My insulin Log

Hello. Thank you if you are reading my post and it would be most appreciated if you can answer a few of my concerns.
My mom is finally getting me tested for diabetes. I cried to her and told her some of my symptoms but i didn’t tell her they were symptoms of Type 1 diabetes, she just assumed it was diabetes only because i told her i urinate a lot. But now i am worried that when i go to the doctors that the tests will not read that I have diabetes, when I KNOW I have Type 1 diabetes. I know i am no doctor, but i also know i am no hypochondriac.

But I find that the fasting test or the tests where you prick your finger aren’t accurate. I want to take a A1C or AC1 test? (what is it called?) because it shows your sugar levels form the past 90 days and i hear it is very accurate. i want to take every test possible so they will show i have Type 1 diabetes, because if the results show i don’t, then this will be the only time i get to go to a doctor and get tested.

The reason I am worried that it might not detect my diabetes, is because I’ve read about people who didn’t get diagnosed until the third time they got tested or until they went other numerous times. Plus, I am going to a cheap, local clinic so i am worried about the equipment or the doctor’s care. My mom has had a time were she had to go to a different clinic because the doctor gave her wrong results for something she got checked. But i know that if the doctor tells my mom i don’t have diabetes, my mom will Just be satisfied with those results and think I exaggerated. I know for sure my diabetes is at a stage of severity.

Additionally, my mom doesn’t get the difference between type 1 or 2. Well I am assuming she thinks there is Just one type of diabetes which is type 2 mostly find in obese children. I am not obese and she believes i should cut down on the sugar ever since she now believes I have diabetes, and believes this will control it and make me feel better. When in fact the diabetes I have requires me to take insulin and not Just to Control my diet.

Should i tell my doctor all my symptoms and that I am sure I have Type 1 diabetes (or will he think me a hypochondriac? Or will he get offended that I am self-diagnosing myself?) I don’t know what type of an appointment my mom is going to make. Since it’s a clinic, I don’t want them to scam me or my mom by giving me one measly blood test that shows i have no diabetes.

I know my mom is going to tell me to fast the night before. Should i fast, no matter what tests i take because I know an AC1 or A1C test doesn’t require fasting but the other tests do? Should i suggest to the doctor to give me a A 1C or AC1 test, or will he automatically give me One with no extra charge.

Will he charge extra for a urinal tests which aren’t accurate but I want to see if I have ketones (i think that’s how you spell it) but I don’t think I do. Will the doctor supply all the test or will i have to ask him? how do fasting test work? I know I am supposed to fast, then in the morning test myself, but am i supposed to have lemonade or a sugary drink, then get tested and then continue to fast for five hours and get tested in one hour intervals? I really don’t want to do that because I think it’s inaccurate but then again I do think it’s useful.

Will the doctor autmaticlaly ask me for my symptoms? will he explain that the junk food i apparently eat too much of is not the cause of my diabetes? Will the doctor just give me one blood test without talking to me or taking my weight or blood pressure ( i want him to take my blood pressure, my heart rate is always really high) or height. I am worried that base on what my mom makes the appointment on, the doctor will only perform what my mother requested or paid for. I am afraid I won’t be able to communicate my symptoms to my doctor. I want so many test made on me but I am afraid the doctor won’t perform them on me, and that my mother wouldn’t want me to take them either, because they will most likely call for more appointments and money. I also want a UTI test. Should I ask my doctor why i haven’t gone into some diabetic coma by now? Can you please help me? Please and Thank you. I am so sorry I sound like a hypochondriac and make my questions redundant but this might be my only chance to get tested for diabetes.
My symptoms include:
-frequent hunger (starvation no matter how much I eat)
-losing weight without trying
-bad vision (eyes always feel restrained and always hurt a lot, I don’t have glasses getting some soon)
-urinating a lot (which might mean i have a UTI i also think i have a yeast infection)
-i used to get A lot of headaches
-i get nausea but rarely, i used to feel like i would faint
-I used to feel really really drowsy, exhausted, tired
-I lack interest in things which is not my personality
-Abdominal pain, lower back pains
-Muscle spasms
-Poor circulation, feet and hands get tingly, mostly feet
-Hand fingers went numb before
- Secondary Hypohidrosis (look it up if you don’t know what it is) (caused by an underlying disease such as diabetes) hands are always cold also
-Heart rate is always fast
ALL of these symptoms which i hope I didn’t leave any out, are ALL that i have researched and found are “symptoms of diabetes” and symptoms of conditions or diseases that diabetes causes.

my son just found out 9 days ago that he has type 1 diabetes, he is 9 and I really don’t have ant help. Could use someone who knows about this.
Thanks

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