[Daniel23]

So i've been sifting through board messages for about 5 months now, but this is my first post.

My story goes as follows:

In July of 2007 I decided to take advantage of my employer's insurance benefits and get a full blood panel done to see if i was in tip top shape. I had been losing weight over the past several months, nothing drastic, but nothing expected as I was eating well and exercising at a minimum (for me, about twice a week, lifting weights for 60 minutes).

I received a phone call from the doctor's office, it was the nurse, she said everything looked great except my sugars were really high ( fasting at 275 ). I freaked the f out because i didnt know what that meant. Why were my sugars high? I dont eat sugar often, I dont eat carb heavy white breads and pastas. I ate better than everyone i knew, i exercised, and i appear to be in great shape. (5' 7" 147 lbs and lean, at the time). So this was an obvious shock to me.

When i arrived for a followup visit, the doctor basically said you're diabetic, here are some pills(metformin and glimperide?) and a book to show you how to eat, go get you sugars under control and come back in a week. This was ridiculous, because i was eating a lot better than what this crazy book was telling me. No f'ing way was i going to have 3-5 servings of pasta or starches a day, that was nonsense to me. So i did some research on how to bring sugars down and went on an extreme low-carb no sugar diet. About 4 weeks after my 275 reading and a1c of 12.9, my fasting was still at 139.
So the Doctor said I was doing well and i should just continue what i was doing, take my pills and go on with things. I left that doctor because he basically led me to believe there was nothing to worry about and didnt want to give me a glucose monitor.

Since I had become learned on the matter of diabetes, i knew that 139 was still fairly high for a fasting glucose. I demanded a glucose monitor about 2 months after dx and started doing my own readings. With my strict diet and exercise routine, along with a ton of supplements and meds (januvia, amaryl, and metformin - all of which were on and off), i was getting readings anywhere between 54 - 299. If i'd get a reading in the 200's, id pop pills and wait eagerly for my blood sugar to go down. Sometimes it wouldnt go down for hours or until the next day.

I got a new doctor and an endo. So this continued for about 4 months until my next a1c readings. They came in at 7.3 in November of 2007. I continued the diet and exercise and pill popping. Still, I saw erratic readings, no real control, no way to effectively get my bs down when i needed to. A1C in February was 7.2. I felt like ****, every day, day in, day out. Couldnt concentrate, couldnt think clear, blurred vision. I started experimenting with which pills were helping and which were hurting.
Metformin - Did not help. BS were not affected when i took this.
Amaryl / Glimperide - Worked, but in an erratic fashion.
Januvia - Made me feel like sh*t. Did not work, made me gassy and cause a hypoactive thyroid until i was off it.

I changed my endo last month. The current one is still an assh*le, but at least he is more knowledgeable than the rest of them. He gave me GAD , Islet, and Insulin antibody tests. I came back positive on the GAD and Islet.

So now, here i am. Type 1. Honeymooning perhaps. I have heard this phase lasts from a month to several years. I'm not sure what to do.

Over the past week(7 days), ive quit all the pills that i was rx and started a raw food diet. Everything Raw, no processed, no grains, no meats, no diary, etc. This is extremely hard, but i have seen incredible results. I haven't seen my numbers so stable or in this normal range ever. Each day my fasting number keep coming down btw.
Fasting range - 78-103
Post Postprandial - 98-139

Pretty amazing, even if i am in the honeymoon phase. My thoughts are that im prolonging this period because my body can sustain normal bs levels(with no huge swings) without meds.

Whats everyone's idea on taking a low amount of insulin right now? Should i demand that my doctor give me insulin or a pump just in case? Should i wait out the honeymoon period or just go straight to insulin?


I'd like to hear from anyone that had a similar experience or wants more info on what exactly my diet and routine entails.

Thanks and I look forward to talking with everyone.


Daniel
Age: 24
Athletic, 5'7" 152 lbs

Dx Type 2
7/2007- A1C 12.9
10/2007 - A1C 7.3
2/2007 - A1C 7.2

Dx Type 1 - Honeymooning ?
4/4/2008
No Meds, No Insulin.
Raw Diet and Normal Exercise.