Hi all,
I was diagnosed a diabetic type 2 in January 2023 with a reading of 110. This really scared the life out of me as apparently 110 is really high.
Within 4 months it was 70 which seemed quite good and I really tried hard. Sadly, it had already affected my eyesight and I've had to have two lots of laser treatment on my left eye and my right eye is showing signs of it as well.
Last year my wife and I split up after 24 years together which was a bit upsetting - she couldn't really cope with me being diabetic and was going through the menopause herself (her dad died a couple of years ago and among other things he was diabetic). It was very sad though fortunately we have a genuinely wonderful daughter who is 20 - though she was hard work as a teenager she is just fantastic now. As you can imagine it's been a bit **** for a while, and finding out about my eyes (the laser surgery was a month ago) and it's been a real struggle to try and eat properly but I've tried my best.
I've read this forum a lot and tried to eat well and exercise etc. I had my diabetes blood test on tuesday and phoned for the results today. My HbA1c reading is now 38 which apparently is really good so that's made me happy.
Apparently my liver reading was a bit high so I have to have another test next week - if it's not one thing, it's another. Has anyone had liver problems after becoming a type 2? I was phoned on the evening of the bloot test and was asked if I had recently been abroad (I haven't), was I yellow (I'm not), was my stool pale (it's not). The woman really worried me and said if I had answered yes to any of them I'd have had to go to A&E immediately. She said I would be phoned back the next day so I didn't sleep that night because of the worry. No-one phoned me back and then I just got a blunt text saying I was booked in for another Liver function test next week. No explanation or anything. I had to phone them up, but I couldn't speak to a doctor, just the receptionist who couldn't tell me why except my results were a "bit high" - but she said as she had no medical training she didn't know anything else. As you can imagine I am pretty worried about this (though surely it can't be that urgent if I have to wait a week for another appointment). I wonder if any forum members have had a problem with their liver since diagnosis? I don't drink at all really, maybe 1 can every two weeks. I feel like my life is totally out of my control at the moment, no matter what I do, something else goes wrong, arrghh.
I was diagnosed a diabetic type 2 in January 2023 with a reading of 110. This really scared the life out of me as apparently 110 is really high.
Within 4 months it was 70 which seemed quite good and I really tried hard. Sadly, it had already affected my eyesight and I've had to have two lots of laser treatment on my left eye and my right eye is showing signs of it as well.
Last year my wife and I split up after 24 years together which was a bit upsetting - she couldn't really cope with me being diabetic and was going through the menopause herself (her dad died a couple of years ago and among other things he was diabetic). It was very sad though fortunately we have a genuinely wonderful daughter who is 20 - though she was hard work as a teenager she is just fantastic now. As you can imagine it's been a bit **** for a while, and finding out about my eyes (the laser surgery was a month ago) and it's been a real struggle to try and eat properly but I've tried my best.
I've read this forum a lot and tried to eat well and exercise etc. I had my diabetes blood test on tuesday and phoned for the results today. My HbA1c reading is now 38 which apparently is really good so that's made me happy.
Apparently my liver reading was a bit high so I have to have another test next week - if it's not one thing, it's another. Has anyone had liver problems after becoming a type 2? I was phoned on the evening of the bloot test and was asked if I had recently been abroad (I haven't), was I yellow (I'm not), was my stool pale (it's not). The woman really worried me and said if I had answered yes to any of them I'd have had to go to A&E immediately. She said I would be phoned back the next day so I didn't sleep that night because of the worry. No-one phoned me back and then I just got a blunt text saying I was booked in for another Liver function test next week. No explanation or anything. I had to phone them up, but I couldn't speak to a doctor, just the receptionist who couldn't tell me why except my results were a "bit high" - but she said as she had no medical training she didn't know anything else. As you can imagine I am pretty worried about this (though surely it can't be that urgent if I have to wait a week for another appointment). I wonder if any forum members have had a problem with their liver since diagnosis? I don't drink at all really, maybe 1 can every two weeks. I feel like my life is totally out of my control at the moment, no matter what I do, something else goes wrong, arrghh.