Hey, i'm new here - well not really, i've been browsing for months but never registered.
A little bit about me; I'm 25, female and 13.5 stones. (Might be relevant).
I was diagnosed last January'ish as a type 2 Diabetic - I was experiencing severe abdominal pain and the Doc thought I had gall stones, however they couldn't find any and the pain went away. During these investigations they noticed my blood sugar was 10 mmol, and so sent me for a OGTT test and it came back on the line at 11.1 mmol, suggesting a diagnosis of Diabetes. I was sent home as a diet and exercise only diabetic. The next day I bought myself a blood glucose monitor, and adopted a healthy diet, lowered the amount of carbs and sugar I ate, joined a gym and felt awesome. My readings were all in the 4 mmol - 5.6 mmol. I thought they made a mistake and my OGTT result of 11.1 mmol was on an off day. Anyway I continued to spend a lot of money on test strips and test 5 or 6 times a day. I felt in control and comfortable with this.
Now... on diagnosis I became a bit fed up and down in the dumps, didn't tell anyone and became very anxious of any medical appointments. Everyday I was receiving mail in the post from the hospital, opticians and doctors surgery, one day I got so angry and wrote a letter opting out of these medical appointments for a year. After all I was in control.
I've lost 6.5 stones in 5 months (on a sensible diet and gym) and I felt amazing. However I noticed that my blood sugars were going up. I got concerned when my very normal results were beginning to hit 6.5 mmol, then 7 mmol, followed by 8 mmol. Then 10 mmol and suddenly hitting 14 mmol and today I have had readings in the 17 and 18 mmol's. All these readings taken on waking, before meals and after. These readings are an average for that particular day or week. My blood sugars have gone up over a matter of say a month or 2. I have began to feel weak on many days and lazy. My diet has not changed and my exercise has not altered. At first I put it down to maybe coming down with something, but I didn't. Today I took a urine test after reading some information on the Internet, and my Ketostix is showing a dark purple, which I guess means I have ketones in my urine.
I thought if I stuck to my excercise and diet, and lost the weight I've managed to lose, I would have improved a little, but instead I feel like i've taken a nose dive.
I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow. I'm becoming a bit anxious now so was hoping maybe someone here may have an idea to what is happening with me, or if it has happened to anyone else here and what their doctor did.
Many thanks for reading.
A little bit about me; I'm 25, female and 13.5 stones. (Might be relevant).
I was diagnosed last January'ish as a type 2 Diabetic - I was experiencing severe abdominal pain and the Doc thought I had gall stones, however they couldn't find any and the pain went away. During these investigations they noticed my blood sugar was 10 mmol, and so sent me for a OGTT test and it came back on the line at 11.1 mmol, suggesting a diagnosis of Diabetes. I was sent home as a diet and exercise only diabetic. The next day I bought myself a blood glucose monitor, and adopted a healthy diet, lowered the amount of carbs and sugar I ate, joined a gym and felt awesome. My readings were all in the 4 mmol - 5.6 mmol. I thought they made a mistake and my OGTT result of 11.1 mmol was on an off day. Anyway I continued to spend a lot of money on test strips and test 5 or 6 times a day. I felt in control and comfortable with this.
Now... on diagnosis I became a bit fed up and down in the dumps, didn't tell anyone and became very anxious of any medical appointments. Everyday I was receiving mail in the post from the hospital, opticians and doctors surgery, one day I got so angry and wrote a letter opting out of these medical appointments for a year. After all I was in control.
I've lost 6.5 stones in 5 months (on a sensible diet and gym) and I felt amazing. However I noticed that my blood sugars were going up. I got concerned when my very normal results were beginning to hit 6.5 mmol, then 7 mmol, followed by 8 mmol. Then 10 mmol and suddenly hitting 14 mmol and today I have had readings in the 17 and 18 mmol's. All these readings taken on waking, before meals and after. These readings are an average for that particular day or week. My blood sugars have gone up over a matter of say a month or 2. I have began to feel weak on many days and lazy. My diet has not changed and my exercise has not altered. At first I put it down to maybe coming down with something, but I didn't. Today I took a urine test after reading some information on the Internet, and my Ketostix is showing a dark purple, which I guess means I have ketones in my urine.
I thought if I stuck to my excercise and diet, and lost the weight I've managed to lose, I would have improved a little, but instead I feel like i've taken a nose dive.
I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow. I'm becoming a bit anxious now so was hoping maybe someone here may have an idea to what is happening with me, or if it has happened to anyone else here and what their doctor did.
Many thanks for reading.
