Hello to all of you.
New to the forum. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes fifteen years ago but reversed that by diet and gym work, during which time I became 25kg lighter. We emigrated to Cyprus about twelve years ago, and two years ago my GP informed me that the diabetes had returned. I followed a sensible diet, and swam daily eight months of the year.
But a few months ago there was a mixup between consultants and I was prescribed three different medications to lower my blood sugar. The inevitable happened, I missed supper one night and had a serious hypoglycaemia event. My blood sugar was 52 when the paramedics arrived, and my darling wife said she felt she was watching me die in front of her eyes.
Excellent hospital care saved the day, and the “internal medicine” consultant took me under her wings. A proper diabetic nurse conducted all the tests that should have taken place but the “diabetic specialist” had been lazy and it was he who had screwed up the medication. Unforgivable. No doubt he will have received my lawyer’s letter by now. After the assessment it was proposed that I start to take Ozempic, which is available on private prescription here. My kidney function was damaged and one of the byproducts of Ozempic is that it should start to repair the function over time.
At the age of 72 I am not vain about my body, and my weight has come down from 106kg to 96kg just by a more careful look at what I eat and drink. The consultant sees an ideal weight of 85kg given my height and build. At the moment I am waiting for ultrasound scans of the thyroid and other parts before getting the go ahead for starting Ozempic. It will cost €120 a month (which we fortunately are able to afford) although she tells me that it should be available under GESY (the Cypriot health system) in a year or so.
And so the journey begins.
New to the forum. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes fifteen years ago but reversed that by diet and gym work, during which time I became 25kg lighter. We emigrated to Cyprus about twelve years ago, and two years ago my GP informed me that the diabetes had returned. I followed a sensible diet, and swam daily eight months of the year.
But a few months ago there was a mixup between consultants and I was prescribed three different medications to lower my blood sugar. The inevitable happened, I missed supper one night and had a serious hypoglycaemia event. My blood sugar was 52 when the paramedics arrived, and my darling wife said she felt she was watching me die in front of her eyes.
Excellent hospital care saved the day, and the “internal medicine” consultant took me under her wings. A proper diabetic nurse conducted all the tests that should have taken place but the “diabetic specialist” had been lazy and it was he who had screwed up the medication. Unforgivable. No doubt he will have received my lawyer’s letter by now. After the assessment it was proposed that I start to take Ozempic, which is available on private prescription here. My kidney function was damaged and one of the byproducts of Ozempic is that it should start to repair the function over time.
At the age of 72 I am not vain about my body, and my weight has come down from 106kg to 96kg just by a more careful look at what I eat and drink. The consultant sees an ideal weight of 85kg given my height and build. At the moment I am waiting for ultrasound scans of the thyroid and other parts before getting the go ahead for starting Ozempic. It will cost €120 a month (which we fortunately are able to afford) although she tells me that it should be available under GESY (the Cypriot health system) in a year or so.
And so the journey begins.
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