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When is an endocrinologist necessary over a Primary Care Physician?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Sep 12, 2017 | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
@gailb I am T2 and also follow a diet much like yours. My blood sugar tends to spike easily with any higher carbs. My A1C has been 5.5, 5.6 for the last 9 months or so and I generally do not feel deprived by these foods. It is all a balancing act, I figured that out early on. Thanks for your input.
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@gailb I was found unresponsive and rushed to ER. I had a glucose reading of over 900. I also had pancreatitis, acute kidney failure and delirium. (I thought I had stomach flu before I faded out). I have about 6 days of no memory. I would have slipped into a diabetic coma if my son had not found me. I had not been sick or on meds before then. So, 10 units of insulin twice daily works for me. My Dad passed from diabetes complications many years ago. I take this desease very seriously now but didn't understand it before as my parents never discussed it with us children and I guess alot was unknown back then. From all I read, I think I'm doing well.
@dolo @gailb My A1c has been as low as 4.9! When that was the reading my endocrinologist chuckled and said it was lower than his and he is not diabetic! If you really stay away from carbs it can go that low, if your insulin resistance is not as severe as some people have. Not only am I not as "good" as I used to be, but I also thinks my insulin resistance has increased.
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@dolo I think you don't have diabetes with a 5.5 or 5.6 blood sugar. Why do they say you are?