oneateleven
Member
Hi everyone,
A slightly longer intro post from me. I'm J, I'm 41 years old and live in Manchester. I work full time in a pretty intense job and live alone (well, with my rescue dog). Diabetes has always run in my family. My Mum passed away a few years ago from complications (heart disease, primarily) and her Father also had severe complications. I was diagnosed with T2 in 2019 initially, had a few months of (unsustainable for me) low-carbing before life caught up with me and my BG was out of control again.
I started on metformin (2000mg daily) just before the pandemic and have had severe side-effects (nausea, diarrhoea, change in tastes) since day one. Six months in they switched me to slow-release and that helped somewhat, but after these few years I've accepted it is my lot. It does impact my daily life a lot. I need to be near a bathroom most of the time, and I never know what I want to eat or how much. I lost a lot of weight at first, and was praised for this even though it had been hell!
I'm not proud but there have been times in recent months where I've taken a week 'off' to get some relief, or when I was on holiday for example. I know I need to stop that and am here for some support. Unfortunately my GP cut back on diabetes care/outreach significantly when Covid arrived, so there is really no support from them. Living alone during the pandemic was rough.
My added complication is that I have suffered lifelong with a number of mental health problems as a result of childhood trauma, and I am not always great at making good decisions for myself. I have worked on this in therapy a lot in recent years and am trying really hard to get into better routines/habits.
One thing I want to do in 2023 is more exercise. I cycle a lot, but I have done my whole life and my body is pretty adjusted to it. I am planning to start swimming soon and I am hoping that I might be able to get into a routine where I can at least reduce my dose of metformin and get a little relief that way (whilst maintaining healthy BG levels).
Anyway - that's a lot! Thank you for having me here and I hope I can provide support to others too
J.
A slightly longer intro post from me. I'm J, I'm 41 years old and live in Manchester. I work full time in a pretty intense job and live alone (well, with my rescue dog). Diabetes has always run in my family. My Mum passed away a few years ago from complications (heart disease, primarily) and her Father also had severe complications. I was diagnosed with T2 in 2019 initially, had a few months of (unsustainable for me) low-carbing before life caught up with me and my BG was out of control again.
I started on metformin (2000mg daily) just before the pandemic and have had severe side-effects (nausea, diarrhoea, change in tastes) since day one. Six months in they switched me to slow-release and that helped somewhat, but after these few years I've accepted it is my lot. It does impact my daily life a lot. I need to be near a bathroom most of the time, and I never know what I want to eat or how much. I lost a lot of weight at first, and was praised for this even though it had been hell!
I'm not proud but there have been times in recent months where I've taken a week 'off' to get some relief, or when I was on holiday for example. I know I need to stop that and am here for some support. Unfortunately my GP cut back on diabetes care/outreach significantly when Covid arrived, so there is really no support from them. Living alone during the pandemic was rough.
My added complication is that I have suffered lifelong with a number of mental health problems as a result of childhood trauma, and I am not always great at making good decisions for myself. I have worked on this in therapy a lot in recent years and am trying really hard to get into better routines/habits.
One thing I want to do in 2023 is more exercise. I cycle a lot, but I have done my whole life and my body is pretty adjusted to it. I am planning to start swimming soon and I am hoping that I might be able to get into a routine where I can at least reduce my dose of metformin and get a little relief that way (whilst maintaining healthy BG levels).
Anyway - that's a lot! Thank you for having me here and I hope I can provide support to others too
J.
