So two months ago my HbA1c was 73. I know it's bad. It's even worse that I'm only 18.
I was tested again two weeks ago as my GP was curious because I'd lost weight. It was 84. Not only that but my GGT was 160 - three times what it should be.
Panic ensued and yesterday I was rushed into the diabetic clinic. The catch? HbA1c is back down to 74 and my GGT is only slightly high now.
How can so much change in two weeks when I didn't change my lifestyle at all in those two weeks?
Also, I've been taking 1.5g of metformin a day, lowered to 1g as I was getting weird blood sugar drops. Still HbA1c is very high and my diabetes poorly controlled. So now I'm on 2g of metformin a day and will be given a new med that quickly lowers my blood sugar.
I've been told to eat three meals a day but I'm struggling a lot as I only ever feel hungry after I eat - and even then it's rare. My nausea is terrible and I'm having meal replacement drinks for breakfast to combat this. I'm eating as healthily as I can (I have complex issues and in the words of my GP I'm "doing well considering how complex" I am).
I'm just feeling really down about it all. My blood sugar is 8.5 before breakfast. That's after taking metformin and drinking loads (I have to drink a lot as advised by a doctor for another condition).
I can't help but feel disgusted with myself for getting type 2 so young. I'm 18 - I've likely had it since being 17. I am obese. However I'm a wheelchair user and unable to exercise right now. But I'd never judge someone else the way I'm judging myself.
I'm at least the third generation the have type 2 on both sides of my family. So clearly I'm more likely to get it than others are. But that doesn't explain why I got it aged 17.
I'm sorry for the ramble. I'm just so upset about it all. I'm not sure how to help myself at this point and the knowledge that in probably ten years I'll start seeing kidney issues if this carries on is scaring me. My kidneys are the only fully functioning organ I have left really.
Does anyone have any tips?
Btw: I was diagnosed October 2016 during my first semester at uni.
I was tested again two weeks ago as my GP was curious because I'd lost weight. It was 84. Not only that but my GGT was 160 - three times what it should be.
Panic ensued and yesterday I was rushed into the diabetic clinic. The catch? HbA1c is back down to 74 and my GGT is only slightly high now.
How can so much change in two weeks when I didn't change my lifestyle at all in those two weeks?
Also, I've been taking 1.5g of metformin a day, lowered to 1g as I was getting weird blood sugar drops. Still HbA1c is very high and my diabetes poorly controlled. So now I'm on 2g of metformin a day and will be given a new med that quickly lowers my blood sugar.
I've been told to eat three meals a day but I'm struggling a lot as I only ever feel hungry after I eat - and even then it's rare. My nausea is terrible and I'm having meal replacement drinks for breakfast to combat this. I'm eating as healthily as I can (I have complex issues and in the words of my GP I'm "doing well considering how complex" I am).
I'm just feeling really down about it all. My blood sugar is 8.5 before breakfast. That's after taking metformin and drinking loads (I have to drink a lot as advised by a doctor for another condition).
I can't help but feel disgusted with myself for getting type 2 so young. I'm 18 - I've likely had it since being 17. I am obese. However I'm a wheelchair user and unable to exercise right now. But I'd never judge someone else the way I'm judging myself.
I'm at least the third generation the have type 2 on both sides of my family. So clearly I'm more likely to get it than others are. But that doesn't explain why I got it aged 17.
I'm sorry for the ramble. I'm just so upset about it all. I'm not sure how to help myself at this point and the knowledge that in probably ten years I'll start seeing kidney issues if this carries on is scaring me. My kidneys are the only fully functioning organ I have left really.
Does anyone have any tips?
Btw: I was diagnosed October 2016 during my first semester at uni.
