[Clint]

I have no idea what my A1C was when I was dxd but my BS was 660.

[Jan B]

Originally Posted by Gary_W

Hey, I'm sure if they squeezed your blood out of that course of leeches they put on you they could have mixed it with eye of newt and seen what colour it was. As it was, I take it they just tasted your urine

yucko, Gary, John isn't THAT old!!! I've read about doctors tasting urine, but wasn't that before John's time??!!

[xMenace]

Originally Posted by JD052302

I think many who are diagnosed with Type 1 are shipped off to the hospotal immediately.

Not only did I get admitted, but I passed out as I was getting undressed

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by Lizzie G

my doctor thought swimming prevented earlier diagnosis i think (it went some way to controlling it)

I wonder...

I swam competitively until age 14. Sometimes I'd start feeling "blah" around age 17-18, but chalked it up to the death of someone very close. I'd feel "clouded" if I didn't eat often enough.

My weight increased around 1999-2000, then dropped seemingly on its own. A couple years later (2001? 2002?), I began having the "three polys", and feeling increasingly clouded.

Somewhere along the way, I garnered the nickname "Edwardosaurus". It was reportedly due to my temperment, which family members likened to a tyrannosaurus.

For two months prior to DX, I'd been having wicked intestinal trouble. Unbelievably putrid flatulence every few minutes, discomfort, toilet bowls would grow mold within days of me using them, and I even recall voicing that "a coma sounds attractive". I was doing 55-80 g/day of vitamin C (65 on average), thinking I just needed to get over a little intestinal bug...

When I was out-of-state on business, DKA hit. I initially figured it was food poisoning... but, after 18 hours of excruciating vomiting (including bile for the last 12 hrs) and urinating every few minutes, was driven to the ER.

BG was "only" 360. A1c was 12.9%. "Glycated hemoglobin" (but not A1c) was 19.0%. Blood pH still was slightly basic (IIRC), but I had plenty of ketones.

A scan revealed that I had an intestinal blockage. Doctors kept asking if I'd had prior surgery that might have left scarring. (No.) It turned out that my intestines had just given up and shut down.

Sometimes it's probably worth seeing a doctor, even if one lacks medical insurance...

[pari]

Originally Posted by David_S

I got you beat.. my first was 14.2 and it blew my mind. I had a reading on the finger stick that just read HIGH.. no number.. it was higher then the monitor could calculate.
However.. I am down to 6.1 now thanks in no part to the ADA diet.. ( which I think is insane) and all thanks to reducing carbs and figuring it out on my own.

Hi David
You wrote that you have type1.5 diabetes.what is type1.5 diabetes???????I know only type1,2 ,....But I don't hear about type1.5.what is this????

[sandmcd]

My A1c was 6.8 two months ago. I was on metformin for the last 4-5 weeks before testing again. I am anxious to see what change there was...better, same, or worse. I will see on Wednesday....fingers crossed. I also stopped the meds. because I was so miserable while taking it.

[UpNorth]

I was never sent off to hospital when i was diagnosed T1 Or well, i refused to go unless i really had to... I knew quite a bit about diabetes already at that time, so i convinced my doctor to just prescribe the things i needed, have someone showing me how to use it and then let me go home and do some more reading So we did, and i've never been admitted to hospital because of Diabetes

[UpNorth]

By the way... Welcome to the forums

[matingara]

hi!!!

see my sig (below) for my A1C history!



-- Joel.

[Rock]

Hi Everybody,

New here but thought I would chime in.

My A1C was 14.6 with a BG of over 400 at diagnosis. After my first 3 month period I had it down to 6.4 with a lot of work......

~Chris

[notme]

Hi Chris and welcome do Diabetes Forums. Congratulations on your great A1C. I hope you will share your success story.

Welcome!!

[LowkonXC]

My BS was 800 at Dx. Never been so thirsty ever. A1c was 6 then but it's 8.6 now. Sure would like it lower.