crashing and needs something sweet and fast. The reason behind this - Processed sugars, even table sugar, or candy enters the blood stream quickly raising the blood glucose level. So people sometimes think 'i'm dizzy, headachy, want sweets....' as a 'am I diabetic..." question when in reality the dizziness, weakness, headaches and shakes are more on the HYPOglycemic as opposed to HYPERglycemic.
HYPO=too low
HYPER=to high.
Diabetes is the body's inability to either A) use insulin Properly or B) make any or too little insulin, which as we know, Insulin is a hormone that 'process' glucose in the body..... Ergo - not enough, none or not used properly, Insulin results in HYPERglycemia which is a huge factor in Diabetes.
Now if you were having bouts on unquenchable thirsts, lots of urination, lots of fatigue, among many other symptoms, then maybe diabetes would be more of a question.
You are not wrong in thinking that your symptoms are probably sugar related either way.
Generally your physician will order a fasting blood glucose test and a Hemoglobin A1C. The A1C is a great way to DX Diabetes. Glucose hangs around and attaches to your red blood cells and stays for 3-4 months, the A1C measures that number. While a non diabetic should be around 3-4 they want diabetics to be under 6-7. When I got my DX I was 9.6, which is fairly high.
Usually they will need more then one fasting test to make a serious DX.
Long story short, mention all your concerns to your Dr and go from there ;-)
best of Luck!
This really sounds more like Hypoglycemia then Diabetes. People often find the confusion when they hear that a diabetic is crashing and needs something sweet and fast. The reason behind this - Processed sugars, even table sugar, or candy enters the blood stream quickly raising the blood glucose level. So people sometimes think 'i'm dizzy, headachy, want sweets....' as a 'am I diabetic..." question when in reality the dizziness, weakness, headaches and shakes are more on the HYPOglycemic as opposed to HYPERglycemic.
HYPO=too low
HYPER=to high.
Diabetes is the body's inability to either A) use insulin Properly or B) make any or too little insulin, which as we know, Insulin is a hormone that 'process' glucose in the body..... Ergo - not enough, none or not used properly, Insulin results in HYPERglycemia which is a huge factor in Diabetes.
Now if you were having bouts on unquenchable thirsts, lots of urination, lots of fatigue, among many other symptoms, then maybe diabetes would be more of a question.
You are not wrong in thinking that your symptoms are probably sugar related either way.
Generally your physician will order a fasting blood glucose test and a Hemoglobin A1C. The A1C is a great way to DX Diabetes. Glucose hangs around and attaches to your red blood cells and stays for 3-4 months, the A1C measures that number. While a non diabetic should be around 3-4 they want diabetics to be under 6-7. When I got my DX I was 9.6, which is fairly high.
Usually they will need more then one fasting test to make a serious DX.
Long story short, mention all your concerns to your Dr and go from there ;-)
best of Luck!
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