Keatek
Member
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Nothing really.....maybe brussel sprouts! Oh yep. Here's a good one! People who treat you with contemp. The second they do, they are a lost cause and you will never be the same to them or them to you....
Greetings and salutations folks, I'm Derek and I have been diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic for the past four months or so.
I found out by accident, although diabeties type 1 and 2 are prevalent on both sides of my family. I think I was doomed to get it from the start.
But hey ho, have it and got to get on with it! so here are my answers to the original post many, many pages back!
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
My avatar is taken on my yacht and yes that is a penguin!
- What is your name?
Derek or Del
- How old are you?
43 years young
- Are you male or female?
Definetly Male!
- Which country are you from?
Scotland (Bonnie)
- Which city/area do you live in?
Oban, Argyll, West Coast.
- Are you religious?
Yes, your welcome to worship me! Only the application form to join my religion has 750 easy questions and needs your bank details!
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Serious, happy, talkative?
- Do you have any pets?
Yes, Charlie the wonder dog!
- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple any day of the week!
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I sail which is a sport I believe, I love watching the six nations (although having been thrashed again, I'm beginning to wonder why!)
- Do you get angry easily?
YES! but for the right reasons which include injustice and non tolerance. Sorry to shout!
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
One on each ankle, one on my back, both arms, knee. I have a nipple pierced. All strategically placed.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
AC/DC - Regina Spector - Leonard Cohen - Falco - Eels
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock
- What is your favourite flag?
Saltire
- Ever gone camping?
Yes
- Ever been in love?
Yes, far to many times.....although I'm taking a break for the moment!
- Ever used fake tan?
I'm from the West Coast of Scotland...what's a tan? Now windburn I understand.....
- Which countries have you visited?
France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark, England, Ireland....Shetland
- Favourite city?
Wein (Vienna)
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
The following, Gold Diver, Gold Rush, Gotham, anything by Louie Theroux.
- List your five favourite films.
Dead Calm, Local Hero, Highlander, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Cruel Sea.
- Are you wealthy?
Dear god no..... I wish!
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Not just now, was off ill for a long time. But am requalifying for my skippers tickets as I type!
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Navigation, Collision Regulations, Weather, power boat instructor. Electronic and electrical engineering,
- What do you like most about yourself?
I'm happy in my skin, I can't change it. The occasional wee risk keeps the heart beating as well...
- What do you like least about yourself?
Don't suffer fools very easily....
Well I hope that puts some meat onto the bones of who I am. Just to add I have three sons in their mid teens, I'm divorced and my last serious relationship ended several months ago. Not that that matters!
On the diabetes front, as I said I was diagnosed about 4 months ago. I was just feeling awful, something wasn't right and when u take as many pain meds as I used to it has to be something to make you aware of it?
So I went to a doctor Id never been to before, my own doctor was on his hols, he ok and about a pint of blood later he told me to come back and see him in a week.
Two days later the phone went and I was asked to come see the diabetes nurse for the glucose fasting test. That confirmed my sugar levels were all over the place. And now im on a long quest of how to deal with it and to stop myself becoming more damaged internally.
I have BG count that ranges between 6 and 14 on any day. It seems to change without much input from me. I've tried control by diet. It works to a point. I seem to average a 7 most mornings after fasting overnight and after meals anything from 6 to 14. I've noticed recently that my levels are higher than they were averaging
four months ago.
I don't eat large meals, I never have. Also I have IBS (not diagnosed, just suffer) and if I eat too much my stomach goes nuts, so small meals are ideal for me dealing with that.
I was told I wasn't to test my sugar levels as being a type 2 I don't need to, basically they said it would cause me more worry than it was worth.
My question was how do I relate how I feel to the levels of sugar in my blood?
I still don't have an answer except from a smart ***** trainee nurse who attended the diabetes training course, she said "we will know you have symptoms if your brought in or you get in touch" , sadly she didn't turn up for another session at the clinic as the few choice words I had for her, it hit a nerve......
me "so I have to be brought in to the hospital in a coma, or worse so you can decide whether I've had a hyper or a hypo?"
Her "well we are in the best position to know what to do if that happened"..
Me "I'd rather it didn't happen you stu....., you want me to collapse or worse before your going to diagnose Whether I'm hypo'ing or hypering? Are you mental??"
Her "mmmmm........"
Then the girl who was leading the course very quickly tried to get us off subject.
My point is, when I was first diagnosed, I tested myself with a wee acucheck meter. I stayed around the 7-9 mark and my blood work from the hospital averaged me at 7. Now 4 months later I'm averaging 7-10 at various times of the day.
I'm due to go for my six monthly check in another couple of months and if my meter is correct I should average out around 8-9. An increase not a decrease. This can't be good?
I know these forums are huge and have a massive amount of information. I will try to read as much as I can as I'm sure many of the questions I have already been answered here. If someone can be bothered, and if it's not posted a page back! I would be interested to know this....
What happens to your pancreas when they stop working to extent they have in a type two? Can the pancreas recover if you stop eating any form of sugar except that in fruit? And finally, I love (and I mean LOVE) 7up and I can't drink it anymore for obvious reasons. Is there an alternative that doesn't taste like it's been brewed in a chemists laboratory? Or Have after tastes or any other of the evil things in it that they use to pass it off to people in our position?.
thank you for taking the time to look me over and I hopefully will see you all as I progress through the forums!
