Going to new dr & endo

Mothernature · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 07:42 PM

The Joslin issue is a mess with my insurer so it is on the back burner until I can straighten it out.

Meanwhile, I've found a new PCP and finally have an endo

(ironically at the same hospital where I was diagnosed borderline DKA. The receptionist pulled up the information from that visit and freaked thinking I needed to see the doctor asap).

My old doctor has orders in for an A1C, cholesterol panel, and prolactin test. I need to take the third. I was Dx'd in Mid May, see the new PCP thursday, and Endo 8/2. Should I take the other two tests before the three months?

I would like to walk in with some current numbers for both Drs to see.

Opinions?

genie86333 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 08:47 PM

If your insurance (or pocketbook) can handle the tests now, I say go for it. Doesn't hurt (except the poke in the arm) to have the most current info available. Even though it hasn't been 3 months for the A1C, it can show the trend you're on so that the doc can see if what you're doing is working.

foxl · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 07:57 AM

Yeah -- how about a C-peptide and GAD-65, while you are at it, since you were borderline DKA?

Mothernature · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxl

Yeah -- how about a C-peptide and GAD-65, while you are at it, since you were borderline DKA

It was not ordered so it can't be done.

Lada:

* Adult age at diagnosis (usually over 25 years of age)
* Initial presentation masquerades as non-obese type 2 diabetes (does not present as diabetic ketoacidosis)
* Initially can be controlled with meal planning with or without diabetes pills
* Insulin dependency gradually occurs, frequently within months
* Positive antibodies
* Low C-peptide levels
* Unlikely to have a family history of type 2 diabetes

I did present as DKA, I am overweight, and I have a large family history of type 2.

foxl · #5 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 08:17 AM

Okay maybe your family history indicates T2.

I however was told I was T2 based on weight and age ... and then disproved that. So Ia mall for having the testin for a rule-out, now. If I sound reactionary ... it is only because I AM!

Mothernature · #6 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 08:26 AM

when i see the endo next month, i'll ask if I should have the tests or not. Doesn't hurt to rule out.