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<blockquote data-quote="Sean01" data-source="post: 1089768"><p>First up - Hello.</p><p>Second up: credentials: Type 2, metformin, exercise and diet, Diagnosed Oct 15. My reading was 16.0. I'm 50 years old.</p><p></p><p>Now the stuff you need to know: Day 1 - hit me like a brick wall - just how many complications can this cause - answer too many. So I sat down with my wife and told her I was scared, very scared and then she asked me what I am going to ask you right now: What are you going to do about it? and there is only one answer. Respect the condition but come out fighting. I got up and went to the supermarket and changed the diet that evening - instantly (I'm a bit 100% or nothing - invariably going for the 100% option). </p><p>I will admit that for the first two weeks I was in tears (literally) going round the supermarket. it was like visiting a cemetery and seeing all your old dead mates - bread, pasta, chocolate, sugar - you know the ones! ( I don't well up anymore.)</p><p></p><p>5 months on: I use a treadmill every day for around 45 mins. I eat clean. (I occasionally have a small roast potato and I did have a list of things to eat over Christmas - just the one of everything)</p><p></p><p>Join in on the forum. share the good news, share in other people's good news. This really is the place where we are all in it together - although some have much bigger demons to fight than others. This is part of your new family now - so make friends.</p><p></p><p>Read up everything on this site and be encouraged to keep going. This is not a race. This is life - it's an endurance event.</p><p></p><p>So far I have lost over 6 stone. I am still on heart medication having lived with high blood pressure for years, but my blood pressure is now 100/70 (excellent) and my resting heart beat is 60 (incredible). I've lost over 8 inches on my waist. - all down to dealing with my diabetes. In fact I would say that becoming T2 has probably added years to my life. I don't know what will eventually finish me off but it won't be heart related.</p><p></p><p>You are 47 years old. You're not the youngest and you are not the oldest and although I am 50, I prefer to state that I am a level 50 grand master - it sounds so much more awesone. Now set your sights on making it through to be a very high level grand master and go for it - and the best advice: three things: eat right, walk every day respect the illness but fight it too.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sean01, post: 1089768"] First up - Hello. Second up: credentials: Type 2, metformin, exercise and diet, Diagnosed Oct 15. My reading was 16.0. I'm 50 years old. Now the stuff you need to know: Day 1 - hit me like a brick wall - just how many complications can this cause - answer too many. So I sat down with my wife and told her I was scared, very scared and then she asked me what I am going to ask you right now: What are you going to do about it? and there is only one answer. Respect the condition but come out fighting. I got up and went to the supermarket and changed the diet that evening - instantly (I'm a bit 100% or nothing - invariably going for the 100% option). I will admit that for the first two weeks I was in tears (literally) going round the supermarket. it was like visiting a cemetery and seeing all your old dead mates - bread, pasta, chocolate, sugar - you know the ones! ( I don't well up anymore.) 5 months on: I use a treadmill every day for around 45 mins. I eat clean. (I occasionally have a small roast potato and I did have a list of things to eat over Christmas - just the one of everything) Join in on the forum. share the good news, share in other people's good news. This really is the place where we are all in it together - although some have much bigger demons to fight than others. This is part of your new family now - so make friends. Read up everything on this site and be encouraged to keep going. This is not a race. This is life - it's an endurance event. So far I have lost over 6 stone. I am still on heart medication having lived with high blood pressure for years, but my blood pressure is now 100/70 (excellent) and my resting heart beat is 60 (incredible). I've lost over 8 inches on my waist. - all down to dealing with my diabetes. In fact I would say that becoming T2 has probably added years to my life. I don't know what will eventually finish me off but it won't be heart related. You are 47 years old. You're not the youngest and you are not the oldest and although I am 50, I prefer to state that I am a level 50 grand master - it sounds so much more awesone. Now set your sights on making it through to be a very high level grand master and go for it - and the best advice: three things: eat right, walk every day respect the illness but fight it too. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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