Hi!
@Kayleigh1008 husband here..!
I appreciate everyone who has commented and especially to Kayleigh for starting the thread.
It started about a couple of years ago, started getting very sleepy in the day and kayleigh said I should go to the drs as I probably had diabetes as her nan has it and recognised the signs. I went to the drs and my hb1c was around 75 I think. It was a shock and was given some tablets. Was not metformin but can't remeber the name now.
After a few months I had another test and got put on metformin as I'm guessing the readings came down I've been on metformin for about 8 months now and since been reduced to 1 tab a day instead of 2.
My diet is still the same. I eat sweets, ice cream etc.. Same as I always have. I have never had a good diet and thought that metformin fixed the diabetes, yes I have buried my head in the sand but I don't know if I am getting any health issues. The only thing I notice is I need to wee a lot! Several times a day and night.
I want to sort my diet out but I really have no clue where to start. I oviously don't want to die but is it that serious? I know it can effect your vision limbs but mine all seem fine.
I've just tested my blood with my old meter and it's 11 after tea.
Thanks for all your advise and input
Matt
"Is it that serious?" Well... Yeah, it is. The T2's I've had in my family all were oblivious to carbs and their impact on their health. We didn't know what we do now. Most of them died just a couple of years after diagnosis. My best friend's mom was sent home from the hospital with the advice to just have some warm milk and painkillers, while a heartmuscle was torn. She died that night, obviously, though I don't think they could've saved her if they'd listened to her. (She are chocolate and heaos of potatoes every day. And pastries.).My aunt is the only one still hanging in there, but she has busted veins in her legs and big oozing wounds on her chins that never close. Down to the bone. She's got mental health problems so she isn't capable of understanding her disease or how her meds work, so diet is completely beyond her. Me, I was diabetic for years before I was diagnosed... Eyesight fluctuated wildly, and I didn't know why. My kidneys aren't okay, as I'm guessing yours aren't, and I have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which I'm fairly certain is a problem for you too, -it's pretty universal in t2's- but you wouldn't know it if you weren't tested for it. You don't feel any of that until they already fail or get inflamed. When the ship has sailed, basically. Metabolic syndrome, including those things, goes hand-in-hand with diabetes, after all. Running high bloodsugars all the time means kinda slowly sandpapering organs into failing. Not noticable until it's too far gone to fix. Kidneys, liver, heart, veins, eyes... I remember my grandmother dreading going to bed in the evenings because her heartbeat would become irratic, and she was terrified of dying. In the daytime she'd often eat sweet pastries, and sugary coffee with whipped cream, as she counted on metformin to fix it all. That was 20 years ago, and I don't think if she'd known about carbs, she would have changed anything, because she always felt the rules didn't apply to her. (She wasn't a nice person, thought she was better than everyone else and the rules couldn't ever apply to her. So it was in her character to be contrary.). One night, her fear of dying was valid. Heartfaillure due to diabetic complications.
I'm low carbing. My fatty liver is getting better, cholesterol too, in spite of the fats added to my diet. My eyesight too. No more puss coming from my toes, no fungal infections anymore either. I pee a LOT less than I did. If you don't have any problems yet... Then keep it that way! It's an oppertunity, not an "I'll deal with it when/if it comes" thing. You've got a chance here to not have your body and quality of life ruined. Sorry if I'm coming on strong, but... Obviously you're loved. I don't low carb for myself, I do it for my husband. I lost my fiancé 21 years ago, and I don't want Kornelis to go through the kind of mourning I did back then. That's my motivation right there. Because honestly, I don't care about myself. I care about his happiness though, so... Low carb it is.
Diabetic complications aren't subject to "if". They're firmly "when", unless you do something about it. Really. No joke. No scare tactics. Just the truth.
As for where to start; bacon and eggs with mushrooms and cheese. Salads with tuna, salmon or bacon. Cheese. Pork scratchings. Real butter, cream, full fat greek yoghurt. Olives. Meat. Fish. Cauliflower or broccoli rice. Above-ground veggies. Ditch anything wheat-based like bread or cake. Potatoes, rice, corn, pasta, cereal, fruit. (Most of us can handle berries, but that's about it.). It's doable, really it is. Check dietdoctor.com or this place's low carb program for ideas.
Sorry if I seem harsh. But only trying to help, so I hope you'll forgive me. Good luck!