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<blockquote data-quote="Truffle" data-source="post: 285712" data-attributes="member: 43965"><p>When I was first diagnosed my initial reaction was "what have I done to deserve this?" I had just had two years of hell, dealing with illness and death of close family members and this felt like the final straw.</p><p></p><p>My doctor did not really go into detail - he handed me a perscription for Metformin, said take 3 a day, eat like the Greeks and I will see you in three months. After 9 months he just said - whatever you are doing works so just carry on and I will see you in a year!</p><p>I have been doing LCHF with 40 mins exercise a day - I would like to do more but find it hard to fit it in with working full time)</p><p></p><p>I didn't tell my family straight away. I wanted to have time to let it sink in, decide how I was going to tackle it and move forward. I wanted to be able to grieve in peace for what I saw as my 'lost' life which I hadn't been able to do for my mother who had only just died. I didn't want to tell my children as they had just lost 3 close relatives including their wonderful Grandmother and felt they would not cope. The first my husband knew was when I told him I had bought a treadmill and rowing machine on his credit card!</p><p></p><p>When I did tell them all I made quite light of it - said I would have to take a few pills and stop eating carbs. Our discussions were more about carbs than the disease itself and they have been fine about it all. They laugh about me having to be close to a loo (because of the Metformin) although that is alot better now that I have cut it down to 2 a day.</p><p></p><p>I had no issues at work at all. When I finally decided to mention it they just said 'bad luck - take any time you need.' They don't see me as any different and I don't take any extra time off because of it. I have found another two people here who are also diabetic and have to stop myself from preaching too much as they don't seem to want to give up any carbs for the sake of their health but are of the thought that meds can deal with it. Each to their own!</p><p></p><p>I have suffered from thinking 'why me' and raging at the injustice of it all - but only to myself! I know that there are alot of people worse off than me and I am lucky that I have been able to change my diet etc.. to cope with it all. I am also very lucky with my family and friends and this website has been a godsend. </p><p></p><p> :thumbup:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Truffle, post: 285712, member: 43965"] When I was first diagnosed my initial reaction was "what have I done to deserve this?" I had just had two years of hell, dealing with illness and death of close family members and this felt like the final straw. My doctor did not really go into detail - he handed me a perscription for Metformin, said take 3 a day, eat like the Greeks and I will see you in three months. After 9 months he just said - whatever you are doing works so just carry on and I will see you in a year! I have been doing LCHF with 40 mins exercise a day - I would like to do more but find it hard to fit it in with working full time) I didn't tell my family straight away. I wanted to have time to let it sink in, decide how I was going to tackle it and move forward. I wanted to be able to grieve in peace for what I saw as my 'lost' life which I hadn't been able to do for my mother who had only just died. I didn't want to tell my children as they had just lost 3 close relatives including their wonderful Grandmother and felt they would not cope. The first my husband knew was when I told him I had bought a treadmill and rowing machine on his credit card! When I did tell them all I made quite light of it - said I would have to take a few pills and stop eating carbs. Our discussions were more about carbs than the disease itself and they have been fine about it all. They laugh about me having to be close to a loo (because of the Metformin) although that is alot better now that I have cut it down to 2 a day. I had no issues at work at all. When I finally decided to mention it they just said 'bad luck - take any time you need.' They don't see me as any different and I don't take any extra time off because of it. I have found another two people here who are also diabetic and have to stop myself from preaching too much as they don't seem to want to give up any carbs for the sake of their health but are of the thought that meds can deal with it. Each to their own! I have suffered from thinking 'why me' and raging at the injustice of it all - but only to myself! I know that there are alot of people worse off than me and I am lucky that I have been able to change my diet etc.. to cope with it all. I am also very lucky with my family and friends and this website has been a godsend. :thumbup: [/QUOTE]
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