Hi folks,
have been type 2 for quite a while, attempted types of control with diet, exercise and tablets (metformin sr and glic). I say attempted I have always been a fan of carbs and a veg/salad dodger, i just dont like eating them at all, my main problem was portion sizes and if its in front of me the child training received in the 70/80s of you have to eat it all in order to finish.
my starting weight was circa 90kg 5ft 7, 48" waste.
Some periods are better than others, prior to covid when working in the office i was attending the gym every day for at least an hour, was eating strict keto. Dropped a lot of weight, felt fitter and generally much healthier, i got down to a 34" waste, 80kg and was really enjoying life.
Covid came and EVERYTHING changed, i nearly lost my job, we now work from home permanently, and the expectation was that by working from home meant you were literally on call 24/7 and that was pretty much the expectation and still is, as a temp resource I feel somewhat forced to have to carry on working all hours to keep my role and not be replaced, so nowadays the only real exercise is walking the dog 2-3 times a day (weather dependant he refuses to go out in the rain!) and my weight started to go back up, so i ended around 88kg, 38"waste.
now over the years and through my diabetic reviews with the nurses to go one of two ways -
1. Complain about everything and use scare/shame tactics.
2. Even when doing well, still find something to comlain about - last time it was statins and other health issues despite losing weight, eating better on keto etc.
I recently moved house and left my previous nurse who was ok, she was open to me trying mounjaro or wegovy (the nhs criteria was lower at the time), and in the past we had tried newer treatments than the norm of glic and metformin, like those to put excess sugar into your urine, which was fairly awful with lots of side affects that would put anyone off lunch which were degrading and embarassing, not something i would like to go back to at all!
So i decided having read about the various injections and the now stricter nhs policies so i knew i would not qualify (my bmi was 29) i decided to purchase them privately online and starting on Tirzepetide along with my son (who is not diabetic, but is obese). These started with low dose, but rose quickly up to 10mg, at which point i started to get quite a few worrying side affects. At this stage my yearly review came up with my new doc/nurse. I did find that glic and the injections were not good bed fellows, and shortly after starting stopped taking the glic as was feeling rough and getting some very low sugar readings.
Now it appears my new diabetic nurse HATES the fact you can purchase these jabs online, and is vehemently negative towards anyone taking them - as i found out.
So much so she is practically demanding i stop taking them (despite my blood sugars been whilst not low, at least more stable from 5.5-6.5 any day all day) and my weight dropping a further 10kg and to a size 32" waste.
So i have been told i need to stop taking the injections completely, keep taking my metformin (which i was anyway), but when my blood sugars start to rise as the injection leaves my system, so start taking glic again, then in four weeks time she will put me on insulin.
Now this did not particularly appeal to me for not just health reasons, but also having to inform dvla (as a driver and motorcyclist) and her negativity towards wegovy/mounjaro/tirz seems particularly blinded when i can already see impacts on weight loss and blood sugar with the price to pay of the occasional upset stomach, do i really need to do this, should i be doing this, what if i chose not to listen to this person? Is there an option to speak to other professionals who perhaps arent so old fashioned?
thoughts?
have been type 2 for quite a while, attempted types of control with diet, exercise and tablets (metformin sr and glic). I say attempted I have always been a fan of carbs and a veg/salad dodger, i just dont like eating them at all, my main problem was portion sizes and if its in front of me the child training received in the 70/80s of you have to eat it all in order to finish.
my starting weight was circa 90kg 5ft 7, 48" waste.
Some periods are better than others, prior to covid when working in the office i was attending the gym every day for at least an hour, was eating strict keto. Dropped a lot of weight, felt fitter and generally much healthier, i got down to a 34" waste, 80kg and was really enjoying life.
Covid came and EVERYTHING changed, i nearly lost my job, we now work from home permanently, and the expectation was that by working from home meant you were literally on call 24/7 and that was pretty much the expectation and still is, as a temp resource I feel somewhat forced to have to carry on working all hours to keep my role and not be replaced, so nowadays the only real exercise is walking the dog 2-3 times a day (weather dependant he refuses to go out in the rain!) and my weight started to go back up, so i ended around 88kg, 38"waste.
now over the years and through my diabetic reviews with the nurses to go one of two ways -
1. Complain about everything and use scare/shame tactics.
2. Even when doing well, still find something to comlain about - last time it was statins and other health issues despite losing weight, eating better on keto etc.
I recently moved house and left my previous nurse who was ok, she was open to me trying mounjaro or wegovy (the nhs criteria was lower at the time), and in the past we had tried newer treatments than the norm of glic and metformin, like those to put excess sugar into your urine, which was fairly awful with lots of side affects that would put anyone off lunch which were degrading and embarassing, not something i would like to go back to at all!
So i decided having read about the various injections and the now stricter nhs policies so i knew i would not qualify (my bmi was 29) i decided to purchase them privately online and starting on Tirzepetide along with my son (who is not diabetic, but is obese). These started with low dose, but rose quickly up to 10mg, at which point i started to get quite a few worrying side affects. At this stage my yearly review came up with my new doc/nurse. I did find that glic and the injections were not good bed fellows, and shortly after starting stopped taking the glic as was feeling rough and getting some very low sugar readings.
Now it appears my new diabetic nurse HATES the fact you can purchase these jabs online, and is vehemently negative towards anyone taking them - as i found out.
So much so she is practically demanding i stop taking them (despite my blood sugars been whilst not low, at least more stable from 5.5-6.5 any day all day) and my weight dropping a further 10kg and to a size 32" waste.
So i have been told i need to stop taking the injections completely, keep taking my metformin (which i was anyway), but when my blood sugars start to rise as the injection leaves my system, so start taking glic again, then in four weeks time she will put me on insulin.
Now this did not particularly appeal to me for not just health reasons, but also having to inform dvla (as a driver and motorcyclist) and her negativity towards wegovy/mounjaro/tirz seems particularly blinded when i can already see impacts on weight loss and blood sugar with the price to pay of the occasional upset stomach, do i really need to do this, should i be doing this, what if i chose not to listen to this person? Is there an option to speak to other professionals who perhaps arent so old fashioned?
thoughts?
