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Diagnosed Type 2 today

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Dogmatic

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Hi Everyone

My name is Mick. I am a 47 year old male who has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes today. This follows routine blood tests for my long term history of High Blood Pressure. having recently separated from my wife I was determined to get my Blood Pressure under control. After a few months of radically changing my diet (cutting out the junk, reducing my alcohol intake to nearly zero) I went to my GP for a regular checking hoping my lifestyle change would have had a positive effect. And so it was good news when the GP reported that both my blood pressure and cholesterol levels had dropped significantly. However he mentioned some abnormal results and gave me a battery of tests resulting in the Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. I have been prescribed oral medication and am being referred to a course. I'm hoping this forum will provide me with information on Diabetes and further hints at improving my lifestyle. I am determined to keep on top of this situation. Look forward to participating in this forum and facebook page.

Regards

Mick Dundon
 
Hi Mick,

I was diagnosed with Type 2 nearly nine years ago. It was in the very early stages but things got slowly worse by following the standard medical advice of "do not test" and "eat plenty of starchy carbohydrate". Twelve months ago, I started testing and reading lots of stuff and since then I've normalised my blood glucose levels.

I suggest that the best thing that you can do at this stage is to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat - especially in the morning. My tests told me that the worst food that I could eat was cereals of almost any sort including porridge. Foods that my GP and the dietitians had been continually recommending that I should eat.

Also, I think that it's a great idea to start testing even if you buy your own strips so that you can learn which foods affect your blood glucose levels and cause them to go too high.

You'll soon learn what to do by reading things on the diabetes forums such as this one. Get your levels under control, keep them there and in doing so steer well clear of the quite horrible diabetic complications that can come our way.

Best Wishes - John
 
Hello Mick, glad you have found the forum, though a welcome to a diabetes forum is not a welcome to the condition. Feel free to ask questions - you will get advice from other patients' experience. When you ask, it will be helpful if you give numbers for HbA1c, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Ask the Dr for your blood test result printout.

My experience is very similar to John's - diagnosed 10 years ago at 60, & followed the NHS/Diabetes UK advice on diet. The Dr who gave me the diag detailed ALL the complications that result from diabetes, finishing by computing my PROBABILITY of a heart attack at 25%. I left the surgery in a state of shock, & was afraid not to follow all the advice I was given. I went to a diabetes education day at the hospital & learned the diet based on complex carbohydrates, & that diabetes was progressive, even if I followed their advice.

As well as following their diet, I lead an active life, playing club standard tennis & going to the gym with my wife who is a heart rehab patient.

18 months ago complications (muscle pains) were threatening to end my active life. Getting out of bed was a painful experience. My Dr prescribed quinine for cramps, but as they "know" diabetes is progressive made no recommendations - he considered my diabetes control adequate. I then discovered this forum & the experience of many who have benefited from rejecting the NHS diet advice by greatly reducing carbs.

Nothing to lose & everything to gain I cut down the carbs, increasing vegetables & protein foods including nuts & cheese. Within 3 months I was well again. 18 months on the benefits stay with me.
 
Thank you all for the kind welcome. Once I get to grips with whats going on I will provide feeback on my progress.

Regards

Mick
 
Dogmatic said:
Thank you all for the kind welcome. Once I get to grips with whats going on I will provide feeback on my progress.

Regards

Mick
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It'll be good to read about your progress Mick. The improvement comes very quickly in my personal experience and from what I've read is that of others. Good luck! John
 
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