Hello. I have just joined the forum and so thought I would introduce myself.
A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes was the last thing I expected when my toes went numb in January 2020. I had no other symptoms.
I thought I was as fit as a fiddle. I was a very active 56 year old. I was a competitive rower racing at national masters level and I was training intensively 5 times a week and frequently racing and winning against younger opponents. My training scores were improving month on month. BMI was 21. Blood pressure fine. Cholesterol 4.8. Not had a sick day off work since 1989. Never smoked. Infrequent drinker. And then my toes went numb.
A blood test in March 2020 showed my HbA1c to be 119 (mmol/l). My GP was surprised that I didn't have an insatiable thirst or debilitating fatigue.
I was prescribed Metformin (500mg. 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening). I cut sugar from my diet. At my last blood test in July my HbA1c level had dropped to 82 (mmol/l), so things are moving in the right direction.
My toes are still numb. I have eased off on the intensity of my training initially as a result of Covid19 restrictions but more recently, over the last couple of months, because of lethargy and frequently feeling fatigued. I have got used to the numbness in my toes but I am finding the fatigue difficult to deal with.
I have found that a lot of the generic diabetes and dietary advice which I have come across online and in leaflets tends to assume that I am over-weight and under-active, which I am not. I would like to be able to disentangle weight-loss advice from advice aimed purely at lowering my blood sugar level.
A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes was the last thing I expected when my toes went numb in January 2020. I had no other symptoms.
I thought I was as fit as a fiddle. I was a very active 56 year old. I was a competitive rower racing at national masters level and I was training intensively 5 times a week and frequently racing and winning against younger opponents. My training scores were improving month on month. BMI was 21. Blood pressure fine. Cholesterol 4.8. Not had a sick day off work since 1989. Never smoked. Infrequent drinker. And then my toes went numb.
A blood test in March 2020 showed my HbA1c to be 119 (mmol/l). My GP was surprised that I didn't have an insatiable thirst or debilitating fatigue.
I was prescribed Metformin (500mg. 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening). I cut sugar from my diet. At my last blood test in July my HbA1c level had dropped to 82 (mmol/l), so things are moving in the right direction.
My toes are still numb. I have eased off on the intensity of my training initially as a result of Covid19 restrictions but more recently, over the last couple of months, because of lethargy and frequently feeling fatigued. I have got used to the numbness in my toes but I am finding the fatigue difficult to deal with.
I have found that a lot of the generic diabetes and dietary advice which I have come across online and in leaflets tends to assume that I am over-weight and under-active, which I am not. I would like to be able to disentangle weight-loss advice from advice aimed purely at lowering my blood sugar level.