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Hello all, (long thread)
Well, I got diagnosed yesterday with T2. It has all gone so fast. A shortened version of my story is as follows:
About 2 years ago had a a1C done after having my ‘over 40’ check up with my local GP and my blood sugars were 11.3. I had explained that I hadn’t eaten in two days, however an hour before my check up I finally ate some bread hand and cheese. But they wanted a test anyway. I get a call saying: your test says 51 so the docs want you to take another test. I said, “what does 51 means?” Only to get ‘I don’t know.” No one actually gave me any info about my test at all. So, not being happy and not wanting another label, I watched my diet carefully but waited almost 1 year before testing my A1C again. I did test my glucose before and after meals and the readings weren’t great but not too bad, for a few months. Highest was 7.8 post meals. However this time I got 47 on my A1C. But the call just said, ‘your blood tests were all fine’. Mind you no one actually said i was prediabetic or anything. Now we come to the present. I had been noticing small signs like needing the loo at night a few times a week and being tired, since covid started, but just put it down lockdown etc. However, by chance Saturday, I decided to check my blood about an hour after dinner and it was 16. I was shocked! So, I tested all Sunday determined to speak to my GP Monday. The readings all day were awful. Never dropping lower that 11 or 12 and highest up to 16, which stay that was through my sleep and fasting and was the same in the morning. Luckily, my GP is good and I managed to request the blood test and get it done the same day.So, Tuesday morning I get a call to ask me to come in to ‘discuss’ my blood test. Well, I knew what as coming. Seeing as T2 runs in my family (grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin and brother all have it) and I also have PCOS which is highly linked to insulin resistance, I knew I didn’t stand much of a chance.In the meeting, the GP gave me My A1c of : 99. Well I was in shock. I think I thought maybe 60 but wow! What a shock! But at least now, I know where I am and so I can move forward. I think, I spent most of yesterday, trying to get my head around actually realising it was bad news, but that I knew it had been caught ‘early’. However, now, it is knowing which route is best to take.
I started metformin yesterday, the slow realise, which to be fair I had been on for a short while years ago when trying to conceive; with the usual trips to the loo side effects. And years later it seems to be no different.
I know me, I know that once I find the right path I will be fine. But I cannot get my head around how to deal with all of my stuff in one go.
Diet I know is key. However, I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, in fact I only drink water 24/7, no soda, juice etc only the occasional lactofree milk. I don’t eat much in the way of processed foods or biscuits, cakes etc. I do have rice, pasta and breads, but again usually brown, which I now know are just as ‘bad’ as white. I don’t have big portions as I am generally never hungry enough. I am happy to consider vegan and currently am just doing low carb /low fat/reduced calories. Because I use mynetdiary to keep track of my glucose reading and all my vitamins. I am perfectly aware my weight is an issue as it has been for many many years. Like many women I yo/yo’ed for years.
I’ve got my sister in law telling me to do fasting daily for 18hours. My brother telling me to go vegan /plant based for a while to get hold of things ( he is a trauma nurse in the US and also has diabetes- which helps him) I am reading good results for keto/keto vegan) and it just all seems like so much. I’ve read about 15 different international studies, full papers on the internet , showing all kinds of results for so many variations of all kinds of ‘diets’.. Plus, I also have to deal with having no gallbladder, which at the moment seem to be causing issues, as now with my recent diet changes over the last few days and since metformin, I am producing larger amount of bile ( unless the metformin is flushing my liver) which hadn’t been an issue for me except for a short period after the removal. It is all so much to take in. And to top it all, I’ve chosen to start back on my adhd medication, which helps me focus and removes any hunger, it also means that I have no inclination to actually want to eat, which is obviously an issue too for my metformin and keeping my sugars stable. If i eat when not hunger, I physically want to be sick and that will not be good either.
So for now, at least till I see the nurse on Friday, I am just ensuring I have reduced cals, reduced carbs, tracking my sugars , fats and proteins and trying to exercise a bit more where possible. I figure, I will try vegan for a few weeks once I am fully established on my meds, but I just find this whole thing a lot to take in. Like someone just handed me a giant box of rubbish and said ok, you sort it out or you’ll regret it, missus!
My brother is optimistic and so am I in that, I know any regime I chose, I will be able to stick to without issues. But I too know, that as I also have a numberic OCD and with all this ‘counting’ I may be in danger of adversely effecting my mental health. There is umpteen things to consider and knowing that my poor aunt recently lost her leg due to complication of diabetes, I don’t want to go down that road.
So onward and upward from here. Fingers crossed the docs don’t want me to go to a ‘group’ I don’t do groups.
