Eight years ago my younger brother and sister developed T1 within 9 months of each other, so I guess it came as no surprise that I was diagnosed with T2 last week. I'd had a cold about 6 weeks ago and didn't really seem to recover properly. When the muscle mass loss and drinking became obvious a visit to the docs confirmed it.
Discovering this forum has been one of the best things that's happened to me!!!
Right now I'm on 80mg Gliclazide a day, but it seems to have no effect on me. My lowest reading has been 12.5 and highest 27.4.
I have an appointment with a dietician at the end of November, but I'm trying to do as much as possible myself. I've never been overweight for a 5ft 11in guy, and the muscle loss has reduced my weight to 64.9kg (10st 3lbs in old money).
Typical day is a couple of weetabix and/or wholemeal toast for breakfast. Couple of wholemeal rolls at lunch (with tuna, ham, cheese or low-fat cottage cheese etc) and a normal meat and veg dinner in the evening. I'll have a couple of digestives ocassionally with coffee and the ocassional banana or apple or pear.
That was my diet before diabetes, so I'm really struggling on how I can adapt it - and in the long run adapt my diet further to rebuild the muscle mass that I've lost.
The only thing that's really changed in the last 3 months is that I eat nowhere near as much cheese or pasta that I used to. Even then, I always made my own healthy sauces instead of packets or jars.
I know it's still early days, but the mixture of info out there with regard to 'good' and 'bad' foods is often contradictive. I'm often a 'snacky' person and I'm at a loss as to what is safe to snack on - do I have fruit or do I have nuts etc... and there are days when I'm almost too scared to eat anything!
So there you are - that's me! And again, it's great to be here, you guys have already provided me with a wealth of information! Thank-you!
Discovering this forum has been one of the best things that's happened to me!!!
Right now I'm on 80mg Gliclazide a day, but it seems to have no effect on me. My lowest reading has been 12.5 and highest 27.4.
I have an appointment with a dietician at the end of November, but I'm trying to do as much as possible myself. I've never been overweight for a 5ft 11in guy, and the muscle loss has reduced my weight to 64.9kg (10st 3lbs in old money).
Typical day is a couple of weetabix and/or wholemeal toast for breakfast. Couple of wholemeal rolls at lunch (with tuna, ham, cheese or low-fat cottage cheese etc) and a normal meat and veg dinner in the evening. I'll have a couple of digestives ocassionally with coffee and the ocassional banana or apple or pear.
That was my diet before diabetes, so I'm really struggling on how I can adapt it - and in the long run adapt my diet further to rebuild the muscle mass that I've lost.
The only thing that's really changed in the last 3 months is that I eat nowhere near as much cheese or pasta that I used to. Even then, I always made my own healthy sauces instead of packets or jars.
I know it's still early days, but the mixture of info out there with regard to 'good' and 'bad' foods is often contradictive. I'm often a 'snacky' person and I'm at a loss as to what is safe to snack on - do I have fruit or do I have nuts etc... and there are days when I'm almost too scared to eat anything!
So there you are - that's me! And again, it's great to be here, you guys have already provided me with a wealth of information! Thank-you!