confusedwife
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hi
I am the wife of a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic. He is just 40, and was very overweight (lost 3 stone in the 3 months since diagnosis and still loosing). We are confused about how he is actually doing and I thought some of you out there might be able to help.
When he was first diagnosed he had a level (sorry don't understand all the terms yet) of 8.9 on an empty stomach, going up to 18.7 after glucose. We have worked very hard, and have bought ourselves a testing kit, and he seems to have a base level of about 6 most of the time. It goes down to 5.4 ish after exercise, and we are still testing out good and bad foods so sometimes it can creep over 7 when we choose a bad food, but most of the time it is around 6.
He is trying to manage it with diet alone because of the implications of going onto medication and having to tell insurances, dvla, etc but every time he goes to the GP she tries to convince him he needs metaformin. Is he doing OK, or does he need the tablets, and how would going onto them actually affect him?
Thanks for any advice.
I am the wife of a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic. He is just 40, and was very overweight (lost 3 stone in the 3 months since diagnosis and still loosing). We are confused about how he is actually doing and I thought some of you out there might be able to help.
When he was first diagnosed he had a level (sorry don't understand all the terms yet) of 8.9 on an empty stomach, going up to 18.7 after glucose. We have worked very hard, and have bought ourselves a testing kit, and he seems to have a base level of about 6 most of the time. It goes down to 5.4 ish after exercise, and we are still testing out good and bad foods so sometimes it can creep over 7 when we choose a bad food, but most of the time it is around 6.
He is trying to manage it with diet alone because of the implications of going onto medication and having to tell insurances, dvla, etc but every time he goes to the GP she tries to convince him he needs metaformin. Is he doing OK, or does he need the tablets, and how would going onto them actually affect him?
Thanks for any advice.