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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Not being able to
Hi first post on here and as the title says i feel like i'm being kept in the dark by my GP!
I'm 44 and 2 weeks ago i went to the doctors for a blood test as i had been feeling tired a lot and also have had a cold on and off since October!
My wife is a child minder and i have 2 young boys (2 year old and a 6 month old) so i was told kids were virus carriers but i pushed him for the tests as i was sick of being palmed off!
Had the test on a Tuesday and got a call Wednesday saying the nurse needed to speak to me as my ALT's (Liver functions i think which can be affected by statins) and blood Sugars had abnormalities.
It took until Friday for a nurse to call me and tell me that my HBA1c was a reading of 45 and i had Pre-diabetes, but couldn't discuss my other results.
So i've been booked in for a blood test in a months time and advised to have a low carb high protein diet....end of call no further info and i am on my own
My lovely wife set to doing some research on foods i can have, i know my diet has not helped as i had started having breakfast biscuits in a morning with bananas and sandwiches with white bread on a lunch lots of potato's and carbs for dinner then more bread for supper with crisps in between.
I was also not adverse to the odd pasty or McD's when i was out and about for work and unable to get lunch. Oh and i loved ***** sweets, Baked beans and soups.
I already had started to go running once a week building it up as its hard to run with my weight! I used to weight train a long time ago and ate well.
She has started me on a regime of a healthy breakfast of eggs bacon mushrooms and so on, chicken salads for dinner (already sick of these lol) got some Bergen linseed bread for sandwiches and evening meals with meat veg but little or no carbs. I have been eating a guilty meal of weetabix for supper don't know if thats good. I have been on this diet for 5 days now.
I weighed 17 stone 12 lbs when i was diagnosed 8 days ago and have already lost a little.
I already have hereditary High blood pressure (25 years of it) and High Cholesterol plus i have been diagnosed finally with Meniere's disease which means i cannot have any stimulants such as red bull caffeine or alcohol, I have had probably 4 pints in total in the past year and the same the year before so don't drink anymore anyway....no that doesn't bother me unless i see a beer garden!
Not sure what symptoms i have had except tiredness and blurred vision mainly ion a morning but i put that down to the kids.
So what do i do now? i've been offered no further tests other than the blood test. I am not sure how in-depth to take the diet and do i need to be testing my blood?
Phew and breathe!! sorry for the long post and cheers in advance!
I'm 44 and 2 weeks ago i went to the doctors for a blood test as i had been feeling tired a lot and also have had a cold on and off since October!
My wife is a child minder and i have 2 young boys (2 year old and a 6 month old) so i was told kids were virus carriers but i pushed him for the tests as i was sick of being palmed off!
Had the test on a Tuesday and got a call Wednesday saying the nurse needed to speak to me as my ALT's (Liver functions i think which can be affected by statins) and blood Sugars had abnormalities.
It took until Friday for a nurse to call me and tell me that my HBA1c was a reading of 45 and i had Pre-diabetes, but couldn't discuss my other results.
So i've been booked in for a blood test in a months time and advised to have a low carb high protein diet....end of call no further info and i am on my own
My lovely wife set to doing some research on foods i can have, i know my diet has not helped as i had started having breakfast biscuits in a morning with bananas and sandwiches with white bread on a lunch lots of potato's and carbs for dinner then more bread for supper with crisps in between.
I was also not adverse to the odd pasty or McD's when i was out and about for work and unable to get lunch. Oh and i loved ***** sweets, Baked beans and soups.
I already had started to go running once a week building it up as its hard to run with my weight! I used to weight train a long time ago and ate well.
She has started me on a regime of a healthy breakfast of eggs bacon mushrooms and so on, chicken salads for dinner (already sick of these lol) got some Bergen linseed bread for sandwiches and evening meals with meat veg but little or no carbs. I have been eating a guilty meal of weetabix for supper don't know if thats good. I have been on this diet for 5 days now.
I weighed 17 stone 12 lbs when i was diagnosed 8 days ago and have already lost a little.
I already have hereditary High blood pressure (25 years of it) and High Cholesterol plus i have been diagnosed finally with Meniere's disease which means i cannot have any stimulants such as red bull caffeine or alcohol, I have had probably 4 pints in total in the past year and the same the year before so don't drink anymore anyway....no that doesn't bother me unless i see a beer garden!
Not sure what symptoms i have had except tiredness and blurred vision mainly ion a morning but i put that down to the kids.
So what do i do now? i've been offered no further tests other than the blood test. I am not sure how in-depth to take the diet and do i need to be testing my blood?
Phew and breathe!! sorry for the long post and cheers in advance!