Hi everyone,
I'm T2, not well controlled at the moment and not taking any medication, should be taking alogliptin but haven't taken it for months due to severe mental health problems. Went to see GP yesterday as for the last week or so I haven't been able to breathe properly and just feeling really horrible, he said it was severe anxiety, no other physical checks done at all which kind of surprised me but what he did do was send my for diabetes bloods to be checked and a liver function test as I am drinking way too much and I know this, it's a form of self medication for the depression and anxiety. I was told to come back in an hour to have bloods done by nurse and went for a good long walk to pass the time, it wasn't a complete fasting test as I'd had a cup of tea in the morning but no food.
Anyway, results back today showing reduction in HBA1C from 72 in May this year to 63 now, I just don't know how this has gone down, I'm certainly not complaining but my eating has been so bad I just don't understand it, could it have been all the walking or even possibly the amount of wine I'm drinking? I get these results from the my diabetes my way site, they're showing an increase in my cholesterol and my kidneys seem to be ok. I'll need to call the GP for liver function test results which are the ones I'm really worried about, I know the damage I'm doing and still my body is trying to fight to stay healthy, that just breaks me that most of the time my mind is just full of self hatred and destruction of everything but my body is still trying to keep going. I've asked again for counselling and I'm going back to the DN to ask for more help, seeing these results has reminded me that I can do this, I need to do this. Thanks for letting me rant, sometimes you just need to get it out of your head.
Maggie x
I'm T2, not well controlled at the moment and not taking any medication, should be taking alogliptin but haven't taken it for months due to severe mental health problems. Went to see GP yesterday as for the last week or so I haven't been able to breathe properly and just feeling really horrible, he said it was severe anxiety, no other physical checks done at all which kind of surprised me but what he did do was send my for diabetes bloods to be checked and a liver function test as I am drinking way too much and I know this, it's a form of self medication for the depression and anxiety. I was told to come back in an hour to have bloods done by nurse and went for a good long walk to pass the time, it wasn't a complete fasting test as I'd had a cup of tea in the morning but no food.
Anyway, results back today showing reduction in HBA1C from 72 in May this year to 63 now, I just don't know how this has gone down, I'm certainly not complaining but my eating has been so bad I just don't understand it, could it have been all the walking or even possibly the amount of wine I'm drinking? I get these results from the my diabetes my way site, they're showing an increase in my cholesterol and my kidneys seem to be ok. I'll need to call the GP for liver function test results which are the ones I'm really worried about, I know the damage I'm doing and still my body is trying to fight to stay healthy, that just breaks me that most of the time my mind is just full of self hatred and destruction of everything but my body is still trying to keep going. I've asked again for counselling and I'm going back to the DN to ask for more help, seeing these results has reminded me that I can do this, I need to do this. Thanks for letting me rant, sometimes you just need to get it out of your head.
Maggie x
