Diabetes Help

pajodublin

Just wondering can anyone help me or give me advice

For a few years now i have had certain symptoms that related to diabetes but had tests that turned up negative.
My Mother and Father are both Type 2 diabetics and have been for 20 odd years, both injecting insulin 3 times daily.

Recently the symptoms appeared more frequently, so i went to my GP who did some tests and said i have certain diabetic "markers" but didn't know whether i had the condition for certain as my blood sugar levels were inside the normal bracket.

TBH I'm not really sure what this means and i don't think the doctor knew a lot about it. He told me to cut back on certain food groups and to come back in a month and he'll do the tests again to see has it progressed

Has this ever happened to anyone?
Is there anything i can do to reduce my risk of having Full diabetes?
Anything else i need to know? I'm basically just a little worried.
BTW
Im a 25 year old Male. 5'10" and 14 stone 5lbs

Thanks

Pajodublin

Bethany

By saying you had certain markers, he may have meant that you have a positive family history and that your blood sugar level , if he did a blood on you , is normal but at the upper limit of normal and your urine is negative for sugar. To be diagnosed positive for diabetes, normally you have sugar in your urine and a raised level of sugar in your fasting blood. So he has some concerns; that does not mean you're diabetic but you can do the following. Your weight sounds a little high if you're of a slight build so do what he says re eating sensibly , cutting way down on sugary and fatty foods and drinks, get you alcohol intake down to less than ten pints a week and exercise for about twenty mins daily or more if you can. In other words, live sensibly and then get your blood and urine checked. The fact that you have a positive family history is only one marker, your lifestyle is just as important and that is something you can control. Best of luck

pajodublin

thanks for the reply Bethany
To me my weight is a little high too but i am quite stocky built

Your weight sounds a little high if you're of a slight build so do what he says re eating sensibly

I have already started changing parts of my diet. Although i know i am overweight

get you alcohol intake down to less than ten pints a week

I dont really drink, it would be a surprise if i drank more thank 10 pints a month if not 2 months.

exercise for about twenty mins daily or more if you can.

I have, in the past 6 months, exercised daily and do rigorous boxing training 3 times a week.

Thanks again Bethany

BanzaiBk

I have been in the danger zone of "pre diabetes" before. My first real "test" if you will was the general Lucozade test where I fasted overnight and got bloods taken in the morning, drank some Lucozade, waited 2 hours, and had bloods retaken. I was then advised by my endocrinologist that it would take some time for the results to be know and in the mean time return to my normal lifestyle which had been interupted by illness.

Since then I have the following "routine".

• Rugby training; 3 hours X days a week
• Absolutely no carbonated drinks, sweets. Chocolate on rare occassion.
• Return to my old diet; oily fish, lean meat, rice, couscous, lots of veg etc
• 1 hour walking the dogs per day

I'm two months into this routine and am feeling miles better. Noticeable boost in mood, energy levels, productivity etc. I have had bloods taken by my GP twice since I started and she is increasingly optimistic that I am pulling out of this danger zone, and hopefully when I see my endocrinologist again in February he will confirm the same.

I would definitly agree with your GP, tweaking your general lifestyle even only slightly can massively change the outcome of your next bloods. I know it can be very annoying remaining in a limbo of being "undiagnosed" but I had to mentally make myself think positive and try to change my situation.

All the best.

Snake Plisken

Happened to me, about 8 years back when I turned 30, started losing lots of weight, felt always thirsty, my dad had developed type two in his late 50's so he tested me before breakfast one morning and my blood sugers showed up as 13, which is high for fasting, got refered to Tallaght Diabetic dept and did some blood tests, showed I had anti-bodies for Type one, but had type two symptoms, this can happen that it develops in people in their late 20's or early 30's. So keep a close eye on it, but don't let it get u down.