D/
I found out by accident, although diabeties type 1 and 2 are prevalent on both sides of my family. I think I was doomed to get it from the start.
But hey ho, have it and got to get on with it! so here are my answers to the original post many, many pages back!
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
My avatar is taken on my yacht and yes that is a penguin!
- What is your name?
Derek or Del
- How old are you?
43 years young
- Are you male or female?
Definetly Male!
- Which country are you from?
Scotland (Bonnie)
- Which city/area do you live in?
Oban, Argyll, West Coast.
- Are you religious?
Yes, your welcome to worship me! Only the application form to join my religion has 750 easy questions and needs your bank details!
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Serious, happy, talkative?
- Do you have any pets?
Yes, Charlie the wonder dog!
- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple any day of the week!
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I sail which is a sport I believe, I love watching the six nations (although having been thrashed again, I'm beginning to wonder why!)
- Do you get angry easily?
YES! but for the right reasons which include injustice and non tolerance. Sorry to shout!
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
One on each ankle, one on my back, both arms, knee. I have a nipple pierced. All strategically placed.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
AC/DC - Regina Spector - Leonard Cohen - Falco - Eels
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock
- What is your favourite flag?
Saltire
- Ever gone camping?
Yes
- Ever been in love?
Yes, far to many times.....although I'm taking a break for the moment!
- Ever used fake tan?
I'm from the West Coast of Scotland...what's a tan? Now windburn I understand.....
- Which countries have you visited?
France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark, England, Ireland....Shetland
- Favourite city?
Wein (Vienna)
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
The following, Gold Diver, Gold Rush, Gotham, anything by Louie Theroux.
- List your five favourite films.
Dead Calm, Local Hero, Highlander, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Cruel Sea.
- Are you wealthy?
Dear god no..... I wish!
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Not just now, was off ill for a long time. But am requalifying for my skippers tickets as I type!
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Navigation, Collision Regulations, Weather, power boat instructor. Electronic and electrical engineering,
- What do you like most about yourself?
I'm happy in my skin, I can't change it. The occasional wee risk keeps the heart beating as well...
- What do you like least about yourself?
Don't suffer fools very easily....
Well I hope that puts some meat onto the bones of who I am. Just to add I have three sons in their mid teens, I'm divorced and my last serious relationship ended several months ago. Not that that matters!
On the diabetes front, as I said I was diagnosed about 4 months ago. I was just feeling awful, something wasn't right and when u take as many pain meds as I used to it has to be something to make you aware of it?
So I went to a doctor Id never been to before, my own doctor was on his hols, he ok and about a pint of blood later he told me to come back and see him in a week.
Two days later the phone went and I was asked to come see the diabetes nurse for the glucose fasting test. That confirmed my sugar levels were all over the place. And now im on a long quest of how to deal with it and to stop myself becoming more damaged internally.
I have BG count that ranges between 6 and 14 on any day. It seems to change without much input from me. I've tried control by diet. It works to a point. I seem to average a 7 most mornings after fasting overnight and after meals anything from 6 to 14. I've noticed recently that my levels are higher than they were averaging
four months ago.
I don't eat large meals, I never have. Also I have IBS (not diagnosed, just suffer) and if I eat too much my stomach goes nuts, so small meals are ideal for me dealing with that.
I was told I wasn't to test my sugar levels as being a type 2 I don't need to, basically they said it would cause me more worry than it was worth.
My question was how do I relate how I feel to the levels of sugar in my blood?
I still don't have an answer except from a smart ***** trainee nurse who attended the diabetes training course, she said "we will know you have symptoms if your brought in or you get in touch" , sadly she didn't turn up for another session at the clinic as the few choice words I had for her, it hit a nerve......
me "so I have to be brought in to the hospital in a coma, or worse so you can decide whether I've had a hyper or a hypo?"
Her "well we are in the best position to know what to do if that happened"..
Me "I'd rather it didn't happen you stu....., you want me to collapse or worse before your going to diagnose Whether I'm hypo'ing or hypering? Are you mental??"
Her "mmmmm........"
Then the girl who was leading the course very quickly tried to get us off subject.
My point is, when I was first diagnosed, I tested myself with a wee acucheck meter. I stayed around the 7-9 mark and my blood work from the hospital averaged me at 7. Now 4 months later I'm averaging 7-10 at various times of the day.
I'm due to go for my six monthly check in another couple of months and if my meter is correct I should average out around 8-9. An increase not a decrease. This can't be good?
I know these forums are huge and have a massive amount of information. I will try to read as much as I can as I'm sure many of the questions I have already been answered here. If someone can be bothered, and if it's not posted a page back! I would be interested to know this....
What happens to your pancreas when they stop working to extent they have in a type two? Can the pancreas recover if you stop eating any form of sugar except that in fruit? And finally, I love (and I mean LOVE) 7up and I can't drink it anymore for obvious reasons. Is there an alternative that doesn't taste like it's been brewed in a chemists laboratory? Or Have after tastes or any other of the evil things in it that they use to pass it off to people in our position?.
thank you for taking the time to look me over and I hopefully will see you all as I progress through the forums!
D/
