- Messages
- 3
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
Hi all,
Recently discovered the site and thought I’d best stop lurking!
My name is Ian (sounds like the start of an AA meeting), I’m 40 (just) and was diagnosed with Type 2 last September. I must admit it came as quite a bit of shock and remembering how it affected my mum, terrified me. Despite all the consultations, appointments and such like with the diabetes nurse, dietician, GP etc I have to admit that it never really sunk in properly and I treated as more of an inconvenience and didn’t give it the respect it deserved. :evil:
I recently read the book “Diabetes: The First Year” by Gretchen Becker and I have to say it gave me the kick up the backside I shouldn’t have needed. Totally revolutionised my way of thinking and attitude, and since then my diet has changed, my attitude to exercise has changed, my discipline in testing has changed, basically my whole mental approach. Thanks Gretchen!
I had been consistently low, (3.0 – 3.8 on a good day) and generally felt **** all the time. My HCA1C when first diagnosed was 7.4 but after a blood test last week, has gone down to 6.4 so I must have been doing something right. Last couple of weeks it’s been pretty stable and the most it’s peaked was at 6.8 after a non diabetic compliant meal, just to see what the results were.
The only major downside has been that I’ve had to severely curtail my love for Technical Diving, having had depth restrictions placed upon me, which pretty much means that my UK diving career has ended. The upside is that the sale of my specialist gear has given me the opportunity to spend a week diving off a liveaboard in the Southern Red Sea at the end of Feb, and also enabled me to start golf again. “Honest darling, I need to play golf this Saturday as it’s part of my diabetic fitness regime”.[
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I have an appt with the nurse again on Wednesday and need to bring something up that’s a bit embarrassing, but maybe others have experienced something similar? For the last couple of months I get very emotional, something that I’ve never experienced before, to the point where I will just break down for no apparent reason. I have nothing to be depressed about as I thought it might be that. It may be something completely unrelated but I thought I would ask.
Well, that’s about it, it’s been a long time since I opened up about anything like that, but I feel much better for it.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I promise normal service will resume soon and I’ll post in a lighter mood in future.
Ian
Recently discovered the site and thought I’d best stop lurking!
My name is Ian (sounds like the start of an AA meeting), I’m 40 (just) and was diagnosed with Type 2 last September. I must admit it came as quite a bit of shock and remembering how it affected my mum, terrified me. Despite all the consultations, appointments and such like with the diabetes nurse, dietician, GP etc I have to admit that it never really sunk in properly and I treated as more of an inconvenience and didn’t give it the respect it deserved. :evil:
I recently read the book “Diabetes: The First Year” by Gretchen Becker and I have to say it gave me the kick up the backside I shouldn’t have needed. Totally revolutionised my way of thinking and attitude, and since then my diet has changed, my attitude to exercise has changed, my discipline in testing has changed, basically my whole mental approach. Thanks Gretchen!
I had been consistently low, (3.0 – 3.8 on a good day) and generally felt **** all the time. My HCA1C when first diagnosed was 7.4 but after a blood test last week, has gone down to 6.4 so I must have been doing something right. Last couple of weeks it’s been pretty stable and the most it’s peaked was at 6.8 after a non diabetic compliant meal, just to see what the results were.
The only major downside has been that I’ve had to severely curtail my love for Technical Diving, having had depth restrictions placed upon me, which pretty much means that my UK diving career has ended. The upside is that the sale of my specialist gear has given me the opportunity to spend a week diving off a liveaboard in the Southern Red Sea at the end of Feb, and also enabled me to start golf again. “Honest darling, I need to play golf this Saturday as it’s part of my diabetic fitness regime”.[
]I have an appt with the nurse again on Wednesday and need to bring something up that’s a bit embarrassing, but maybe others have experienced something similar? For the last couple of months I get very emotional, something that I’ve never experienced before, to the point where I will just break down for no apparent reason. I have nothing to be depressed about as I thought it might be that. It may be something completely unrelated but I thought I would ask.
Well, that’s about it, it’s been a long time since I opened up about anything like that, but I feel much better for it.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I promise normal service will resume soon and I’ll post in a lighter mood in future.
Ian
