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- 13
- Type of diabetes
- LADA
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hello...! Long time lurker, but now looking for guidance and support.
Basically I was diagnosed just over 3 years ago as Type 2, aged 37 and just after the birth of our first child. I put the weight loss down to me stopping drinking, but had suspicions of something not being right.
3 years later, and now just over 4 stone lighter than my heaviest, I'm extremely active and have went down the 'sort of' low carb route, having been diet controlled since the start (I felt the docs wanted to put me on drugs at the outset with no recourse - refused and managed to get HbA1c down from about 82 to 49 in 9 months). Had maintained this until just after my 40th-this year's annual check had me up and over 82 (84).
Had three months to try and get this down-kept on the bike and watched what I was eating, but I'm struggling to understand why as all of the good things I had been doing seem to have been undone. I've also had a few feelings of hypo rather than hyper in the last few months.
I'm now about to start metformin and the doctor has asked me to monitor bloods after a chat last week - but why the hell do I feel so bad about all of this? I'm even debating whether my readings are right, I'm 4 stone lighter than I used to be, fitter than most folk I know and yet...don't want to start taking the drugs at all. I have irrational fears of being like my gran (late onset type 1-ended up losing her eyesight and both legs) and feel like once I start on the meds, I'll be sucked down the rabbit hole and could end up like her despite trying my damnedest not to...
Sorry for the rant, but looking for guidance...
Basically I was diagnosed just over 3 years ago as Type 2, aged 37 and just after the birth of our first child. I put the weight loss down to me stopping drinking, but had suspicions of something not being right.
3 years later, and now just over 4 stone lighter than my heaviest, I'm extremely active and have went down the 'sort of' low carb route, having been diet controlled since the start (I felt the docs wanted to put me on drugs at the outset with no recourse - refused and managed to get HbA1c down from about 82 to 49 in 9 months). Had maintained this until just after my 40th-this year's annual check had me up and over 82 (84).
Had three months to try and get this down-kept on the bike and watched what I was eating, but I'm struggling to understand why as all of the good things I had been doing seem to have been undone. I've also had a few feelings of hypo rather than hyper in the last few months.
I'm now about to start metformin and the doctor has asked me to monitor bloods after a chat last week - but why the hell do I feel so bad about all of this? I'm even debating whether my readings are right, I'm 4 stone lighter than I used to be, fitter than most folk I know and yet...don't want to start taking the drugs at all. I have irrational fears of being like my gran (late onset type 1-ended up losing her eyesight and both legs) and feel like once I start on the meds, I'll be sucked down the rabbit hole and could end up like her despite trying my damnedest not to...
Sorry for the rant, but looking for guidance...