Hi, my name's Andrew, I’m 29 from Leeds. I was diagnosed on my birthday this April but I wasn't too shocked by the diagnosis as my dad has T1 and his dad had T1. I did however associate T2 with being overweight and as all my life I have kept my BMI below 25, I was shocked a little. Now however I am just shocked by my naivety and lack of knowledge more than anything else.
At diagnosis my HBA1C was 10.1 so I was put on metformin but due to some bad side effects I was only on it for 1 day them my brilliant GP said to try just diet and exercise first. I can now happily say that after 3 months of exercising more and reducing my carbs I have got my HBA1C down to 6.8. Still a bit to go but hey, I’m happy with my effort so far.
The reason for my post is I don't seem to come across many T2's who were diagnosed under the age of 30 which kind of worries me for the future because when I was diagnosed, I was told (not by a specialist) that T2 suffers would last approx 30 years from diagnosis. I don't really want to die before I’m 60!!!
Looking forward to getting to know you all and really hope the 30 year thing is a load of rubbish!
Andrew
At diagnosis my HBA1C was 10.1 so I was put on metformin but due to some bad side effects I was only on it for 1 day them my brilliant GP said to try just diet and exercise first. I can now happily say that after 3 months of exercising more and reducing my carbs I have got my HBA1C down to 6.8. Still a bit to go but hey, I’m happy with my effort so far.
The reason for my post is I don't seem to come across many T2's who were diagnosed under the age of 30 which kind of worries me for the future because when I was diagnosed, I was told (not by a specialist) that T2 suffers would last approx 30 years from diagnosis. I don't really want to die before I’m 60!!!
Looking forward to getting to know you all and really hope the 30 year thing is a load of rubbish!
Andrew