Hello from Madrid

Hello,

My name is Oscar and I am a debutant in type 1 diabetes. Just a month ago I had a routine medical examination of company and they told me to go to the emergency room because I had the sugar through the clouds, after a month 2 analytics and a test on antibody antibodiesThey have detected that I am type 1. diabetic. My debut began with 297 sugar, but after this month doing healthy food, exit an hour to walk and drink the Setagliptin and Metformin pills, I have managed to get my levels between 90 and 130 moreOr less, the problem is that my endocrine does not tell me much, I only look at my controls and tell me that I am going well, I have lost a lot of weight in this month and I am very nervous because I do not find any place where to give me correct information of habitsAnd nutrition in type 1. diabetes. Tomorrow I have to go see my endocrine because it will explain to me insulin and how to click, I am quite afraid because I do not act and I run inside a lot of doubt, but well I have myFamily that is supporting me (they are in another town) and I have my friends who encourage.

greetings.

Edit.I did not put it before, I have no family history of diabetes, I am the first

I do not understand this.
If you have been diagnosed as type 1, what the hell do they put a treatment with oral antidiabetics?
In your case I would ask for a second opinion, because it is normal for you to put insulin from the beginning.

It is normal for you to have many doubts at the beginning.We have all gone through that.

Tell us what your endocrine tells you and I hope you also see you a diabetes educator, who are the ones that explain how things do well.

Anyway, you spend a website that for us is like the website of diabetes consultations:

Link

And here you have us to throw a little hand whenever you need it.

Welcome home.

Welcome Oscar.

I don't understand that you start with oral if you are type 1 you are type 1, if they do it during the honeymoon to prevent hypoglycemia and give them time to explain how to click but I see it very strange the truth ...

Ask without fear of any doubt that you have both here and your doctor, that surely we both answer you willingTake oral antidiabetics;) And so we leave doubts.
The normal thing would be to give you a course or something like that diabetological education so that you adapt and catch everything fast and well, if not it will be a little uphill to learn everything, the page that Alea has given you is very good and hasA lot of information that will be useful for everything else asks without fear even if it seems absurd.

PS: I also had no family history and I also have type 1, when I did the debut I did not diagnose it (inept -headed doctor) until I had diabetic ketoacidosis and no longer moved from bed, I had lost a burden of weight and I was inThe bones, so they entered me into the emergency room and the glucometer they had no longer marked the glucose because it came out of rank, I only put high.Bayer's glucometer range reached 600 so I could know how much I had at that time ... They had two days connected to drippers ... and they made me several capillaries all very unpleasant ...

Well, welcome to the sweets club.All the best.

Hello colleagues.

Well, the form of your debut was fair like mine, medical review at work, fasting 256 glycemia, they send me to emergency and ..... Here it is different from your case.They entered the hospital for 5 nights where they started injecting insulin directly, they put me 3 drippers and a nutritionist gave me my first guidelines.Each case will have its difference but ...
The truth is that they were very exaggerated with me or they are not treating you as they should do.
I would almost tell you that you were another specialist.
Hugs, Quim

Hello Oscar
How did it go?

Welcome to the forum ...

What you tell is an evil of many, unfortunately.: Shock ::?

You have not started with good footing, because neither the sitegliptin nor the metformin barely have effect ... it is likely that you still have some insulin reserves and the exercise+the diet+the weight loss have allowed to have you in acceptable figures this month thatYou have passed.

Have you given a copy of the analytics?
What glycosylated hemoglobin values ​​have you had?

Hello everyone,

Thank you very much for answering so fast, and I will begin to answer the reason for why they are keeping me oral.To say that the day of my medical review weighed around 113 with something and I measure 1.83m.

