So long story short my wife spotted a few signs having a T1 father and suggested I visit the local GP for a check-up back in early December.
One week later my urine and fasting blood sample came back and on the 11th December 2017 I was diagnosed as a T2 with high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
December 2017
Weight 104kg
Height 5ft 8”
BP 153/90
HbA1c 113 (17.3)
Doctor prescribed
1 x 500mg of Metformin three times a day
1 x 80mg Gliclazide twice daily
1 x 2.5mg Rampril once daily
Fatty liver scan booked in for January 22nd and an appointment was arranged with the Diabetes Nurse the following day 12th December.
She checked my feet and explained foot care and issued a wavesense Jazz Blood glucose meter and talked me through dietary changes and instructed testing bloods before meals and driving.
She also talked through symptoms of Hypo’s and the effects of the pills I was about to start taking and informed me I needed to contact DVLA regarding my licence.
My d-nurse suggested I start the metaformin at 1 pill a day for the first week, two pills a day the second week and three a day the third week suggesting this may help avoid an upset stomach. (fair play to her I only had an initial 2 days of loose bowels)
She also booked me in with the dietician for March 2018 and arranged a follow up appointment for two weeks later with herself and printed off a small forest of information and sent me on my way.
If I’m honest I came home that day a little shell shocked and sat in denial for a couple of days.
Then I started stalking the forums here, which after reading many posts I realized all my emotions and fears had been aired many times.
Dropped all the sugary food groups and started a low card regime of around 120g a day.
One month in and I’m down just over 2.5kg in weight and trying to average at least 12000 steps (5.5 Miles) a day.
My morning BS are slowing coming down from the initial 12’s and 13’s and I flit around 5.2-7.3 dependent on my previous night’s meals which I am now monitoring 2 hrs after eating.
My diabetes nurse took another blood sample last week and today 15/01/18 my Doctor said my result had come down and reduced my Gliclazide to one a day
January 2018
Weight 101.5kg
Height 5ft 8”
BP 140/80
HbA1c 73 (11.5)
Lets see what I can reverse or change in the next 11 months.
Many thanks for the wealth of information in these forums.
One week later my urine and fasting blood sample came back and on the 11th December 2017 I was diagnosed as a T2 with high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
December 2017
Weight 104kg
Height 5ft 8”
BP 153/90
HbA1c 113 (17.3)
Doctor prescribed
1 x 500mg of Metformin three times a day
1 x 80mg Gliclazide twice daily
1 x 2.5mg Rampril once daily
Fatty liver scan booked in for January 22nd and an appointment was arranged with the Diabetes Nurse the following day 12th December.
She checked my feet and explained foot care and issued a wavesense Jazz Blood glucose meter and talked me through dietary changes and instructed testing bloods before meals and driving.
She also talked through symptoms of Hypo’s and the effects of the pills I was about to start taking and informed me I needed to contact DVLA regarding my licence.
My d-nurse suggested I start the metaformin at 1 pill a day for the first week, two pills a day the second week and three a day the third week suggesting this may help avoid an upset stomach. (fair play to her I only had an initial 2 days of loose bowels)
She also booked me in with the dietician for March 2018 and arranged a follow up appointment for two weeks later with herself and printed off a small forest of information and sent me on my way.
If I’m honest I came home that day a little shell shocked and sat in denial for a couple of days.
Then I started stalking the forums here, which after reading many posts I realized all my emotions and fears had been aired many times.
Dropped all the sugary food groups and started a low card regime of around 120g a day.
One month in and I’m down just over 2.5kg in weight and trying to average at least 12000 steps (5.5 Miles) a day.
My morning BS are slowing coming down from the initial 12’s and 13’s and I flit around 5.2-7.3 dependent on my previous night’s meals which I am now monitoring 2 hrs after eating.
My diabetes nurse took another blood sample last week and today 15/01/18 my Doctor said my result had come down and reduced my Gliclazide to one a day
January 2018
Weight 101.5kg
Height 5ft 8”
BP 140/80
HbA1c 73 (11.5)
Lets see what I can reverse or change in the next 11 months.
Many thanks for the wealth of information in these forums.