Stupid Doctor and Lab mistake

Hi....Went and got my lab tests on Monday. Dr. wrote down Insulin Level on the bottom of the form. I asked her for a C-peptide test. She said they are the same.  They are not the same. The lab said that they do C-peptide tests, because I asked them about it.  So I got results for the wrong test. I want the C-peptide test because it will tell how many beta cells I have left that are working, and it will finally tell me if I am a type 2, 1.5 or a 2.  So when I go to the Endo on Monday, I will be begging for a C-peptide test from him...Can't anybody get it together?

I'm glad you're going to see an endo because it's important to understand more about the diabetes.  I think you had written that you had begun insulin therapy when you were a teenager.  I thought you were type 1?

Also, the doctor in 2000 started me on nighttime insulin (Lantus) at that time. I eventually stopped it and the 11 pills that I took along with it, because it was too much medication overload.

When I went to the Doctor it ran about 85-90. When I had no treatment it ran 300 or more. My A1C when I was untreated was 12.6. I just refused to keep taking 11 meds plus insulin. Nobody needs that many meds.

cookienut, you really need to keep your blood sugar under control.  As Lanie said, these numbers could lead to organ damage and other things.  No one wants to take medication but it has become a necessary evil...at least in my life.

 

I don't know how long you have been posting on this forum but there is a wonderful lady here that ended up having both legs amputated and is going blind from side effects of diabetes.  This could happen to anyone that doesn't keep the blood sugar under control.  Also, I know I sure woudln't want to be hooked up to a dialysis machine.  I think of these things when I want to eat things I shouldn't eat.  I'm very careful about monitoring my blood sugar and I sure hope you are too.

 

I too am glad you are seeing an endo.  Hopefully they will run the tests you are interested in.  Also, I hope they will help you keep your blood sugar under control.  Please take your prescribed medications.  If you don't, you could live to regret it.

 

Sherrine