I am currently 26 year old male.
On December 2018, I went to doctors after having a large bubble tea later after that day like 1-2 hours later my left side was bothering me. So i went to a walk in clinic 3-4 hours later and told the doctor, so he thought it may be kidney stones/gull bladder stones so he told me to pee in a cup. Afterwards the nurse told the doctor and they looked at me and told me they are concerned cause they found large traces of sugar in my urine. Which I thought couldnt it be the bubble tea i had earlier that day.
Doctor wanted me to do a blood test the next day blood H1AC was 6.5 which was >OR= 6.5 % Diabetes Mellitus.
Test 1
General Chemistry | ||||
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Glucose Fasting | HI | 7.3 | 3.6 - 6.0 | mmol/L |
Fasting Glucose greater than or equal to 7.0 | ||||
mmol/L after an 8 hr fast can be used as a | ||||
provisional diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. If | ||||
asymptomatic, a repeat confirmation test using | ||||
Fasting Glucose, HbA1c, or 75g OGTT must be done. | ||||
Hemoglobin A1C/Total Hemoglobin | HI | 6.5 | <6.0 | % |
CDA 2013 Guidelines: |
Screening and Diagnosis:
<5.5 % Normal
5.5% - 5.9 % At risk
6.0% - 6.4 % Prediabetes
OR= 6.5 % Diabetes Mellitus||||
So the doctor told to do a 12 hour fast for Carbohydrate metabolism which showed high at 13.9 Diabetes Mellitus >or= 7.0 OR >or= 11.1.
Test 2
Investigation of Carbohydrate Metabolism
Glucose Tolerance 2h | ||||
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Glucose Dose | 75 | g | ||
Glucose Fasting | 5.6 | mmol/L | ||
Glucose 2h | HI | 13.9 | mmol/L | |
Glucose Glucose | ||||
Category Fasting 2 Hours Post | ||||
75g OGTT | ||||
(mmol/L) (mmol/L) |
Normal Fasting 3.6-6.0 –
Glucose
Impaired Fasting 6.1-6.9 and <7.8
Glucose
Impaired Glucose <6.1 and 7.8-11.0
Tolerance
Impaired Fasting 6.1-6.9 and 7.8-11.0
Glucose and Impaired
Glucose Tolerance
Diabetes Mellitus >or= 7.0 OR >or= 11.1
Can. J. Diabetes 2013: 37 (Suppl 1) S1-S212||||
|Observations||Patient reported "NO" symptoms of diarrhea,
abdominal cramping, vomiting , nausea or
dizziness.|||
So the doctor told me I have diabetes type 2, keep in mind back then I was 180lbs doctor told me to start excersizing and eat properly since injections or drugs is not needed at the time.
Three months later weighing at 154lbs
I did my test again my H1AC is now 5.4 [<5.5 % Normal ] which is normal now doctor was surprised. So he had me do a cholesterol test next. Results were:
Test 3 after three months
Hours After Meal | 20 | Hours | ||
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Triglyceride | 1.24 | mmol/L | ||
Cholesterol | 5.60 | mmol/L | ||
HDL Cholesterol | 1.17 | mmol/L | ||
New formulation (24/Sep/2018): In some patients | ||||
with abnormal liver function, the HDL-c result | ||||
may be different due to the presence of | ||||
lipoproteins with abnormal lipid distribution. | ||||
Non HDL Cholesterol | 4.43 | mmol/L | ||
Non HDL-Cholesterol is not affected by the | ||||
fasting status of the patient. | ||||
LDL Cholesterol | 3.87 | mmol/L | ||
Consider the non HDL-C value as an alternate | ||||
lipid target if monitoring treatment in | ||||
intermediate or high risk patients. | ||||
Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol | 4.8 |
So doctor said my cholesterol is now too high for a diabetic person and that I may have to rely on statin drugs for the rest of my life if it doesn’t go down naturally within three months. I am assuming my cholesterol was so high is cause I’ve ate “hot rods” which is high in cholesterol a few days back which I felt guilty about. I was suppose to go back to the doctors like last month to see if my cholesterol went down or not but im nervous cause I don’t want to rely on statin’s for the rest of my life.
On the June 30th, 2019, I went to a different walk in clinic cause my sides felt pressure and the doctor said theres nothing wrong cause after being diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 for 7 months I still have not fully gotten over it and been having lots of anxiety thinking every thing is going wrong with my body so that I may have imagined the weird feeling on my sides. I told this walk in doctor that my blood sugar went from 6.5 to 5.4 within three months and she was surprised and said “Im wondering if you actually do have diabetes or not?”
What should I do? Should I go to another doctor and have them do a blood sugar test on me for diabetes ? or should I just accept the first walk in doctor’s results and go check for my cholesterol and hope for the best? I’m filled with anxiety for the past 7 months and i don’t know how to accept and move on. I’ve been looking around for advice and I keep telling myself try to live life one day at a time focus on the present not on the past and the future is filled with uncertainty so focus on what I can do today.
Side info: Past two days been having soft poop/broken poop in the morning only and already having anxiety that its cancer.