Hi all,
I was diagnosed as type 2 over 10 years ago. During that time, I have managed it through diet and exercise and done quite well with it all (some blood tests came back amazingly, some not so good) but I was always within the "sweet zone", as my nurse so lovingly puts it. We have a great relationship and is always on hand to give me a kick up the a## if she thinks my readings are worse than they should be.
Start of the year, I joined my local gym and tennis club and began playing tennis twice weekly and attending the gym twice a week also. I love it, and have been noticing clothing falling off me, and my body/face changing shape due to weight loss. Never felt better, until I went for my fasting bloods on the 20th of March. Due to the fact that Covid-19 was rearing it's head, my docs surgery was closed and I didn't get my "face-to-face catch up with my diabetic nurse" and get my weight measured/urine stick. Instead, my nurse had to call me to tell me the news that my hbA1c was 89 and she was starting me on Metformin. She enquired about my daily health and asked if I expected this. To say I didn't is an understatement. Because the call was only 5 mins long, I felt completely rushed off the phone and didn't even get a chance to ask her anything properly. Been taking the Met for 11 days now, and sometimes after taking it I feel so weird, I can't even put it into words. Spaced out, nauseous, sicky but not actually sick. I feel like in the short time I've been taking it I've put weight back on, and I feel so angry that I've felt amazing since January, have never been this active in 10 years and yet my bloods were still shockingly high.
I am dying to call her and speak to her to find out what the hell has happened and what I can do in the interrim between now and my hbA1c is done in 3 months time to get my levels back OK. But due to Covid I know she'll be absolutely run off her feet and I really don't want to put her out. I bought a blood glucose reader from Amazon, have used it 3 times and it keeps just saying 'LO'. I now don't know if the device is faulty or if I'M faulty!!
Has anyone been in this situation? What can I do? Should I continue being as active as I can be during lockdown, keep to my diet, still take the metformin and try to get readings of my blood? What even is a good reading? Can anyone recommend a meter I can get to try and figure out what's going on? What might I be feeling if my bloods ARE 'LO'? Should I just call her and ask her to make time for me?
Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can give me!!
I was diagnosed as type 2 over 10 years ago. During that time, I have managed it through diet and exercise and done quite well with it all (some blood tests came back amazingly, some not so good) but I was always within the "sweet zone", as my nurse so lovingly puts it. We have a great relationship and is always on hand to give me a kick up the a## if she thinks my readings are worse than they should be.
Start of the year, I joined my local gym and tennis club and began playing tennis twice weekly and attending the gym twice a week also. I love it, and have been noticing clothing falling off me, and my body/face changing shape due to weight loss. Never felt better, until I went for my fasting bloods on the 20th of March. Due to the fact that Covid-19 was rearing it's head, my docs surgery was closed and I didn't get my "face-to-face catch up with my diabetic nurse" and get my weight measured/urine stick. Instead, my nurse had to call me to tell me the news that my hbA1c was 89 and she was starting me on Metformin. She enquired about my daily health and asked if I expected this. To say I didn't is an understatement. Because the call was only 5 mins long, I felt completely rushed off the phone and didn't even get a chance to ask her anything properly. Been taking the Met for 11 days now, and sometimes after taking it I feel so weird, I can't even put it into words. Spaced out, nauseous, sicky but not actually sick. I feel like in the short time I've been taking it I've put weight back on, and I feel so angry that I've felt amazing since January, have never been this active in 10 years and yet my bloods were still shockingly high.
I am dying to call her and speak to her to find out what the hell has happened and what I can do in the interrim between now and my hbA1c is done in 3 months time to get my levels back OK. But due to Covid I know she'll be absolutely run off her feet and I really don't want to put her out. I bought a blood glucose reader from Amazon, have used it 3 times and it keeps just saying 'LO'. I now don't know if the device is faulty or if I'M faulty!!
Has anyone been in this situation? What can I do? Should I continue being as active as I can be during lockdown, keep to my diet, still take the metformin and try to get readings of my blood? What even is a good reading? Can anyone recommend a meter I can get to try and figure out what's going on? What might I be feeling if my bloods ARE 'LO'? Should I just call her and ask her to make time for me?
Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can give me!!