Well, I got diagnosed yesterday with T2. It has all gone so fast. A shortened version of my story is as follows:
About 2 years ago had a a1C done after having my ‘over 40’ check up with my local GP and my blood sugars were 11.3. I had explained that I hadn’t eaten in two days, however an hour before my check up I finally ate some bread hand and cheese. But they wanted a test anyway. I get a call saying: your test says 51 so the docs want you to take another test. I said, “what does 51 means?” Only to get ‘I don’t know.” No one actually gave me any info about my test at all. So, not being happy and not wanting another label, I watched my diet carefully but waited almost 1 year before testing my A1C again. I did test my glucose before and after meals and the readings weren’t great but not too bad, for a few months. Highest was 7.8 post meals. However this time I got 47 on my A1C. But the call just said, ‘your blood tests were all fine’. Mind you no one actually said i was prediabetic or anything. Now we come to the present. I had been noticing small signs like needing the loo at night a few times a week and being tired, since covid started, but just put it down lockdown etc. However, by chance Saturday, I decided to check my blood about an hour after dinner and it was 16. I was shocked! So, I tested all Sunday determined to speak to my GP Monday. The readings all day were awful. Never dropping lower that 11 or 12 and highest up to 16, which stay that was through my sleep and fasting and was the same in the morning. Luckily, my GP is good and I managed to request the blood test and get it done the same day.So, Tuesday morning I get a call to ask me to come in to ‘discuss’ my blood test. Well, I knew what as coming. Seeing as T2 runs in my family (grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin and brother all have it) and I also have PCOS which is highly linked to insulin resistance, I knew I didn’t stand much of a chance.In the meeting, the GP gave me My A1c of : 99. Well I was in shock. I think I thought maybe 60 but wow! What a shock! But at least now, I know where I am and so I can move forward. I think, I spent most of yesterday, trying to get my head around actually realising it was bad news, but that I knew it had been caught ‘early’. However, now, it is knowing which route is best to take.
I started metformin yesterday, the slow realise, which to be fair I had been on for a short while years ago when trying to conceive; with the usual trips to the loo side effects. And years later it seems to be no different.
I know me, I know that once I find the right path I will be fine. But I cannot get my head around how to deal with all of my stuff in one go.
Diet I know is key. However, I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, in fact I only drink water 24/7, no soda, juice etc only the occasional lactofree milk. I don’t eat much in the way of processed foods or biscuits, cakes etc. I do have rice, pasta and breads, but again usually brown, which I now know are just as ‘bad’ as white. I don’t have big portions as I am generally never hungry enough. I am happy to consider vegan and currently am just doing low carb /low fat/reduced calories. Because I use mynetdiary to keep track of my glucose reading and all my vitamins. I am perfectly aware my weight is an issue as it has been for many many years. Like many women I yo/yo’ed for years.
I’ve got my sister in law telling me to do fasting daily for 18hours. My brother telling me to go vegan /plant based for a while to get hold of things ( he is a trauma nurse in the US and also has diabetes- which helps him) I am reading good results for keto/keto vegan) and it just all seems like so much. I’ve read about 15 different international studies, full papers on the internet , showing all kinds of results for so many variations of all kinds of ‘diets’.. Plus, I also have to deal with having no gallbladder, which at the moment seem to be causing issues, as now with my recent diet changes over the last few days and since metformin, I am producing larger amount of bile ( unless the metformin is flushing my liver) which hadn’t been an issue for me except for a short period after the removal. It is all so much to take in. And to top it all, I’ve chosen to start back on my adhd medication, which helps me focus and removes any hunger, it also means that I have no inclination to actually want to eat, which is obviously an issue too for my metformin and keeping my sugars stable. If i eat when not hunger, I physically want to be sick and that will not be good either.
So for now, at least till I see the nurse on Friday, I am just ensuring I have reduced cals, reduced carbs, tracking my sugars , fats and proteins and trying to exercise a bit more where possible. I figure, I will try vegan for a few weeks once I am fully established on my meds, but I just find this whole thing a lot to take in. Like someone just handed me a giant box of rubbish and said ok, you sort it out or you’ll regret it, missus!
My brother is optimistic and so am I in that, I know any regime I chose, I will be able to stick to without issues. But I too know, that as I also have a numberic OCD and with all this ‘counting’ I may be in danger of adversely effecting my mental health. There is umpteen things to consider and knowing that my poor aunt recently lost her leg due to complication of diabetes, I don’t want to go down that road.
So onward and upward from here. Fingers crossed the docs don’t want me to go to a ‘group’ I don’t do groups.
