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<blockquote data-quote="cribbo" data-source="post: 1740250" data-attributes="member: 471231"><p>Hello everyone. First time poster.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with Type 2 last summer with an hba1c of 54. I'd had a blood test for symptoms which I have been told were not related to diabetes (headaches) and this had come up as part of that. I was badly overweight and did zero exercise, so I'm not proud of saying the diagnosis didn't really come as a surprise. Anyway, I went on Metformin and put my lifestyle through a 180 degree change. I went on a low carb diet, lost 4 stone and started cycling 10-15 miles at a time. My hba1c dropped to 36. I stopped the Metformin (with the doctor's approval) and my last reading without the medication was 39.</p><p></p><p>I was delighted with this and I've carried on with the low carb/exercise regime, although not as religiously as I did at first, admittedly. I've still got a couple more stone to go and I eat lots of salad, omelettes that kind of thing. </p><p></p><p>Anyway my point (finally) is that I have never felt unwell with my diabetes. It brought it home to me yesterday. I properly fell off the wagon due to a combination of a work's thing at lunchtime (I had a club sandwich on white bread with egg mayo and chips and a couple of pints) and a thing in the evening (more alcohol and a pizza) and then because I was drunk by bedtime I also had a big bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes. There must have been enough carbs and sugar in that lot to sink a battleship. But the thing is that neither yesterday nor today do I feel any adverse effects for all that. I've read on the forums about people feeling ill the day after a day like that, but my question (finally) is: how would you expect to feel? What symptoms would you experience in that situation?</p><p></p><p>Thanks to everyone in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cribbo, post: 1740250, member: 471231"] Hello everyone. First time poster. I was diagnosed with Type 2 last summer with an hba1c of 54. I'd had a blood test for symptoms which I have been told were not related to diabetes (headaches) and this had come up as part of that. I was badly overweight and did zero exercise, so I'm not proud of saying the diagnosis didn't really come as a surprise. Anyway, I went on Metformin and put my lifestyle through a 180 degree change. I went on a low carb diet, lost 4 stone and started cycling 10-15 miles at a time. My hba1c dropped to 36. I stopped the Metformin (with the doctor's approval) and my last reading without the medication was 39. I was delighted with this and I've carried on with the low carb/exercise regime, although not as religiously as I did at first, admittedly. I've still got a couple more stone to go and I eat lots of salad, omelettes that kind of thing. Anyway my point (finally) is that I have never felt unwell with my diabetes. It brought it home to me yesterday. I properly fell off the wagon due to a combination of a work's thing at lunchtime (I had a club sandwich on white bread with egg mayo and chips and a couple of pints) and a thing in the evening (more alcohol and a pizza) and then because I was drunk by bedtime I also had a big bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes. There must have been enough carbs and sugar in that lot to sink a battleship. But the thing is that neither yesterday nor today do I feel any adverse effects for all that. I've read on the forums about people feeling ill the day after a day like that, but my question (finally) is: how would you expect to feel? What symptoms would you experience in that situation? Thanks to everyone in advance. [/QUOTE]
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