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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hi
Sorry but I sort of jumped into the forum ànd didn't introduce myself first, I get sort of impatient and want answers and want them last week
I'm a 53year old female that was diagnosed 4 weeks and 5 days ago but who's counting ? I got a call out of the blue to see if I was ok by the out of hours doctor and that was my first inclination that something was wrong.
I've been bumbling along ever since.
I have an excellent gp that recommended low carb low sugar diet and listens to your concerns. I have a great family who are behind me on this although, my mum who is also a type 2 keeps telling me she used to have diabetes... But that's another story. And I have friends that have helped. But I've also found this site and it's been great so far.
I have other things going on, I have a degenerative disc disease in my lower back, sciatica, mental health problems that were wrongly diagnosed until last year and I've had a stroke that doesn't affect me physically but has impared my memory, cognitive behaviour and use of language. All of this since I turned the dreaded 50...
I'm getting therapy for cognitive behaviour problems and I'm really pleased that they had been in place before my diagnosis because it at least let me cope with what's going on and the changes I'm making.
At Christmas I decided that my life had to change (how that bit me in the bum) and started to cut a lot of things out of my diet, like sweeties, some carbs reduce my bread intake, reduce my coffee intake because I liked it sweet, drink more water and up my Excersise levels. So with all ready trying to be proactive with my diet it came as a massive shock when I was diagnosed.
So, where my journey will take me, I have no idea. But for the foreseable future I'm going to try to keep things together, try to loose the extra weight I'm carrying and get my head round the low carb life style... And find a way to replace the bread and canned tomatoes.
Just one last thing, thanks for being here, you all ready have helped a lot with a couple of things, it's really nice to talk to real people about things instead of blank looks when I'm trying to explain what's going on.
Sorry but I sort of jumped into the forum ànd didn't introduce myself first, I get sort of impatient and want answers and want them last week
I'm a 53year old female that was diagnosed 4 weeks and 5 days ago but who's counting ? I got a call out of the blue to see if I was ok by the out of hours doctor and that was my first inclination that something was wrong.
I've been bumbling along ever since.
I have an excellent gp that recommended low carb low sugar diet and listens to your concerns. I have a great family who are behind me on this although, my mum who is also a type 2 keeps telling me she used to have diabetes... But that's another story. And I have friends that have helped. But I've also found this site and it's been great so far.
I have other things going on, I have a degenerative disc disease in my lower back, sciatica, mental health problems that were wrongly diagnosed until last year and I've had a stroke that doesn't affect me physically but has impared my memory, cognitive behaviour and use of language. All of this since I turned the dreaded 50...
I'm getting therapy for cognitive behaviour problems and I'm really pleased that they had been in place before my diagnosis because it at least let me cope with what's going on and the changes I'm making.
At Christmas I decided that my life had to change (how that bit me in the bum) and started to cut a lot of things out of my diet, like sweeties, some carbs reduce my bread intake, reduce my coffee intake because I liked it sweet, drink more water and up my Excersise levels. So with all ready trying to be proactive with my diet it came as a massive shock when I was diagnosed.
So, where my journey will take me, I have no idea. But for the foreseable future I'm going to try to keep things together, try to loose the extra weight I'm carrying and get my head round the low carb life style... And find a way to replace the bread and canned tomatoes.
Just one last thing, thanks for being here, you all ready have helped a lot with a couple of things, it's really nice to talk to real people about things instead of blank looks when I'm trying to explain what's going on.