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03-21-2009, 07:48 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 1
| | | Hi!
Hi, I am new and came to the boards with lots of questions. I have had very dry skin and hair for a while and thought it was related to hormones. I got tested for that, and the doctor said I had signs of insulin resistance. I recently randomly checked my blood sugar after eating a meal of pizza-I know, bad-and it was 219. I am wondering if I should go to my family dr. (last time was obgyn) and get more tests, or just chalk it up to a spike due to too carby foods?! |
03-21-2009, 07:53 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 569
| | | It is definitely time to go to the doctor and get some blood work done. The sooner you do this the better. If you suspect it, you should investigate it for your own well being. Insulin resistance is the beginning usually. Let a professional tell you. I have seen threads here about dry skin although it is not an issue for me. Research that and you might get answers about your dry skin...
Welcome and how smart you are to come here looking for answers...
__________________ Marcia Type 2 Diagnosed 11/08-my history in brief (HA1c 04/04
5.3; 11/06 6.0; 07/08 6.2)
HA1c 03/09 5.6
Cholesterol 226 LDL 159 HDL 47
Triglycerides 98 |
03-21-2009, 08:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | Yep. MUCH drier hair and skin for about the past year! I wish I had known ... I am at that perimeno age though so I just figured, like you, it was THAT.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
03-21-2009, 10:41 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gold Country (CA)
Posts: 1,706
| | | I take it you mean you haven't been formally diagnosed as diabetic?
Definitely go in & get checked out. Even if a "normal" person eats that many carbs, they should never have a reading over 200. Get to a doctor asap. |
03-22-2009, 08:18 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 1,079
| | When you go and visit your doc, ask him to order an HbA1c from the lab. This will show what your 'average' blood sugar has been over the last 3 months. This number will be very telling to your doc to help in a proper diagnosis. Good Luck!
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Jill
Metformin
Levemir 2x's daily
Humalog as needed
NPH 5U at midnight for DP
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03-25-2009, 10:45 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 296
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MUCH drier hair and skin for about the past year! I wish I had known ...
| Me, too. I never associated the two of them. I even asked a derm about the dry skin/patches - but I didn't have them at the time.
As far as I know, it's never normal for "normal" people's BS to go that high after eating. It just means the insulin you're producing isn't working right. I would go talk to the doctor if I were you! Getting it under control will help with the skin and hair, as well  |
03-26-2009, 06:18 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 3
| | Wow! I am new to this and I did not know that dry skin and hair was part of it. I, too, am perimenopause and just chalked it up to that. Of course, I live in Colorado, too, which is dry. However, for the past year even my breast have been itchy. Yikes! Sorry, to the guys who are reading.  |
04-19-2009, 03:28 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Felton, CA
Posts: 9
| | | Hmmmm. I have dry skin and hair and occasional bouts of extreme itchiness with no rash. I am newly diagnosed at pre-diabetic. I told the doctor, but she didn't make any connection. Now you've got me wondering. |
04-19-2009, 07:20 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | I just bought Olay, "Body butter ribbons" body wash. Tacky name, mostly vaseline, basically, but CHEAP and effective ... and fast to use. Really seems to be helping.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
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