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I am 46 and diagnosed with type 2 nearly 5 years ago.

My dad who lived in Dublin discovered he was diabetic in his late 50’s and unfortunately passed away aged 62 due to other health issues complicated by diabetes. The day he passed away was Dublin Marathon Day 2001 so my wife and I decided to raise money for Diabetes UK & Ireland by walking the Dublin Marathon in October 2008. Ironically when I returned from Dublin I discovered I too had type 2 diabetes after thinking the large weight loss and constant thirst over the previous 6 months was due to training for marathon!!

Since then I have had ups and downs with medication, diet (I just love food and lots of it) and coming to terms with diabetes in general. One year ago with increased levels of Lantus and Humalog I was having constant hypos and felt very unwell. I was really scared and thought the best thing to do (without medical advice) was to stop the Humalog and reduce dramatically the Lantus and stopped monitoring. I was feeling a lot “better” and no hypos but over time other problems started like loss of feeling in my feet, severe cramping in my feet/legs all the time, weight gain and always tired.

I went back to my doctor last week and now starting again (last Hba1c was 12.8) but it is hard as my favourite things in life are food (the wrong types), chocolate and diet coke. I am not a fan of healthy living and always over weight. I work away living in a hotel 3/4 days per week so I have all the excuses NOT to be good.

My wife is at the end of her tether trying to help me and just does not know what to do with me or for me!!!

Onwards and upwards – and any advice welcome on how to get through this
 
Hi Windy, sorry to hear about your dad. But you don't have to give up good food. Think steak, chicken, fish, cream, berries, bacon and eggs. Eat lots of veg that grow above ground, so cut out the spuds - they are pretty bad anyway you cook them. Berries e.g. strawberries, raspberries etc, serve them in no sugar jelly, with cream. Good luck.
 
hi, welcome :)

I agree completely with dawn.

im sure many of us are or were in the same boat, I was a power eater, I ate maybe 15+ takeaways a week including my 2 macky dees breakfasts everyday, if I wasn't in pain I didn't feel like id ate enough, ive been lucky enough to be scared enough to make some changes, my dad died at 67 with diabetes complications, I have 2 kiddies and was told I was 5 years away from major organ failure at dx and that scared the bejesus out of me and luckily that's been enough to keep me going, im low carbing and exercising as much as possible and getting through it, don't know how much help this would be but just wanted to say your not alone and it is difficult to change but worth the effort (unless I have a heart attack next week hehe)

good luck
 
Thank you both for your experiences which help a lot and let me know that there are others with similar issues. Will keep you up to date with progress and off to have a brown bread lettuce sandwich washed down by a large glass of water!!!!
 
Make your bread Burgen from Tesco/Morrisons. Add butter and good fat, pop some chicken in with Mayo, and avocado. You need to get a meter to check you BS before and 2 hours after. That way you know how food is affecting you.
 
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