A few months ago, my fasting blood sugar was at 89. Recently, it clocked in at 110.
I adjusted my diet (cut out almost all carbs, avoided sugar, ate more protein and fiber,) tried sleeping more, exercising more. Took bitter-melon pills as supplements (supposedly helps combat high blood sugar.) Furthermore, I am already a skinny guy to begin with. No weight to lose.
Now it’s at…115.
Not looking good. I am steadily on the path towards Type II diabetes.
Sounds more like T1. See an endocrinologist.
Check those suppliments for hidden sugar. Eat lots of beans and greens. No soda. No alcohol.
IANAD just a T1 diabetic.
Good luck
Sounds like Type II to me. Exercise and diet are usually key, and can sometimes reverse the trend, but you may need something like Metformin to keep the numbers down.
My wife became a Type I at age 40. the islet cells in her pancreas started dying off and she produced less and less insulin over the months following her diagnosis, until it was eventually necessary for her to take insulin shots.
Type I is that your body doesn’t produce enough insulin to start with, so it can’t regulate your blood sugar properly. Type I can be caused by genetics, but environmental factors and diseases can also cause it. If genetics is the main cause then it tends to show up when you are a child or a teenager, but as noted upthread, it’s no longer considered only a juvenile disease since things other than genetics can cause it.
Type II diabetes is when your body is insulin resistant. You produce enough insulin, but for whatever reason it doesn’t work properly in your body. The most common cause of insulin resistance (in the US at least) is fat clogging up the insulin receptors throughout your body. Genetics and other things can also come into play. Whatever the cause, the stress of trying to overcome your body’s insulin resistance can strain the insulin producing cells in your pancreas, and if they die, they are cells that aren’t replaced. When they are gone, they are gone forever.
I have Type II diabetes, and in its most common form it does tend to creep up on you like the OP describes. But, in its most common form, it also tends to be caused by fat, and the OP describes himself as a skinny guy.
The fact that the OP is skinny and is already exercising more and his blood sugar is still creeping up makes me think that simple diet and exercise (what typically works for most Type II diabetics) isn’t going to work here. The OP definitely needs to get to a doctor and find out what’s going on. It could be something damaging the pancreas.
My only knowledge of this is as a Type II diabetic, so there’s no way I can tell you all of the possible causes of what is happening. All I can tell you is that you don’t seem to have the same problem I do. If you did, diet and exercise would have probably gotten it under control, and it didn’t.
The OP needs to see a doctor NOW. And maybe push a little bit.
The good news would be if he’s “just” a new Type 1 (or type 2) diabetic.
Not to alarm you, but that sort of effect can also be a symptom of pancreatic cancer. It is unlikely, but really, OP, you need to find out NOW what’s causing this so you can get appropriate help. It’s not going to get better on its own, only worse.
Good luck and I hope it’s something caught early and manageable.
Diabetes is a lot more complex than type 1 vs. type 2. There are multiple other causes of an elevated fasting glucose (and 115 isn’t particularly alarming), and there are also plenty of non-type 1 or 2 forms of diabetes, such as MODY and LADA.
Your atypical presentation suggests that it’s unlikely a simple 1 vs. 2 determination. And it could be nothing at all (or at least, nothing identifiable).
It sounds like you have access to a glucometer. It might be useful to take some post-meal readings (two hours after dinner). Keep a log and bring it to your clinic visit.
Anyway, yes, talk with your physician. And try not to be alarmed by get to your doctor now advice.
Keep us posted, and good luck!
ETA: I would suggest testing your blood sugar fasting and two hours after dinner every day for the seven days prior to your appointment.
None of those readings are diagnostic for diabetes. The diagnosis of diabetes should not be made on glucometers anyway. The gold standard is testing done on venous blood.
Have a doc check you. I’d want to see a patient’s Hgb A1C, among other things, in order to diagnose diabetes vs. impaired glucose tolerance vs. whatever.
And DM these days is much more complex than type I vs type II, as noted by MMM
And if you are diagnosed as diabetic, whichever type, don’t stress out wondering what you did wrong to get it. You don’t get diabetes from gluttony or laziness. You can have a Tibetan monk’s diet and an athlete’s fitness regimen and still get diabetes.
I’ve got type 2, and have been making progress on getting my A1C under control. Currently at 6.3. With meds. But losing weight seems to help the most. I stopped pop, try to avoid candy…, and haven’t had a pastry in a good while. May sound gross, but when I stopped drinking soda, I found that I farted less.
Sure, see your doc, but like Qadgop says, none of those numbers really will tell you much.
I’m curious why you’re even looking at that number. 89 isn’t high, nor is 115. They don’t even start thinking diabetes before it gets to 126 or so.
Also, are you taking your blood sugar at the same time every morning? Have you tried taking it during the day, after a meal? Your body naturally produce higher blood sugar in the am to give you energy to wake up with. I’d try taking your blood sugar after a meal, is it high then?
But, like everyone said, go to the doc. But I sure wouldn’t be worrying between now and then.
Oh - and yeah, you can get T1 anytime in life. I got it at age 38. and have talked to lots & lots of folks who ended up with it even later.