After some 4 years as pre diabetic with fasting readings of 6.2 - 6.6 and keeping it under control with vigorous cycling and dietary caution, I was made redundant, started a business and started working 70 hour weeks. The cycling stopped, alcohol and food intake increased and I got 2 readings of 7 and 7.1 so I am now ofiicially type 2
I am a 58 yr old male; 5 ft 9 " tall and weigh14 stone ( down from 16st 4 years ago)
Diagnosis was a month ago and it was a big wake up call. I immediately gave up booze and went on a strict diet. I'm back to cycling 70 - 100 miles a week at a fast pace (ave 14 mph). I'm now losing 3lbs a week with a goal of 12st
Last weekend I bought a meter and I'm now averaging fasting readings of 5.5 and within 2 hours of a meal I'm usually back to where I was before it, which averages about 5.8.
Yesterday I saw the practice nurse who revealed that my GTT was 7.0 before and after 2 hours was
5.8, so clearly my pancreas is spewing out insulin like there is no tomorrow when my plasma glucose gets a rush on.
Surely, if I've reduced fasting levels so easily and my insulin production is plentiful, I'm just a fat office worker producing toxins from the fats around my middle to resist the insulin, rather than a full blown type 2?
I have no real experience of this malarkey so can anyone who does have give me their opinion? Are these readings and this course of events really type 2 conclusively?
I realise that I have been rather silly not to have taken the action I'm taking now some years ago and I have an extremely good understanding of the physiology of the condition, having done considerable research and discussed it at lengthvwith my daughter who is a medical sciences graduate
I am a 58 yr old male; 5 ft 9 " tall and weigh14 stone ( down from 16st 4 years ago)
Diagnosis was a month ago and it was a big wake up call. I immediately gave up booze and went on a strict diet. I'm back to cycling 70 - 100 miles a week at a fast pace (ave 14 mph). I'm now losing 3lbs a week with a goal of 12st
Last weekend I bought a meter and I'm now averaging fasting readings of 5.5 and within 2 hours of a meal I'm usually back to where I was before it, which averages about 5.8.
Yesterday I saw the practice nurse who revealed that my GTT was 7.0 before and after 2 hours was
5.8, so clearly my pancreas is spewing out insulin like there is no tomorrow when my plasma glucose gets a rush on.
Surely, if I've reduced fasting levels so easily and my insulin production is plentiful, I'm just a fat office worker producing toxins from the fats around my middle to resist the insulin, rather than a full blown type 2?
I have no real experience of this malarkey so can anyone who does have give me their opinion? Are these readings and this course of events really type 2 conclusively?
I realise that I have been rather silly not to have taken the action I'm taking now some years ago and I have an extremely good understanding of the physiology of the condition, having done considerable research and discussed it at lengthvwith my daughter who is a medical sciences graduate