Scared

Im 73.I worked until I was 69,Im 5ft 7 and 9stone,I have always been in good health and active.
The legionares which I caught in a hotel in Egypt nearly killed me but I was strong and in good health ,I was in hospital 3 months,and had to relearn to walk as I was never out of bed for 7 weeks,was in intensive care,then transfered to a renal unit as my kidneys had stopped working.
I did work hard to get my strenght back,but it was thought to be the cause of my diabetes.
Whatever age you are it can be controlled with what you eat,
Dont think of it as diet,as that sounds like starvation,It a new way of eating and its good.
Be kind to yourself you have just come out of hospital.
People on this forum have been diabetic for years and live healthy lives.

Just a comment how I approached this 3, 4 weeks ago and apologies if not relevant or does not seem the way for the OP: I decided to take a day at a time and be careful and kind to myself and allow to make, in my world, newbie "mistakes" (they aren't really, just little nuggets of useful experience ), allow the confusion but at the same time glide along and soak up advice and info, see what is right for me, what is not so right, go at my pace, make changes, does it work? Does it feel better? Does the reading come down? This week, back to riding bicycle to work, good fun, but not at Olympic speeds and effort because I am being kind and careful. Olympic speeds are for next week.

I was terrified when the Doctor rang me to tell me to go to the surgery pronto, she said my sugar levels were very high but would not say how high. I must admit it is scary but having found this forum and reading u8p on Diabetes I take each day as it comes, make recipes from the forum and when i have a good reading am happy always remember "YOU are not ALONE" keep smiling

My GP, after having retrieved parts of the meter from the consulting room ceiling, held me captive in the surgery until I passed urine, not a particularly difficult thing for me to do at the time as finding available public water closets in time was very challenging, but at the surgery, somehow, my diabetes and bladder were not cooperating and I required several large glasses of Hampshire's finest tap water and some ingenuity to siphon off a reluctant drizzle into a ridiculously small vessel to make my escape. It wasn't quite like Steve McQueen on a motorcycle at the border but the prospect of NHS Diabetes Police detention was somewhat alarming."I'm banged to rights, Nurse, its a fair cop, I did the Carbs and now you got me, don't slap me around, I have me human rights"

Tip: probably not a good thing to have a 2lb bag of Jelly Beans as part of a wholesome morning breakfast before a GP consultation but in my defence I can be a bit Homer Simpson. Doh!

Note that Metformin does suppress the appetite so it's possible this may be adding to your lost interest in eating but obviously it could be other meds. Glipizide doesn't often cause problems, but there are always exceptions