Just want to add in "my story"....in 2009 (exactly 4 years ago, was early August) I got swine flu... The virus attacked my heart and I got myocarditis (a thankfully reversible heart condition), since then I haven't been "quite right" health wise. At the time I was marginally overweight but only by a few pounds. The 4 years since has seen me pile on the weight taking me into just obese territory and I had a recurrence of the myocarditis 18 months ago following the flu.
I exercise (cycling mainly although I also like walking and swimming) and have eaten a "good diet" or so I thought, low sugar, no chocolates, cakes etc, plenty of fresh fruit and veg.
Yet I have felt genuinely "unwell" for the past 4 years.
My Mum and her Dad, my granddad, we're both type 2 diabetics. I've always thought of myself as a ticking time bomb.
This morning I got my diagnosis, and in view of my diet have been put straight into Metformin.
I actually see this as a weight off my mind, I approach the future with confidence that the medication may help me to lose weight, and I look forward to managing my BS level and carb intake.
What I have read on this thread makes sense. My GP today told me that it was not my fault, and my diagnosis actually explains issues I have had (including the weight gain when I lead a healthy lifestyle). She actually thinks I could well have been diabetic since the swine flu, just an undiagnosed diet controlled diabetic :wink:
I am now feeling more positive about the future than I have in a long time, despite getting a chronic condition diagnosis.... Because when you know what you are fighting its easier to fight.
So did I get this because I'm fat and lazy? Hell no, fat maybe, but I could never be described as lazy! However, the fatness could very well be just another symptom along with the tiredness, desperate need to pee, thirstiness etc etc