Hi There,
I am a 61 yo male in Seattle, Firstly, I apologize if this post is too long or too much info. I have been finding lately that my health providers seem a bit impatient with me and my questions about what's going on for me. Very frustrating.
I had been diagnosed back in 2011 with T2 and A1C of 11.2. I was immediately started on MET ER 500 2x a day. I was determined to "beat" this and within 18 months I went from 240 to 185 and brought A1C to 5.6. I was taken off MET and maintained for a while but numbers crept back up from time to time, so I just watched my weight and that helped. When covid started, I was not able to play ice hockey 2-3 times a week and started biking and jogging almost every day. This was last summer. I was excited to go to the doc to see my a1c drop, but it was UP to 7.0! from 6.1. I didn't understand. I was discouraged. I did gain some weight through covid and thought that was it. I dropped from 191 back to 184 and went in for another a1c and got it back to 6.7 within a month or so. This is where it gets messed up. Taking my am bg readings, I was hovering around 107 to 120 in the mornings during this time of weight loss and playing hockey again. I figured that seeking a naturopath might help as well and we took lots of blood for testing and found that my bit d level was at 16 and my b6 and 12 were low too. She put me on vit d and methyl b's to bring those numbers up. But ever since we connected, my am bg are at 160 and holding. ***? Not only that, I had a "freak out" last Friday the 4th and my bg went from 185 to 205 within an hour as I was freaking out. I had the MET prescription in the cabinet and started taking it Friday last and have been on er 500 1x for 10 days.
I was at 184ish on that date and have since dropped down to 176 and it's scaring me. I am eating more than I did last weekend but cant seem to gain the weight back and it also seems that if I stopped eating, I would lose weight even faster. This is troublesome considering that for years, it was always a struggle to even lose a pound or two and keep it off.
I don't know what to do or think. I am afraid to eat, I am afraid to excersize, I am afraid to take the MET, I am afraid to test my fasting BG.
Right now, it sucks to be me.
Any feedback from this community would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time.
ChimDale
I am a 61 yo male in Seattle, Firstly, I apologize if this post is too long or too much info. I have been finding lately that my health providers seem a bit impatient with me and my questions about what's going on for me. Very frustrating.
I had been diagnosed back in 2011 with T2 and A1C of 11.2. I was immediately started on MET ER 500 2x a day. I was determined to "beat" this and within 18 months I went from 240 to 185 and brought A1C to 5.6. I was taken off MET and maintained for a while but numbers crept back up from time to time, so I just watched my weight and that helped. When covid started, I was not able to play ice hockey 2-3 times a week and started biking and jogging almost every day. This was last summer. I was excited to go to the doc to see my a1c drop, but it was UP to 7.0! from 6.1. I didn't understand. I was discouraged. I did gain some weight through covid and thought that was it. I dropped from 191 back to 184 and went in for another a1c and got it back to 6.7 within a month or so. This is where it gets messed up. Taking my am bg readings, I was hovering around 107 to 120 in the mornings during this time of weight loss and playing hockey again. I figured that seeking a naturopath might help as well and we took lots of blood for testing and found that my bit d level was at 16 and my b6 and 12 were low too. She put me on vit d and methyl b's to bring those numbers up. But ever since we connected, my am bg are at 160 and holding. ***? Not only that, I had a "freak out" last Friday the 4th and my bg went from 185 to 205 within an hour as I was freaking out. I had the MET prescription in the cabinet and started taking it Friday last and have been on er 500 1x for 10 days.
I was at 184ish on that date and have since dropped down to 176 and it's scaring me. I am eating more than I did last weekend but cant seem to gain the weight back and it also seems that if I stopped eating, I would lose weight even faster. This is troublesome considering that for years, it was always a struggle to even lose a pound or two and keep it off.
I don't know what to do or think. I am afraid to eat, I am afraid to excersize, I am afraid to take the MET, I am afraid to test my fasting BG.
Right now, it sucks to be me.
Any feedback from this community would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time.
ChimDale