Hey everyone I don't know if i'm in the right spot i tried to find medical condition thread but couldn't find one.
Anyway i'm a little freaked and am asking for help and advice that would be really appreciated. I am 23 almost 24 yearls old and my father was diagnosed with diabetes type II about 10 years ago at age 45. It also runs in his family but later ages. Anyway. The last 4-5 years my diet has been horrible high in fat and huge portion sizes and I gained like 50 lbs gradually i'm 185lbs. Anyway I have NO s/s of diabetes. I mean my eye sight is bad but i've had glasses all my life but no excessive urination or thirst or hunger. Also in the moring at college not really anymore if i wouldn't eat ANY breakfast and literally RUN up several hills to class and sit and after 1 hour get nauseas and lightheaded until i got food. That's the ONLY time i felt like low blood sugar and it's stopped since i don't go to school anymore and eat when i wake up.
Anyway I just went to see my md for a checkup and did some blood work. Now there was no restrictions on eating before the lab work. I did got to burger king and ordered a chicken wopper with cheese and fries and soda. I thought well i usually eat fatty things like this so why not because i hadn't eatin anything all day since i work 3-11pm and wak up at 12pm. So I ate at 1pm then got blood work at 215. So my glucose was 166. Based on that one reading my md said i had diabetes. I admited i went to burger king and he did more lab work but feels i do have it based on that one reading. He did another glucose 2 days later which was 2 hours after i ate and by the way he thought that 166 was a fasting and had to tell him no it wasn't but still felt i had it. The next day glucose was 97. And whenever i test my blood sugar on my dads monitor it' s usually 80-90. And the other night after eating bunch of cheezits and meatballs and english muffin in 30min after checked it was 119.
So i did the hga1c. it was 5.1. Now in my mosby diagnosit book a normal nondiabetic adult is 2.2-4.8 and great diabetic adult control is 4.8-6. My lipid profile to my SHOCK was fine. Also other like diabetic blood work like resistance to diabetic test something like that were negative. My uring had NO glucose but did show some bacteria and NO ketones. But i complained of itching at my gyn visit and am on a diflucan type gel at hs that day my urine was collected.
So based on this do i definitely have it? I know it may not be enough info but that's what i have so far. I think i just kindof freaked that i may have it and the fact based on one glucose my md was like instantly you have it! And the fact he forgot it wasn't fasting. It was almost he was excited i had it!!! Because before the labs at my insistance he told me since i'm 23 and as long as i have a yearly gyn exam i should be good and don't technically have to see him until i'm 40. Don't get me wrong he's pretty good doctor although busy i work with him at the hospital i work at and one nurse told me at the nuring home this doctor's pts have the best controlled blood sugars. My coworker nurse also told me he does get exited and at times is right and times wrong. He's a real nice and competant guy but i don't want to go overboard if i dont' have it just definitely keep an eye on it! I mean he started ok lets do diabetic ed and i'm like WHAT based on 1 glucose however my hgalc is 5.1 now on my lab sheet it acted as if this was normal so is that indicative of dm?
Maybe i will get it as a get older and get it in better control with healthy eating and actually exercising. Any advice i'd appreciate it i'm only in the begining stages trying to figure everything out with my doctor but i have a feeling he's jumping the gun i hope! Thanks!
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Woops... I didn't mean to say that a lifestyle change would be "easy"... it's NEVER easy!!! I meant to say that if you are single, it may be easiER to change eating habits! As opposed to being married to someone who loves pizza and fried fish and McDonalds hamburgers as much as you do!!
Thanks! I know exactly what you mean because my brother has been trying to eat healthy and when i would bring junk home he'd get TICKED at me but then he'd do it to me! Plus if i had a family i'm sure i'd be racing all over the place hard to cook a meal.
Anyway thanks a bunch everyone!
My doctor checked the lab work and i did check my fasting blood sugar in the am with my dad's glucometer and it was both 99 and the lab work my doctor did again to make sure my glucose was 97 and hga1c 5.1 which he says is normal range. I was reading a mosby book that said normal non diabetic was 2.2 to 4.8 which is why i'm like uh oh but my doctor says maybe i have a little glucose intolerance which is alleviated by guess what? Diet and exercise! Funny because when he called me i was just finishing running on the tread mill! But yeah i guess i should be glad he wants to look at everything and while he was instantly "DIABETES" he does get excited but goes through the motions of proper tests to make sure he's right or wrong. Ok gotta exercise now oh boy! I like swimming but if i could only wake up in time to make the lap swim at the ymca! The first couple times i went the 70 year olds had more stamina then me!
Thanks for all the advice I understand no one here can dx me but just since people have more experience let me know if that is jumping the gun my md but i kindof knew that!
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Thanks! I know exactly what you mean because my brother has been trying to eat healthy and when i would bring junk home he'd get TICKED at me but then he'd do it to me! Plus if i had a family i'm sure i'd be racing all over the place hard to cook a meal.
Anyway thanks a bunch everyone!
My doctor checked the lab work and i did check my fasting blood sugar in the am with my dad's glucometer and it was both 99 and the lab work my doctor did again to make sure my glucose was 97 and hga1c 5.1 which he says is normal range. I was reading a mosby book that said normal non diabetic was 2.2 to 4.8 which is why i'm like uh oh but my doctor says maybe i have a little glucose intolerance which is alleviated by guess what? Diet and exercise! Funny because when he called me i was just finishing running on the tread mill! But yeah i guess i should be glad he wants to look at everything and while he was instantly "DIABETES" he does get excited but goes through the motions of proper tests to make sure he's right or wrong. Ok gotta exercise now oh boy! I like swimming but if i could only wake up in time to make the lap swim at the ymca! The first couple times i went the 70 year olds had more stamina then me!
Thanks for all the advice I understand no one here can dx me but just since people have more experience let me know if that is jumping the gun my md but i kindof knew that!