Thank you

Hello everyone.
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in February this year.
Like most people I knew nothing about diabetes except that you can lose limbs and that one can buy diabetic chocolate etc.
To say I was shocked and devastated is an understatement. It was casually mentioned by the doctors receptionist, and would I like the diabetic nurse to ring me in a months time.
A quick google and I found this wonderful site. Your stories and determination to fight this horrible disease made me realise I could make lifestyle changes and hopefully be in control.
My first A1c was 55, which I now realise is was not massive, but firmly in the diabetic camp.
My 2nd was 48, in April. Next due in 4 months.
I am overweight, but have managed to go from 104kg to 88 by eating LCHF intermittent fasting(18/6) and walking 4 miles a day.
I could not have done any of this without reading your stories and advice.
Thank you everyone, I owe you.

Goonergal said:

Great stuff Brian. It’s all your own work - and definitely not boring

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Thanks, my friends call me boring ( jokingly), because I tell everyone I’m diabetic and bang on about being careful what they eat.
I also send them links to videos on YouTube like Sarah Hallberg and Dr David Unwin.
It seems that some people would rather bury their head in the sand, or just take a chance.
Some of my friends have actually said they are diabetic but like to keep it secret.
Perhaps being open about diabetes is not the done thing.

MrsA2 said:

at first I found people didnt want to talk about it, almost like they thought it was going to happen to them anyway and would just accept it when it did.

Now that I am slim and healthy all of a sudden people want to know how I did it!!!
They do loses interest though when they realise no more bread or sugar or pasta

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I show people Dr Unwin’s charts of teaspoon equivalent of sugar for starchy foods and breakfast cereals etc.
They are simplistic but an effective way of showing how much
sugar we unwittingly consume. My youngest son (28), copied them to his phone to pass on to his friends.
Like me, he thought it was just too many Mars bars, cakes and doughnuts which caused diabetes.
Interestingly he wanted to test his blood before dinner as well, which we think showed up the 6 chocolate hobnobs he had forgotten about.
With the media reports of “a ticking time bomb” of diabetes, I shall continue to bore people about what I have learned.