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Hello everyone! I was referred here by Richard, a T1 for a long time. (Sorry, I forgot his username, and it's hard to look it up with the iPhone.)
Here's my story in a nutshell:
2 years ago I decided to stop drinking coke. I was drinking a tonne of the stuff, and I was always thirsty. Water started tasting so good, so refreshing. I started my "water diet. "
Much to my surprise, the weight started dropping off. I decided to go "low carb," meaning I wouldn't have fries with my McDonalds burger. LOL.
The weight kept coming off. In retrospect, I was a little worried, but happy that it was coming off so quick. The only problem? I was drinking about 8 liters a day! Not to mention getting up in the middle of the night to pee all the time.
I got my weight down from 230 to 175. My wife was pissed. LOL.
I decide to get insurance in Feb of 2010, and I needed a standard drug pee test. Bo problems. Then I got a call to redo the test. Apparently the nurse may have made an error.
The second test was chased up with a blood test. No problems. A week passed with no news. By this time I was down to 168. Yah!
Then my wife got a call; I was to call my family doctor STAT. Hmm. That freaked me out. I had a full blown panic attack there.
I called my Fam doctor, only to find out he lost his license. LOL
Finally I begged a clinic to get me tested, something. I went to get a fasting blood test.
Two days later, I got the call. Yep. Diabetic.
The original pee test measured at 52 mmol. (936 for you US folk.) I had cheated on the fasting test and ate 3 hours prior to the test. LOL
The secondary test showed 32 mmol (only 535 that time.)
The hospital blood test showed me at an A1C of 17.1%. Nice!
My first meter test was 24.4 mmol (about 440). Needless to say, that day changed my life!
Now, I know what REAL low carbing is. I am awaiting my first real endo exam (I have seen endos at the Diabetes center, but I am on the waiting list for an endo to follow me.)
I later found out that I am most probably a LADA type 1. It's sad to know that I will lose my pancreatic function, but I plan to hold that off for as long as possible.
Here's my story in a nutshell:
2 years ago I decided to stop drinking coke. I was drinking a tonne of the stuff, and I was always thirsty. Water started tasting so good, so refreshing. I started my "water diet. "
Much to my surprise, the weight started dropping off. I decided to go "low carb," meaning I wouldn't have fries with my McDonalds burger. LOL.
The weight kept coming off. In retrospect, I was a little worried, but happy that it was coming off so quick. The only problem? I was drinking about 8 liters a day! Not to mention getting up in the middle of the night to pee all the time.
I got my weight down from 230 to 175. My wife was pissed. LOL.
I decide to get insurance in Feb of 2010, and I needed a standard drug pee test. Bo problems. Then I got a call to redo the test. Apparently the nurse may have made an error.
The second test was chased up with a blood test. No problems. A week passed with no news. By this time I was down to 168. Yah!
Then my wife got a call; I was to call my family doctor STAT. Hmm. That freaked me out. I had a full blown panic attack there.
I called my Fam doctor, only to find out he lost his license. LOL
Finally I begged a clinic to get me tested, something. I went to get a fasting blood test.
Two days later, I got the call. Yep. Diabetic.
The original pee test measured at 52 mmol. (936 for you US folk.) I had cheated on the fasting test and ate 3 hours prior to the test. LOL
The secondary test showed 32 mmol (only 535 that time.)
The hospital blood test showed me at an A1C of 17.1%. Nice!
My first meter test was 24.4 mmol (about 440). Needless to say, that day changed my life!
Now, I know what REAL low carbing is. I am awaiting my first real endo exam (I have seen endos at the Diabetes center, but I am on the waiting list for an endo to follow me.)
I later found out that I am most probably a LADA type 1. It's sad to know that I will lose my pancreatic function, but I plan to hold that off for as long as possible.