Hi all I was diagnosed with type 2 in February .
In short I am 38, have a long list of problems amounting from a motorcycle crash which resulted in me losing my leg, I now have arthritis in my spine (neck and lumbar regions) so am in a wheelchair, add to that the emotional turmoil that comes along with it in that I am fighting a battle with severe depression as well, I have been under a phenomenal amount of stress and had to be put on steroids due to persistant lung infections, so you can only imagine what that has done to my already non existent waistline.
My GP is great and has given me no end of support and advice, I am trying my best fight back with watching what I eat and drink, but only seem to be going in one direction and that is backwards and am at a loss as to what else I can do, I have been struggling to eat more than 2 meals a day which usually is breakfast (cereal/ w skimmed milk and fresh orange) and dinner at 4pm with my kids I normally end up going for either chicken or fish with boiled potatoes or brown rice, inbetween I will have a slice of toast at 11am with my youngest if I eat any more than that I am being sick, yet still find myself drinking water like it is going out fashion anywhere between 2 - 4ltr on top of my morning cup of tea and daily limit of 2 cans of coke zero, add to that I am permenantly exhusted I am on metaformin and Trajenta ?sp.
Gill-x-
In short I am 38, have a long list of problems amounting from a motorcycle crash which resulted in me losing my leg, I now have arthritis in my spine (neck and lumbar regions) so am in a wheelchair, add to that the emotional turmoil that comes along with it in that I am fighting a battle with severe depression as well, I have been under a phenomenal amount of stress and had to be put on steroids due to persistant lung infections, so you can only imagine what that has done to my already non existent waistline.
My GP is great and has given me no end of support and advice, I am trying my best fight back with watching what I eat and drink, but only seem to be going in one direction and that is backwards and am at a loss as to what else I can do, I have been struggling to eat more than 2 meals a day which usually is breakfast (cereal/ w skimmed milk and fresh orange) and dinner at 4pm with my kids I normally end up going for either chicken or fish with boiled potatoes or brown rice, inbetween I will have a slice of toast at 11am with my youngest if I eat any more than that I am being sick, yet still find myself drinking water like it is going out fashion anywhere between 2 - 4ltr on top of my morning cup of tea and daily limit of 2 cans of coke zero, add to that I am permenantly exhusted I am on metaformin and Trajenta ?sp.
Gill-x-