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Hi...like so many, I am new to this and was virtually thrown into the deep end of the pool with no lessons.
I have all kinds of eye issues and during one of many dilated eye exams, the eye doc pushed away from me and asked if I had diabetes. When I answered no, he said you should go to your regular doc and get checked out. So I did, and low and behold I did. Funny thing, even under hard scrutiny I seem to have had no symptoms that would have caused a second though even when the doctor and I talked about it. I was a bit overweight (that pesky BMI thing had me at 26%) and I have lost something like 13 pounds. Between stress, and probably a lot of fear about eating the wrong thing the weight just disappeared.
Anyway, this was in October. There was a class I could attend, but it wasn't until the end of this month so that would have been two full months of zero info and medication I knew nothing about. Y'all don't know me, but I am one of those who research things to death (how I found this forum) and learned a great deal. Next visit to doc, stomped my feet a bit, had a bit of a hissy fit and got an appointment with a Certified Diabetes Instructor that helped answer more.
For now, I test all things, all the time. I figure (after reading here and agreeing) that the only way I am going to know how my body reacts to food is test to see what by body is doing with the food I give it. I think based on the numbers I see I am doing okay for now (I'm in the US so my numbers are different than what I see here) based on the charts (I have been using the endocrinologists numbers) and my doctor seems very happy. I haven't had a second A1C test yet, so I don't know how these numbers will translate yet.
I am taking Metformin (2000) and not formally doing low carb, but average about 20-25 per meal.
And thus now my questions: the biggest being about what I think is a side effect to the metformin. I never had the gastric distress issues I heard about, but rather what feels like a persistent and annoying feeling that reminds me of having morning sickness ALL THE **** TIME. And nothing tastes right. I just don't even want to eat. Even foods I like taste yucky. Is that normal????
And the second question? A stupid one for sure-if I use a packet of stevia, it says it has 2 carbs. Do I have to count that in my meal count??
Okay, I have a lot of dumb questions, but those are the big ones for today.
And thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Lala
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I have all kinds of eye issues and during one of many dilated eye exams, the eye doc pushed away from me and asked if I had diabetes. When I answered no, he said you should go to your regular doc and get checked out. So I did, and low and behold I did. Funny thing, even under hard scrutiny I seem to have had no symptoms that would have caused a second though even when the doctor and I talked about it. I was a bit overweight (that pesky BMI thing had me at 26%) and I have lost something like 13 pounds. Between stress, and probably a lot of fear about eating the wrong thing the weight just disappeared.
Anyway, this was in October. There was a class I could attend, but it wasn't until the end of this month so that would have been two full months of zero info and medication I knew nothing about. Y'all don't know me, but I am one of those who research things to death (how I found this forum) and learned a great deal. Next visit to doc, stomped my feet a bit, had a bit of a hissy fit and got an appointment with a Certified Diabetes Instructor that helped answer more.
For now, I test all things, all the time. I figure (after reading here and agreeing) that the only way I am going to know how my body reacts to food is test to see what by body is doing with the food I give it. I think based on the numbers I see I am doing okay for now (I'm in the US so my numbers are different than what I see here) based on the charts (I have been using the endocrinologists numbers) and my doctor seems very happy. I haven't had a second A1C test yet, so I don't know how these numbers will translate yet.
I am taking Metformin (2000) and not formally doing low carb, but average about 20-25 per meal.
And thus now my questions: the biggest being about what I think is a side effect to the metformin. I never had the gastric distress issues I heard about, but rather what feels like a persistent and annoying feeling that reminds me of having morning sickness ALL THE **** TIME. And nothing tastes right. I just don't even want to eat. Even foods I like taste yucky. Is that normal????
And the second question? A stupid one for sure-if I use a packet of stevia, it says it has 2 carbs. Do I have to count that in my meal count??
Okay, I have a lot of dumb questions, but those are the big ones for today.
And thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Lala
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