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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi
New to here and just looking for some advice
I have type 2 diabetes which would most certainly have been weight and diet related, I was first told I had this around 18 months ago and it's not been easy to be honest.
Pressures of work e.t.c. have made it difficult to mange and from an initial reading of around 58 my levels rose to around 80 towards the end of last year.
I made a decision at Christmas to change the way that I live and ditched the booze completely ( I did like the odd pint or 2) and have not had a drink sine New Years Eve.
Prior to the change I weighed in at just over 21st and at my most recent weigh in I am now down to 18st 4lb.
I take 1 metformin tablet twice a day and I have never felt better than I have in the last 6 months I had previously suffered with headaches, extreme tiredness and the usual thirst and extra toilet visits, this all stopped and I was convinced I had cracked the balance between diet and meds.
Last week I was called in for my 6 month bloods and clinic assessment, the week running up to the test I hadn't been well (the family all have a cold) and I presumed I just had a virus. I was expecting the doctor to announce in my follow up meeting that my level had dropped from the previous 80 but was extremely upset to be told that this had risen to 102.
I'm hoping that somebody can shed some light on this for me, I don't want it to stop what I'm doing health wise because I have felt so much better after losing the weight.
Apologies if I have gone on a bit
thanks
Martin
New to here and just looking for some advice
I have type 2 diabetes which would most certainly have been weight and diet related, I was first told I had this around 18 months ago and it's not been easy to be honest.
Pressures of work e.t.c. have made it difficult to mange and from an initial reading of around 58 my levels rose to around 80 towards the end of last year.
I made a decision at Christmas to change the way that I live and ditched the booze completely ( I did like the odd pint or 2) and have not had a drink sine New Years Eve.
Prior to the change I weighed in at just over 21st and at my most recent weigh in I am now down to 18st 4lb.
I take 1 metformin tablet twice a day and I have never felt better than I have in the last 6 months I had previously suffered with headaches, extreme tiredness and the usual thirst and extra toilet visits, this all stopped and I was convinced I had cracked the balance between diet and meds.
Last week I was called in for my 6 month bloods and clinic assessment, the week running up to the test I hadn't been well (the family all have a cold) and I presumed I just had a virus. I was expecting the doctor to announce in my follow up meeting that my level had dropped from the previous 80 but was extremely upset to be told that this had risen to 102.
I'm hoping that somebody can shed some light on this for me, I don't want it to stop what I'm doing health wise because I have felt so much better after losing the weight.
Apologies if I have gone on a bit
thanks
Martin