New Diagnosis?
@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
Rupert, Idaho
January 11, 2022 4:58pm CST
I saw my regular doctor today...was supposed to ASAP after getting out of the hospital.
Notes from visit:
- he thinks the Farxiga med is what led..or at least was part of my DKA.
- he also thinks I should be on insulin. He's referring me to an endocrinologist and mentioned I may be on an insulin pump. Yikes...
He did give me 2 pens of a long acting insulin to start using.
Now for the title? He thinks I now may be Type 1.5 diabetic. My pancreas hasn't totally failed but it doesn't make much insulin at all.
I've been doing low carb and my sugars are still 200+
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9 responses
@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
yes it is not good for sure...
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
11 Jan 22
Oh dear.
Not good.
But at least you know now.
Can your pancreas get better at making insulin
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
Yes, not good for sure.
I think once the pancreas fails I don't think it will get better at making insulin.
You'd need a pancreas transplant, if that were a thing
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@tammys85 (29922)
• Baltimore, Maryland
16 Jan 22
@MommyOfEli2013 I'm sorry, girl. You'll get through this. 
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
13 Jan 22
I should have known I'd get to the point some day.
Was hoping to get off all meds but it didn't work out that way
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
17 Jan 22
@tammys85 Well maybe I can at least keep the insulin dose low. Thank you.
@wolfgirl569 (94780)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Jan 22
I was afraid that was going to happen. Make sure you use the insulin like you are supposed to
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
That I would need insulin?
Well I will be going to an endocrinologist
and they'll help out with that.
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@wolfgirl569 (94780)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Jan 22
@MommyOfEli2013 That your pancreas was getting worse and you would need insulin. Your numbers werent changing much this last time
@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
@wolfgirl569 well it was only a day really that I had done it before getting sick.
With a little insulin yesterday i woke up under 200. But a low carb meal raised it over 200 again
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
13 Jan 22
Well it seems to be true....but I will see an endocrinologist sometime
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@kobesbuddy (74420)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Jan 22
A 1.5 diabetic needs to take insulin each day, I've been taught. The nice part about it, your fasting sugar readings will go back down to a normal level.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
Right, they start to react like a type 1 which need insulin to live.
I still want to enjoy some of the foods I like though,
right now I am doing low carb mostly because I am not that hungry
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@kobesbuddy (74420)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Jan 22
@MommyOfEli2013 I'm heading in the same direction, once the medication is no longer working.
@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
@kobesbuddy sorry to hear that...being on insulin for life doesn't sound like fun
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@Letranknight2015 (51491)
• Philippines
12 Jan 22
We really have to watch our health these days.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
11 Jan 22
I'd say it's time to move on the doctors advice. Blood sugar highs and lows put stress on your organs and can wreak havoc on your overall health.
It's time.
I've had blood sugar issues for decades but can control it with diet alone.
You can't.
Diabetes has been responsible for many deaths in my extended family.
It may be upsetting but you will be better off over time.
I have two friends and a sister that use an insulin pump. Blood sugar valleys and spikes are no longer an issue and they claim to feel normal again.
I hope that you'll move ahead and address this soon 
Sorry if I sounded like a Dad lol.
Sorry if I sounded like a Dad lol.@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Jan 22
I had got it under control with diet at one point, got my A1c down to the 5% range.
However, struggled the past year and a half. I know that is a big part of it, but also angry I was put on the one med that messed up my system.
If an insulin pump helps, and I can allow foods I like once in a while...then I'll be glad.
Although needing one makes me feel like a failure for not being able to do it on my own.
But I'll update about it all once I see the endocrinologist.
@LindaOHio (155566)
• United States
12 Jan 22
Sorry to hear this; but maybe you will feel better on the insulin.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
13 Jan 22
Well I didn't feel bad before, until I got sick and sent to the ER
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