I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and have lost a stone in weight. I am still obese, due to the fact that I was housebound with slipped discs and couldn't walk for the pain. I've been popping pills for years and then went on to morphine patches, and eventually 3weeks ago I had some injections in my back and the pain has gone from down one side.(it's temporary but wonderful) So now I can go out and get fresh air, and pretty soon, when I've been weaned off the morphine, I'll be able to resume swimming.(I used to swim 1mile three times a week).
I think I've probably had undiagnosed diabetes for some time, and since I've started on metformin and had half of my back fixed I've got a rush of energy which was missing from my life before.
This whole thing was a shock to the system, the first doctor I saw just said you've got diabetes here's a prescription. I saw my own doctor yesterday and he's going to set up appointments with various nurses, diaticians, foot people etc, such a relief not to have to trail through the internet trying to find out what to do.
My doctor recommended this site to me, he knows I'm a chicken/fish/veg/fruit person so the changes to my diet will be minimal. Mainly, the number of meals is baffleing. When I worked I never had lunch, but a big breakfast and big meal at night. Now I'm finding it difficult to fit in a meal in the middle of the day (not hungry) and snacks as well. I'm hoping that when I speak to the 'experts' this whole thing will fall into place.
I suppose I do blame myself for this, even though I couldn't walk above half a dozen steps. I blame my body for letting me down when I've tried to look after it.
My blood results came back at 12.5 and I have no idea what that's all about, except that it's double what it should be. I'm type2 and don't know whether I should be testing my blood myself, and if so which sort of machine thing should I buy, or will I get one from the doctor's nurse on prescription.
Sorry for the long post, but I'm just confused about the whole thing.