- Messages
- 31
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi everyone,
Looks like I've joined the type 2 club. Admission price , lifelong vigilance to what you eat and exercise. The only reason it got caught was that I went for a wellness check in work about two months ago. I found the leaflet , got my blood tested and I found out many wonderful things like I had high Blood pressure, high cholesterol and Diabetes . Oh the joy and off to the doctor I went with fear and trepidation.
I got started with two doses of metformin and now have been put on cholorsly for BP. Having said that the cholesterol is coming down with the diet change and the glucose is heading in the right direction between 5.7 and 7.5 down from 12.7 at the start eek! The doctor and the nurse I'm seeing have been great. I've made some lifestyle changes , they didn't agree with the big bang change theory either as they felt its unsustainable.
I was issued with a Glucose monitoring kit which I test twice daily. I'm Ireland so I don't know if its standard practice everywhere but it makes sense. Its also helped me identify what spikes my sugar levels. To be honest I was pretty annoyed with myself for letting things get this bad. I cant cure it but I can manage the Diabetes or it will manage me. I'm trying to focus on the positives and all in all after I got over the initial shock and anger I've decided that it was better to find out now than in the back of an ambulance after a stroke or heart attack.
I'm on a diet which is more self imposed than anything else. I'm tracking my food and exercise on the myfitnesspal website. It keeps me honest and, well its been an education. It tracks carbs, salt, sugar, cholesterol , certain vitamins and of course calories. It also has a cool app for my phone and the bar code reader is great for looking up stuff when your shopping. I am now going food shopping with my fabulous wife, God love her.
I need to lose about 20kgs(was at 106), first 5kgs I've lost although once I started the bp meds my weight loss stopped not sure if coincidence or just my body getting used to less sugar, carbs and quantities in general. The diet is probably the thing that has my head melted. There seems to be so much contradictory information. I've been pretty well behaved, ok well behaved for me and my sweet tooth. The diet is tough sometimes but it beats kidney failure. However I'm probably eating better than I have done in my whole life and feeling better for it . :thumbup: Apart form being flaked out in the evenings since I started BP tablets. :thumbdown:
Looks like I've joined the type 2 club. Admission price , lifelong vigilance to what you eat and exercise. The only reason it got caught was that I went for a wellness check in work about two months ago. I found the leaflet , got my blood tested and I found out many wonderful things like I had high Blood pressure, high cholesterol and Diabetes . Oh the joy and off to the doctor I went with fear and trepidation.
I got started with two doses of metformin and now have been put on cholorsly for BP. Having said that the cholesterol is coming down with the diet change and the glucose is heading in the right direction between 5.7 and 7.5 down from 12.7 at the start eek! The doctor and the nurse I'm seeing have been great. I've made some lifestyle changes , they didn't agree with the big bang change theory either as they felt its unsustainable.
I was issued with a Glucose monitoring kit which I test twice daily. I'm Ireland so I don't know if its standard practice everywhere but it makes sense. Its also helped me identify what spikes my sugar levels. To be honest I was pretty annoyed with myself for letting things get this bad. I cant cure it but I can manage the Diabetes or it will manage me. I'm trying to focus on the positives and all in all after I got over the initial shock and anger I've decided that it was better to find out now than in the back of an ambulance after a stroke or heart attack.
I'm on a diet which is more self imposed than anything else. I'm tracking my food and exercise on the myfitnesspal website. It keeps me honest and, well its been an education. It tracks carbs, salt, sugar, cholesterol , certain vitamins and of course calories. It also has a cool app for my phone and the bar code reader is great for looking up stuff when your shopping. I am now going food shopping with my fabulous wife, God love her.
I need to lose about 20kgs(was at 106), first 5kgs I've lost although once I started the bp meds my weight loss stopped not sure if coincidence or just my body getting used to less sugar, carbs and quantities in general. The diet is probably the thing that has my head melted. There seems to be so much contradictory information. I've been pretty well behaved, ok well behaved for me and my sweet tooth. The diet is tough sometimes but it beats kidney failure. However I'm probably eating better than I have done in my whole life and feeling better for it . :thumbup: Apart form being flaked out in the evenings since I started BP tablets. :thumbdown: