Miemie
07-23-2009, 08:15 AM
Hi guys
It's my first time writing to any forum, but I am pretty desperate and don't know what to do.
It all started about 2 months ago, when I was starting to feel extremely lightheaded (I do occassionally suffer from low blood sugar) so I thought it was that. Went to our OH Nurse, she took my blood sugar, it was 4.6 (I have eaten) and blood pressure 130/100. I have never suffered from High blood pressure so this was new to me. I have had a terrible headache which just did not want to disappear.
The lightheadedness, nausea, heart palpitations, headache continued for another week. I tested my blood sugar and pressure again a week later, blood sugar stayed at 4.6 - 4.6 and blood pressure ranged from 145/105 - 120/100. I went to see my dr and he reckoned it was because my blood sugar stayed low, that my body gave off adrenaline to up the sugar and that in turn pushed up the bp. He prescribed 500mg metformin once/day and ZIAK for the bp. I used it for +- 2 weeks, but the symptoms did not improve. Usually my sugar doesn't go above 5, even after I've eaten.
All of a sudden, it went up to 10.4 after I've eaten. And everytime I eat, doesn't matter what I eat, I feel extremely bad. Lightheadedness, heart palpitations, etc. He did a GT test, which confirmed that I have pre-diabetes with an after 2 hour reading of 8.5. He did insulin test, but that he said was fine, don't know if it was the c-peptide test.
Symptoms stayed. Saw a specialist, he tested kidneys, liver function (which was a bit high, but later tested fine again). an HBA1C test and ANA test which he says was all fine. He tested my sugar in hospital (but also gave me 850mg glugophage twice a day) and when they monitored it was fine. My blood sugar is really playing games with me, rising to about 8 after I've eaten and then falling to about 3.7 not even 2 hours afterwards, so now I'm really confused.
The specialist said that I had a virus that affected my liver. Although full blood count was fine. He did say that I am pre diabetic and that my gp must watch my sugar, because I most likely will get diabetes. I am not overweight (weight 52kg's) and do not eat a lot of fatty and refined foods. have suffered with sugar previosly so do cut down on carbs and sugar. Would the ANA test pick up LADA? If someone has an answer for me I'll really appreciate it, I am quite desperate at this stage.
greetings
It's my first time writing to any forum, but I am pretty desperate and don't know what to do.
It all started about 2 months ago, when I was starting to feel extremely lightheaded (I do occassionally suffer from low blood sugar) so I thought it was that. Went to our OH Nurse, she took my blood sugar, it was 4.6 (I have eaten) and blood pressure 130/100. I have never suffered from High blood pressure so this was new to me. I have had a terrible headache which just did not want to disappear.
The lightheadedness, nausea, heart palpitations, headache continued for another week. I tested my blood sugar and pressure again a week later, blood sugar stayed at 4.6 - 4.6 and blood pressure ranged from 145/105 - 120/100. I went to see my dr and he reckoned it was because my blood sugar stayed low, that my body gave off adrenaline to up the sugar and that in turn pushed up the bp. He prescribed 500mg metformin once/day and ZIAK for the bp. I used it for +- 2 weeks, but the symptoms did not improve. Usually my sugar doesn't go above 5, even after I've eaten.
All of a sudden, it went up to 10.4 after I've eaten. And everytime I eat, doesn't matter what I eat, I feel extremely bad. Lightheadedness, heart palpitations, etc. He did a GT test, which confirmed that I have pre-diabetes with an after 2 hour reading of 8.5. He did insulin test, but that he said was fine, don't know if it was the c-peptide test.
Symptoms stayed. Saw a specialist, he tested kidneys, liver function (which was a bit high, but later tested fine again). an HBA1C test and ANA test which he says was all fine. He tested my sugar in hospital (but also gave me 850mg glugophage twice a day) and when they monitored it was fine. My blood sugar is really playing games with me, rising to about 8 after I've eaten and then falling to about 3.7 not even 2 hours afterwards, so now I'm really confused.
The specialist said that I had a virus that affected my liver. Although full blood count was fine. He did say that I am pre diabetic and that my gp must watch my sugar, because I most likely will get diabetes. I am not overweight (weight 52kg's) and do not eat a lot of fatty and refined foods. have suffered with sugar previosly so do cut down on carbs and sugar. Would the ANA test pick up LADA? If someone has an answer for me I'll really appreciate it, I am quite desperate at this stage.
greetings