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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Everything my diet now consists of... but I'm coping.
Hi all. Forgive me if this comes across as a little melodramatic. I'm just having a very low moment (mood, not blood sugar.)
I was sent for a blood test, and the result came back that I was type 2 diabetic, but only just. If the HbA1c threshold is 48, then I was 49. The nurse who called me to deliver the result said that I would need a second test to be officially diagnosed, and I should try to lose some weight and get my number down before then so I can avoid diagnosis.
So, I've gotten myself a blood sugar monitor, and I've been doing low carb. But I just feel so stuck in limbo. I wish I had just been diagnosed there and then, because what happens if I go back and I've gotten the number down? I won't be diagnosed... so what does that mean? I'm not diabetic? Because surely my body will still think I am? Does it mean I can start eating carbs again (in moderation this time.)
I just have so many questions, half of which I struggle to even articulate because I've been given no support or information at all. I try and read through this forum, but feel lost as I'm not sure what does apply to me and what doesn't.
Has anyone else been in this situation? If so, what did you do?
I was sent for a blood test, and the result came back that I was type 2 diabetic, but only just. If the HbA1c threshold is 48, then I was 49. The nurse who called me to deliver the result said that I would need a second test to be officially diagnosed, and I should try to lose some weight and get my number down before then so I can avoid diagnosis.
So, I've gotten myself a blood sugar monitor, and I've been doing low carb. But I just feel so stuck in limbo. I wish I had just been diagnosed there and then, because what happens if I go back and I've gotten the number down? I won't be diagnosed... so what does that mean? I'm not diabetic? Because surely my body will still think I am? Does it mean I can start eating carbs again (in moderation this time.)
I just have so many questions, half of which I struggle to even articulate because I've been given no support or information at all. I try and read through this forum, but feel lost as I'm not sure what does apply to me and what doesn't.
Has anyone else been in this situation? If so, what did you do?