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Giant68

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Hello everyone.
I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am 44, soon to be 45, and, to be honest, it was quite a shock. I have found this forum and having had a look around i find it to be great help and a little comforting.
Hopefully, with the help of this forum and a change in lifestyle I can keep this condition under control.

Regards
Giant68
 
Welcome Giant 68,

It is a shock :shock: isn’t it but when you get to grips with it all hopefully you will find it manageable.
There are lots of lovely people on this forum and a wealth of knowledge to be gleaned from the threads and usually there is always someone around who will answer your questions. :D
 
Giant68 said:
Hello everyone.
I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am 44, soon to be 45, and, to be honest, it was quite a shock. I have found this forum and having had a look around i find it to be great help and a little comforting.
Hopefully, with the help of this forum and a change in lifestyle I can keep this condition under control.

Regards
Giant68
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Hi.
Welcome to the Forum. Have a good look around and if you have any questions just ask away in the appropriate area. There is always somebody with an answer
 
Hi Giant!
If you have the will to learn, you'll do it
We'll help whereever we can
hana
 
Giant68 said:
Hello everyone.
I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am 44, soon to be 45, and, to be honest, it was quite a shock. I have found this forum and having had a look around i find it to be great help and a little comforting.
Hopefully, with the help of this forum and a change in lifestyle I can keep this condition under control.

Regards
Giant68
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Hi,

I'm a newbie in the same boat as you.

I've made quite a few posts on here in a short space of time :oops: so if you click on my profile then read my posts, no doubt I will have asked some of the questions you may well have.

Could save you a bit of time. :D
 
hi giant68
I was diagnosed at age 47, though I'd certainly had diabetes for a few years before that. It was indeed not exactly welcome news, but I can tell you that, eighteen months after diagnosis, things are really going better with me. My blood sugar levels have come 'way down to a good level, my cholesterol levels have improved, I lost a bit of weight, and I feel in control of my health now in a way I never did in my life before.
I am on low-level medication (2 Metformin a day plus a blood pressure pill) and have modified my diet. Nothing else is different, really. I still enjoy a drink or two of an evening.
I am an optimistic person by nature and feel that these things can lead to improvements - and thank God I know now that I need to take more active care of myself, rather than just operating on autopilot the way I always did.
Good luck, and ask anything you want, this is a great forum, one of the best resources for diabetes anywhere. :P
 
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