Recent Content by Ian in Cheltenham

Thank you for your help and support. I'm not sure the weightloss has had much impact on my sleep apnea. I fell asleep the other night without my mask and woke up gasping for air and pulse racing! This week I'm struggling with hunger big time - the battle continues! Ian

I thought I'd use my first thread to update where I am after my diagnosis of having diabetes last October. I've managed to lose 16 kgs by cutting down on carbohydrate and have upped my exercise to swimming for 30 - 35 minutes, 4 or 5 times a week. This has had a good effect on my Hba1C which...

I think I'll reserve judgement on this until I seen the paper which was presented to the conference. A google search indicates that it's Hammer S, Jonker J, Snel M, et al. Sustained improvements in left ventricular diastolic function induced by weight loss are associated with a decrease in...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Mmmm not sure what's happening. Cutting back and dieting meant my fasting levels were acceptable a few weeks ago but they are gradually creeping up again. This morning it was 8.0. Perhaps coincidentally last night in bed I had...

I had both injections, one in each arm about 2 weeks ago. It hurt a little at the time as the injection sites were in the muscly bit of the shoulders. I had no reaction to either jab. The areas near injections sites were only a little sore for a couple of days but that wore off. Ian

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.00 at 0800 this morning. I lazed around dozing in bed for a couple of hours and it had risen to 6.2 :cry: I wonder if I had got up and had breakfast whether it might not have risen so much. Ian

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Thank you Viv. I'm hoping it is my cold. I was a little disappointed having, at least I thought so, worked hard at getting them down the low carb way. Still, its early days and I just need to keep chipping away at my weight and...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 29/10 5,2 30/10 5.7 31/10 5.7 1/11 5.9 2/11 6.2 3/11 5.7 4/11 6.9 breakfast +2 5.2 Not sure what happened over the last few days although I do have a cold which has had a knock on effect of my...

A big heartfelt thank you to you all for your reponses. It was my first major wobble, but I expect will be one of many. There is a lot for me to take onboard. Taking control seems to be something important and, to some extent, I have already done. - but its early days. I suppose I have...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.0 this morning

PS I forgot the increased risk of dementia!

Posted here because I am a relative newbie - diagnosis + 3 weeks I thought I was getting better after the initial diagnosis which knocked me for six. However, the more I find out about diabetes the worse I feel! I realised that the risk of CHD and various cardiovascular problems were much...

Thanks for your responses and encouragement. I had a call from a doctor to say my liver enzymes were up so I will perhaps slow down my weightloss (though its doing that anyway) as I read rapid weight loss can increase problems with fatty liver. It's sod's law that while trying to deal with...

Hi! I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago (have altready posted in 'newly diagnosed'). I'm still getting my head around it and all the information (much of it contradicting) which seems to float around about diabetes. I was told on diagnosis that by losing weight and getting fitter would put off...

The Guardian website has just posted an article 'Diabetes - the epidemic' . It contains some interesting and disturbing statistics. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/ ... e-epidemic