- Messages
- 22
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hey everyone!
Still lurking around, reading posts and pondering about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else.
I finally went public with my T2 and made a nice Facebook post. This was after I met with my diabetes nurse at the beginning of July, and I've gotten great support from my family and friends. It felt very nice!
She was quite impressed! At that point, she confirmed I had lost 6 kgs in weight (sorry, I'm not sure how to appropriately convert this for you nice folks in the UK - I think it's 0 stone, 13 lb according to the converter I'm using). She was happy with most of my BG levels, we're seeing a lot of 5 mmols at fasting, and mostly everything is under 10 mmol after meals, except for 2 or 3 instances where they were planned outing and treats.
We will be doing my H1ac at the end of August, as well as tests for cholesterol and kidneys. We'll look into foot care as well and eye doctor to check me up. Feet are fine, eyes I haven't had checked in a while and I sometimes feel like there's too many floaters, but we'll see what they say.
In terms of general life, we went on vacation on the week following my meeting with the nurse. I cheated on some meals, but was careful overall and tried to keep active. I think I caught one of my nephew's cold though and was out for 2-3 days, but BGs didn't spike too bad. I didn't check as regularly though, but I took my Metformin as usual. It felt nice, but overall I was very conscious of my choices.
Exercise was a bit on the light side after we came back, as work has been horrible. However, this week I'm back on track. I did some weight training yesterday as I'm determined to build my muscles, and hiking is back on the menu!
My only dilemma remains breakfast. I still seem to spike between 8 and 9 mmol no matter what I eat. Cottage cheese remains the one with the lowest spike; I'm trying eggs this week with a bit of cheese and like 1/2 a tbsp of salsa, and I'm still seeing 9's. These numbers are the same as if I would be having whole-wheat toasts with peanut butter, with a glass of milk!
What do you guys do for breakfast? I'm thinking of trying oatmeal next week and seeing how that works out.
Cheers!
Still lurking around, reading posts and pondering about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else.
I finally went public with my T2 and made a nice Facebook post. This was after I met with my diabetes nurse at the beginning of July, and I've gotten great support from my family and friends. It felt very nice!
She was quite impressed! At that point, she confirmed I had lost 6 kgs in weight (sorry, I'm not sure how to appropriately convert this for you nice folks in the UK - I think it's 0 stone, 13 lb according to the converter I'm using). She was happy with most of my BG levels, we're seeing a lot of 5 mmols at fasting, and mostly everything is under 10 mmol after meals, except for 2 or 3 instances where they were planned outing and treats.
We will be doing my H1ac at the end of August, as well as tests for cholesterol and kidneys. We'll look into foot care as well and eye doctor to check me up. Feet are fine, eyes I haven't had checked in a while and I sometimes feel like there's too many floaters, but we'll see what they say.
In terms of general life, we went on vacation on the week following my meeting with the nurse. I cheated on some meals, but was careful overall and tried to keep active. I think I caught one of my nephew's cold though and was out for 2-3 days, but BGs didn't spike too bad. I didn't check as regularly though, but I took my Metformin as usual. It felt nice, but overall I was very conscious of my choices.
Exercise was a bit on the light side after we came back, as work has been horrible. However, this week I'm back on track. I did some weight training yesterday as I'm determined to build my muscles, and hiking is back on the menu!
My only dilemma remains breakfast. I still seem to spike between 8 and 9 mmol no matter what I eat. Cottage cheese remains the one with the lowest spike; I'm trying eggs this week with a bit of cheese and like 1/2 a tbsp of salsa, and I'm still seeing 9's. These numbers are the same as if I would be having whole-wheat toasts with peanut butter, with a glass of milk!
What do you guys do for breakfast? I'm thinking of trying oatmeal next week and seeing how that works out.
Cheers!