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- Type of diabetes
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Greetings,
My last post was about 15 months ago and that was also the last time I'd had an HbA1C check. I have been a bad boy because it was not until this week that I had a new blood test. Even worse, I have if anything increased my consumption of beer to something like four pints a day. However this latest A1C comes out at 37, which was so "good" that it surprised me greatly (see below, concerning recent symptoms).
I moved to the UK nearly two years ago, a year after being diagnosed (in America) with T2 diabetes with an A1C of 67. I was able to bring this under control rapidly by shifting to a low-carb diet and increasing physical activity (see signature).
Life in the UK has been good! I live in a village in Kent and go on frequent country walks, either alone or with the local walking group. My *food* diet has been very low-carb so the only major carb intake is the beer.
The "puzzle" in the subject line to this thread is: I have been urinating frequently, especially at night, and feeling thirsty. During the night I am probably going to the bathroom half a dozen times in a typical night. This started about two months ago and is quite exhausting.
Of course, I shared this information (and was also frank about my beer intake) during my appointment at the local NHS clinic. Until I got the latest A1C result today I had assumed that my "bathroom problems" were diabetes-related but now it seems likely (to me) that they are not. Of course I will discuss this at my next NHS appointment a couple of weeks from now.
I feel a bit sheepish even posting this. For some reason that I do not fathom, controlling T2 seems to have been relatively easy for me (albeit with a very low carb *food* diet) and I know that many forum participants have it far worse than I do.
I have Googled all the reasons why a middle-aged male might urinate frequently and they are numerous....
Edited to add: I have also put on a fair amount of weight since moving to the UK. See signature.
My last post was about 15 months ago and that was also the last time I'd had an HbA1C check. I have been a bad boy because it was not until this week that I had a new blood test. Even worse, I have if anything increased my consumption of beer to something like four pints a day. However this latest A1C comes out at 37, which was so "good" that it surprised me greatly (see below, concerning recent symptoms).
I moved to the UK nearly two years ago, a year after being diagnosed (in America) with T2 diabetes with an A1C of 67. I was able to bring this under control rapidly by shifting to a low-carb diet and increasing physical activity (see signature).
Life in the UK has been good! I live in a village in Kent and go on frequent country walks, either alone or with the local walking group. My *food* diet has been very low-carb so the only major carb intake is the beer.
The "puzzle" in the subject line to this thread is: I have been urinating frequently, especially at night, and feeling thirsty. During the night I am probably going to the bathroom half a dozen times in a typical night. This started about two months ago and is quite exhausting.
Of course, I shared this information (and was also frank about my beer intake) during my appointment at the local NHS clinic. Until I got the latest A1C result today I had assumed that my "bathroom problems" were diabetes-related but now it seems likely (to me) that they are not. Of course I will discuss this at my next NHS appointment a couple of weeks from now.
I feel a bit sheepish even posting this. For some reason that I do not fathom, controlling T2 seems to have been relatively easy for me (albeit with a very low carb *food* diet) and I know that many forum participants have it far worse than I do.
I have Googled all the reasons why a middle-aged male might urinate frequently and they are numerous....
Edited to add: I have also put on a fair amount of weight since moving to the UK. See signature.