Type 2 newbie

Do yourself a favour. Read Kevin's story in the following thread

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/Terminal-and-Scared.48758/#post-439304

Then come back and tell us if you are still motivationally challenged and whether you still think that you can afford to take such a cavalier approach towards your disease.

You say nothing about your diet but I will hazard a guess that if you have such a relaxed attitude towards taking medication, you probably have an equally relaxed attitude towards diet.

Wake up!

Diabetes is no laughing matter. It is serious. Deadly serious!

You are the person suffering with diabetes. You are the one who will pay the consequences if you continue to pay it such little respect. It is not your doctors' problem. It is not your nurses' problem. It is your problem!

For your sake, snap out of it!

Take control and make the changes you have to so that you can manage your diabetes before it is too late.

Seek as much guidance and support from this forum as you need. We will be delighted to give it!

But you are the one that has to take ownership of your condition. You are the one who has to take the initiative. You are the one who must want to get on top of things and turn things around. You are the one who must take action. No one else can do this for you.

It is never too late but there is no time like today to make a fresh start.


Pavlos


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Hi,

I too was constantly hungry and tired. For me cutting out bread, pasta potatoes rice and any other wheat products solved these two nasties. I discovered this by accident. My son and I used to have bacon butties for breakfast. I was always starving hungry by 10 a.m. One day I ran out of bread and gave him the butties and just had my usual amount of bacon on its own. To my amazement, I didn't even think of food, until 1.00p.m.! From then on I ate more fruit, veg and protein and started to lose weight. You also need to drink water too. It takes a while to get used to the idea, but oddly, eating less can fill you more and give you more energy too.

As Pavlos says your health is up to you, and starting off on a better path is always tough, but the consequences of not doing so are so much tougher. I would hate you to be another 'if only....'

zand

hi, welcome