New to the forum but wanted to share my experience, which has been a bit of a whirlwind.
I was diagnosed as diabetic on 4th July with a hbac1 level of 105, which I was told is dangerously high.
I had gone in for blood tests for an unrelated issue, and had no symptoms to my knowledge of being diabetic. When I got my results it was a massive shock, but it shouldn’t been as I had a terrible diet of sweets & fast foods.
I was immediately put on 4x metformin a day and also 1 Ramipril a day for my bp. I also started slimming world immediately to try and lose as much weight as I could.
In that time I’ve stuck to my diet, I’ve had the odd treat but very few and far between. I’ve managed to lose 3 stone so far although my goal is 5 stone.
I had my first 3 month review yesterday and my Hbac1 is now 40. I can’t describe how over the moon I am with that and it’s given me confidence I’ve been doing the right things.
My Metformin is now being dropped to 3 a day until another review in 3 months time, where hopefully it can be dropped again.
I just wanted to share this for other newly diagnosed people who may be worried and finding it a bit overwhelming as I did, to show that getting this under control is possible.
I was diagnosed as diabetic on 4th July with a hbac1 level of 105, which I was told is dangerously high.
I had gone in for blood tests for an unrelated issue, and had no symptoms to my knowledge of being diabetic. When I got my results it was a massive shock, but it shouldn’t been as I had a terrible diet of sweets & fast foods.
I was immediately put on 4x metformin a day and also 1 Ramipril a day for my bp. I also started slimming world immediately to try and lose as much weight as I could.
In that time I’ve stuck to my diet, I’ve had the odd treat but very few and far between. I’ve managed to lose 3 stone so far although my goal is 5 stone.
I had my first 3 month review yesterday and my Hbac1 is now 40. I can’t describe how over the moon I am with that and it’s given me confidence I’ve been doing the right things.
My Metformin is now being dropped to 3 a day until another review in 3 months time, where hopefully it can be dropped again.
I just wanted to share this for other newly diagnosed people who may be worried and finding it a bit overwhelming as I did, to show that getting this under control is possible.