Hi all,
I’m new to this forum so apologies if there’s already loads of content on this topic and I’ve just missed it.
I was diagnosed last year with Type 2 diabetes, I went to the GP thinking I had an iron deficiency because I was always tired and lethargic and getting minor things wrong with me all the time. Turns out the issue was my blood sugar (although, I currently am on iron supplements due to low iron and apparently low immune system according to my GP)
So a bit of context; I’m 25 years old, I’m 8 stone (was 8 stone 9lbs when diagnosed) fairly active and have been vegetarian for the last 5 years and always ate relatively healthily (always wholemeal bread/pasta/rice, lots of grains beans fruits & veg) I had a fairly active job (around 20k steps a day) but otherwise didn’t do much exercise. Since diagnosis I have taken up a fitness class every Thursday, walk 30 minutes every lunch and try to fit in a run/yoga/ aerobics etc whenever I can, I have stopped eating pasta, rice, quinoa etc and very rarely have bread or other processed carbs, I even gave up starchy vegetables and high sugar fruits (mangos, bananas etc) as well as obviously cutting out refined sugars and sugary snacks - the carb restriction only started in the new year but I cut out sugar as soon as I was diagnosed. Since New year (when I started being stricter with myself) I have lost 9lbs and then gained 3lbs which I put down to the muscle I’ve developed from my fitness class. When diagnosed my HBa1c was at 50, when I was tested again 6 months later it was still at 50. I was referred to Right Start which is a Type 2 Diabetes education class where the diabetes specialist and dietician got in contact with my GP to say they think I was wrongly diagnosed and actually have Type 1 Diabetes. The GP agreed and gave me a GAD (I think) test. The results came back normal so it was concluded I have type 2. My mother was also diagnosed at 45 with type 2, she is slightly overweight according to her BMI but is only a jean size 12 so nothing major.
I have read up briefly on TOFI diabetics, but could only find drips and drabs of information.
I constantly feel defeated because I feel like nothing I do ever seems to lower my blood sugar, I don’t test it often but when I do it is usually in the 7 - 9 mmol range (fasting or 2 hours after meals) I’m starting to think that the diabetes could be a symptom of a different problem, I’ve started experiencing Neuropathy in my arms and legs even though I’m doing everything I can to try to get into the Pre-diabetic range. I’ve expressed this to my Gp but because my sugars are in the manageable range she doesn’t seem too worried. Could it be PCOS? or something else? If anyone else is in a similar situation please let me know as I feel very lost and frustrated. Also if you’ve read through all of this thank you - I know it was a lot haha!
I’m new to this forum so apologies if there’s already loads of content on this topic and I’ve just missed it.
I was diagnosed last year with Type 2 diabetes, I went to the GP thinking I had an iron deficiency because I was always tired and lethargic and getting minor things wrong with me all the time. Turns out the issue was my blood sugar (although, I currently am on iron supplements due to low iron and apparently low immune system according to my GP)
So a bit of context; I’m 25 years old, I’m 8 stone (was 8 stone 9lbs when diagnosed) fairly active and have been vegetarian for the last 5 years and always ate relatively healthily (always wholemeal bread/pasta/rice, lots of grains beans fruits & veg) I had a fairly active job (around 20k steps a day) but otherwise didn’t do much exercise. Since diagnosis I have taken up a fitness class every Thursday, walk 30 minutes every lunch and try to fit in a run/yoga/ aerobics etc whenever I can, I have stopped eating pasta, rice, quinoa etc and very rarely have bread or other processed carbs, I even gave up starchy vegetables and high sugar fruits (mangos, bananas etc) as well as obviously cutting out refined sugars and sugary snacks - the carb restriction only started in the new year but I cut out sugar as soon as I was diagnosed. Since New year (when I started being stricter with myself) I have lost 9lbs and then gained 3lbs which I put down to the muscle I’ve developed from my fitness class. When diagnosed my HBa1c was at 50, when I was tested again 6 months later it was still at 50. I was referred to Right Start which is a Type 2 Diabetes education class where the diabetes specialist and dietician got in contact with my GP to say they think I was wrongly diagnosed and actually have Type 1 Diabetes. The GP agreed and gave me a GAD (I think) test. The results came back normal so it was concluded I have type 2. My mother was also diagnosed at 45 with type 2, she is slightly overweight according to her BMI but is only a jean size 12 so nothing major.
I have read up briefly on TOFI diabetics, but could only find drips and drabs of information.
I constantly feel defeated because I feel like nothing I do ever seems to lower my blood sugar, I don’t test it often but when I do it is usually in the 7 - 9 mmol range (fasting or 2 hours after meals) I’m starting to think that the diabetes could be a symptom of a different problem, I’ve started experiencing Neuropathy in my arms and legs even though I’m doing everything I can to try to get into the Pre-diabetic range. I’ve expressed this to my Gp but because my sugars are in the manageable range she doesn’t seem too worried. Could it be PCOS? or something else? If anyone else is in a similar situation please let me know as I feel very lost and frustrated. Also if you’ve read through all of this thank you - I know it was a lot haha!