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Hi to everyone,
Hi there Antje77: I didn’t think anyone would get the user name, I’m a mad Rod fan and that’s my favourite song of his although no one seems to have heard of it! The 23.5 wasn’t a fasting result, when he did the first fasting blood test at the hospital it was measured on the other level which was 114 (we haven’t really got the hang of the difference yet) We have got a test meter to use at home but wonder whether it’s worth getting one of those expensive ones that you wear all the time. He’s taken the tablets for the first time today. He did a test early this morning before he took them and it was 21.6. He took another one this afternoon (a long time after eating) and it was 8.1. Those tablets really work quickly don’t they? Sorry to write so much, it’s all so new to us. I’ve joined this forum on his behalf as he‘s not very technically minded. Thank you for those tags, I’ll have a good look at them.
My husband was diagnosed with type 2 earlier this week. He’d gone to the doctors as he had the usual problems of very frequent urinating, excessive thirst and dry mouth.
His level was a very high 23.5 so the diabetic nurse has put him on to Metformin & Gliclazide. It came as a shock to us as we‘d thought it would probably be pre-diabetes so when we heard how serious it was it came as a surprise. We also thought that type 2 wasn’t very serious and could be controlled by lifestyle changes alone.
What we’ve found hard is that when we asked the diabetic nurse what we could do to reduce the levels naturally she said that as he isn’t severely overweight, doesn’t smoke and eats a relatively healthy diet there is really nothing we can do to get the level down as it’s so high. She said if people are severely overweight or have other problems there’s a much better chance of improvement. We came out feeling that there was no point in trying to change diet or do exercise if it wasn’t going to make any difference and he’s going to be stuck on the tablets for life anyway. Any advice would be much appreciated as we’re feeling pretty fed up at the moment.
Hi to everyone,
Hi there Antje77: I didn’t think anyone would get the user name, I’m a mad Rod fan and that’s my favourite song of his although no one seems to have heard of it! The 23.5 wasn’t a fasting result, when he did the first fasting blood test at the hospital it was measured on the other level which was 114 (we haven’t really got the hang of the difference yet) We have got a test meter to use at home but wonder whether it’s worth getting one of those expensive ones that you wear all the time. He’s taken the tablets for the first time today. He did a test early this morning before he took them and it was 21.6. He took another one this afternoon (a long time after eating) and it was 8.1. Those tablets really work quickly don’t they? Sorry to write so much, it’s all so new to us. I’ve joined this forum on his behalf as he‘s not very technically minded. Thank you for those tags, I’ll have a good look at them.
My husband was diagnosed with type 2 earlier this week. He’d gone to the doctors as he had the usual problems of very frequent urinating, excessive thirst and dry mouth.
His level was a very high 23.5 so the diabetic nurse has put him on to Metformin & Gliclazide. It came as a shock to us as we‘d thought it would probably be pre-diabetes so when we heard how serious it was it came as a surprise. We also thought that type 2 wasn’t very serious and could be controlled by lifestyle changes alone.
What we’ve found hard is that when we asked the diabetic nurse what we could do to reduce the levels naturally she said that as he isn’t severely overweight, doesn’t smoke and eats a relatively healthy diet there is really nothing we can do to get the level down as it’s so high. She said if people are severely overweight or have other problems there’s a much better chance of improvement. We came out feeling that there was no point in trying to change diet or do exercise if it wasn’t going to make any difference and he’s going to be stuck on the tablets for life anyway. Any advice would be much appreciated as we’re feeling pretty fed up at the moment.
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