Tracyplum said:
I went to the doctors in November for something else but since I don't visit often I asked for a diabetes test too. The reason being my gran, dad and sister all had type 2, plus I'm over weight. Also feeling a little tired ( but I do work full time) , was feeling thirsty ( but don't often drink regular at work), get up to go to the loo at night (but drink more of an evening) all symptoms have a possible reason. Anyway I had a blood test, then a fasting blood test then a GTT, that latter had a result of 6.8 then 11.2. The doctor told me I wasn't diabetic. Then a week later the nurse rung and said I was. I went back for an appointment where I was sent home with lots of leaflets and shown links to website and told to eat carbs at every meal. I had blood taken again and I'm due back this week because they said its still high. Anyway I will get to the point. I have been trying to low carb but at the moment I am a little in denial because I don't feel unwell or have problems. Do any other newly diagnosed people feel like this? I feel I'm trying to treat something I don't have. My gran and dad have passed away and my sis lives away and I don't have much contact with her.
Yes Tracyplum ... I think I'm a little in denial at the moment. Maybe not denial so much as pushing my boundaries a bit. I was diagnosed T2 7 months ago, put on 2000mg Metformin, arrived here a couple of days after diagnosis, began LCHF immediately and found it not a problem at all. In fact, I could eat all the foods I LIKE and skip most of the foods I DISLIKE. I truly dislike most carbs and don't like the way eating them makes my tummy feel.
I recently had my meds cut to 1000mg a day without a blood test I might add, my DN did that on the basis that my last HBA1C was so good and the fact I've been having night sweats which she thinks are due to overmedication.
So my little mind thought ... OK ... you're doing well with the BGs ... maybe you can add a few more things to your diet. So for the past say, month, I've added bread every day, maybe one egg custard or cream scone per week, a glass of Rose wine every couple of nights, a banana every day. And I'm noticing the difference both in BGs and in my digestion. One day last week I had a morning fasting bg of 17.5!!! And I'd had an OK diet the day before so couldn't understand it. But I'd had bread and a cream scone about 3 days before! So I put it down to that.
The stupid thing is, I don't particularly like cream scones, or egg custards, I'd just got used to having the odd cake before I was diagnosed even though I didn't particularly enjoy them and occasionally I creep back that way ... but it really is to just see how it affects my BG. So I suppose part of me is wondering if this diabetes can just 'go away' or whether I really am stuck with it for life.