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Why don't doctors have patients monitor their blood sugar to make diagnosis?

I've had EXTREME FATIGUE, also SEVERE YEAST INFECTIONS for OVER 6 YEARS.  The doctor never mentioned diabetes (I guess) because until now my numbers never showed a problem until this recent annual exam.  My fasting blood sugar is 151.  It seems it never showed up because even though I'm having highs near 300 and lows in the 60's, my previous 8 hr fasting blood numbers were below 100 and my average AC1 still remained in the acceptable range.  This was misleading.  Even now, although my numbers are all over the place, most morning fasting numbers are in the acceptable range.  I feel sure I've had diabetic episodes for over 5 years.  Now, I've got cataracts, sores not healing, exhaustion, and many other problems from this.  Shouldn't health professionals realize that these continued symptoms should be checked by meter monitoring blood results for a few weeks?  Wish I'd known.  Is it unusual to have wildly swinging blood sugar numbers from 60-280 and yet have correct 8 hour fasting and AC1 numbers?


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I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.

I am not a doctor, but I have been living with Type 1 diabetes for close to 30 years, and I can identify with many of the problems that you are describing. I am not going to second guess your doctor, however, with a fasting blood sugar of 151, blood sugars in the 300s and then in the 60s, those are typical signs of a person with diabetes that is not in good control. An A1C is an average of your blood sugars for the last 3 months, and is a standard test that is given to those of us with diabetes. If I was you, I would make an appointment as soon as possible with another doctor who is an endocrinologist. You need to get your blood sugars in control before you risk other complications. I have been on an insulin pump for seven years, but there are other ways to be treated. Best of luck.

Posted 2008-06-22T10:55:05Z

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