On January 19 I make a medical revision.
On the 20th I go to the emergency room to look at me sugar and see that I respond well to fast insulin, they give me metformin.
From this same day I start with a healthy diet and no sugary or similar brunette.
On the 23rd I go to the header and sends me analytical, it gives me recommendations on food and sends me for the endocrine.
On Friday 27 I will see my endocrine which tells me that I must prick insulin, just when I explain how to do controls with the glucometer looks at me and I have 130 before which I decide that the next Monday I do the test to see what kindI am (antibody test) and quotes me on Friday, February 3.
So far everyone thought it would be type 2, so they give me oral antidiabetics.
On day 3 he does not know the results of the analytics to see the guy and look at my controls, he sees that I have very good profiles, therefore that I continue with metformin.
On the 17th he calls me by phone and tells me that he already has the results, I have tested positive, therefore I must click and quote me for today.
Today, February 23, I have gone there, and explains that I have given positive, we must thank it on time and thus be able to avoid major evils, look the profiles and see that I keep losing weight, I make a balanced diet and the profiles give goodBrands, explains that I am on the honeymoon and therefore decides that insulin can be delayed another little.As I get out of the endocrine I put my nurse and start explaining things about the food that I have to assimilate and has given me some very interesting brochures and an example diets that can be several always following some guidelines.
With the endocrine I have stayed on March 8, as long as I continue with these brands, in case the honeymoon disappears, then it goes urgently to ask for insulin and the teaching of it, I have remained for the day 28February with the nurse to explain more things and answer my doubts.Today I have also signed up in the Madrid Diabetics Association which has told me that there will also be delighted to respond to any hard and to participate in the activities.
More or less this is my journey, the insulin delay it I suppose so that I do not go down, anyway if I see that the sugar begins to get up then to emergencies quickly.

Greetings

Note: In the analytics I did on the 24th, an 11%result came out, they told me that it was quite high but good to see that my sugar profiles seem normalized because they are postponing it, but I loved the 8th I already suppose they will give meTo click insulin.Setagliptin has removed it, he has left me metformin by my weight, he says that when I start to approach my ideal weight because I would take it away.

I hope that your endocrine has requested a C peptide test and it has come out that you still have many insulin reserves, although with a glycosylated of 11% it seems unlikely to me.

In order for glycems to be normalized at levels of 110 or 130, from the figures you commented with 297, you should lose a lotIn no case will glycemias get so much.

I am surprised that they don't even put a minimum basal insulin: shock:
But well, if you have seen that the values ​​are good at all times ...

Thank you very much for the answers,

The truth is that I should not say about what you tell me about insulin I will have to put insulin but my endocrine thinks that with these levels it is not necessary, anyway on the 28th I have consult with my nurse and I will do the consultation.
Right now that I only have 1 month since the debut I am quite nervous and overwhelmed, because I do not know if I can take it or how I will have to perform my life, I have pointed to the Association of Diabetics of Madrid and only with the person I was talking about nearAn hour helped me quite lifting the mood and at least seeing that the world ends.

Greetings.

Your endo is the one who has all the information, so you must trust it although we must not stop being vigilant and aware of everything that happens to you.

It is important that you ask a lot in the consultation, always ask why things ... do not stay with doubts or "head comedies."
At the beginning it is essential to assimilate information little by little, but without pause ... Against you know, you can better control the disease.

At first everything is difficult, many new words, concepts to be learned ... fear of what will happen, fear of physical deterioration, fear of not being accepted by the environment ...
It is normal, we have all passed by, to a greater or lesser extent.
Little by little you will see that this is "bearable", that few things will change and those that change are not important.

As I said in another post, having diabetes and being able to control it serves to get reinforced as a person and be able to face many other situations that arise.

Hi Orepiso, encouragement, you'll see how in a short time you get it better.
I enter little here but maybe my child's case helps you.
He debuted in September 2010 and although he started with insulin, the doses were minimal and after three weeks we had to leave it because his glycemia were getting lower.We were without insulin for almost a year and that that the hemoglobin of its debut was 11.7%.During that period he had hemoglobins between 6 and 6.5, (fortunately they continue like this).Pecido C at the beginning was almost normal, that is, important insulin reserves.At the end of August 2011, glycemia began to climb very abruptly and start with insulin.
Our endocrine from the beginning informed us of everything and taught us the feeding for rations of hydrates that we follow the debut even in the time of non -insulin.Possibly yours is a similar case and your pancreas once they have lowered glucose nuveles has recovered a bit, but if the antibodies have given positive ... sooner or later you know what it will play.Maybe you are like this for a long time, enjoy it and take the opportunity to learn about diabetes, but do not become obsessed with the glucometer as I did, that in each control it was a leg tremor in case it began to climb ... curiously now I am much quieter.
We tb signed up for the Association of Milrud diabetics and works very well.

Luck

Hello,
Thank you very much for your answers.Tell you that I feel what any of you. You have sense at the beginning.This looks like a long path and I hope to have people like you to guide and help me.Many thanks for everything