New diagnosis

[weegiemum]

Hi there,

I ended up in hospital (just A&E) with a totally unrelated problem last night, but when my blood got tested it showed really high glucose that was also seen in some other recent blood tests, but no one had told me. My level was just shy of 20.

Obviously I'm going to try to get an appointment with my own gp this week and hopefully get treatment started! I'm overweight but generally healthy apart from a completely unrelated neurological condition I've had for 10 years. My brother was type 1 so I know a good bit about how the diet works. Dh is a GP and keen for me to go onto metformin. My dad is also type2 so I have someone to talk about with it.

Not exactly sure what I'm asking for here, just a handhold I think. I know it's best to know but I'm beating myself up about it for my inability to lose weight for years.

Hi there,

I'm a new diagnosis too (4 weeks ago) and it's taking some getting used to so I can sympathise. I had a couple of days of feeling sorry for myself but soon realised that I've been abusing my body with the wrong foods, not enough exercise and worst of all, smoking, for most of my adult life... it stood to reason eventually my body was going to say "enough".

I've packed up the filthy fags, started swimming twice a week and have completely overhauled my eating. If I can do it then so can you! Once I stopped sulking about it I started to realise I'd been given a second chance. I can turn this around and get healthy. The only thing stopping me is ME.

I'm newly diagnosed T2 and realise I've been eating badly for a long time. I'm disabled but do quite a lot of exercise.
I'm over 11st and with horrible abdominal fat.
Tbh it's given me a fright as they found other lifestyle things: fatty liver; úrico acid; kidney stones; thickened gall bladder and gall stones.
I'm 57 and an an amputee (not diabetes related).
I'm hoping it's a wake up call.
I stopped smoking 9 and a half years ago.

If it was me I would try going very low-carb or even keto to try and avoid the drugs.

If you eat less than 30g of carbs per day and stick with mostly green veggies and salad you could soon see better numbers . Take a look at dietdoctor.com for lots of meal ideas and info. I'm T2 also and have manged to get my numbers under control by eating this way. Stick to fresh foods no diabetic substitutes and you will be fine. A typical day for me is no breakfast, a protein and healthy fat for lunch then a v low carb evening meal like fajita salad with guacamole, sour cream and salsa. Fat is your friend and will keep you feeling fuller for longer.

Hi everyone, just saw this has been answered.

I've had tests repeated by my gp and prescribed metformin and also atorvastatin as apparently they go together.

I'm so very tired, but hoping that's the diabetes, also cut down my carbs over the weekend. A friend with type 2 said a couple of months with metformin will make me feel better and reduce my cravings - well it has already because I can't eat in the evening when I take it as I'm so nauseated by it. Should help with the weight loss I suppose.

Thanks everyone for your input. Im dealing with this with a neurological illness that has some similar symptoms of type 2 including numbness. Luckily I'll be monitored due to my neuro issue.

Hey,
Sorry you had to go through this. If I may make a suggestion, don't assume you are type 2 and ensure the doctors conduct tests to see if you are Type 1.

I had very similar symptoms to you but it actually turned out to be Type 1. Its a misconception you can't develop type 1 later in life- I got diagnosed with it at 30.