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Originally Posted by genetic
Well, it really isn't a question of good or bad. It's a question of getting the thyroid
stabilized if that's the problem, and it sounds as if it might be, but only your physician can let you know for certainty.
If it's diabetes, that will show up in the bloodwork also and you will need to be on
medication for that.
If both are there, then you will probably be given Levothyroxine or another thyroid
hormone supplement and Metformin, a diabetic medication often given when diabetes
is first discovered. There are literally hundreds of medications that will be appropriate to treat those illnesses.
You're doing just the right thing by having bloodwork done to determine the cause
of your difficulties, and you will know within a week or so just how you'll be treated medically for whatever the conditions are.
Look forward to better feeling tone within weeks of beginning a medication schedule.
Please feel confident that your doctors will be able to help and very soon.
Take care.
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Being that she's a teenager and underweight, she needs to get tested for type 1 which sounds much more likely. Metformin is only for type 2. It would be a real shock if she has type 2.
Also it won't show up in blood work unless they specifically test for it. In this case, I would say a hemoglobin A1c and random fasting might not be enough because of the hypolgycemia. Testing the antibodies and pancreas function is the best way to go, just to be safe.
They are all blood tests, justagirl, so don't worry about that.
If it's type one you'll need insulin, not metformin. I used to have a friend in high school who had type one. None of us cared that she had to take her shots or test her blood before eating. We all thought it was pretty cool, actually. In fact, she was one friend I wish hadn't disappeared right after graduation.