To answer your last question first: it doesn't matter which link you break. For me initially I fasted. This had two effects. Put me into ketosis so I reduced my muscles reliance on glucose so they were not starved. The other thing of long term fasting is that your body "burns" the fat in your liver and pancreas and this lets the hormones released for/by the pancreas and liver be recognised at normal levels.
Its really great, you end up totally f&%£ed up, I was diagnosed back in 2000 and didn't take much notice. Started controlling it by diet, then metformin and glicazide, then insulin. I didn't bother looking after myself and now I'm proper ******** up. Both my legs are shot, ulcers and lymphodema plus both feet completely numb, I've lost 2 toes and next thing will probably be my right leg owing to a nasty attack of celluitis last year which progressed into septicemia and pneumonia and i can't walk more than 50yds or stand for more than a minute or two. My fingers are going numb now and my eyes aren't to clever either. I feel knackered all the time, can't sleep and have a nasty opiate problem now thanks to all the Morphine I've been taking for the last 4 years. Insulin doesn't seem to work any more. I typically shoot up 100u of lantus and between 50u & 75u twice a day of Novorapid and am barely keeping my Bm's in single figures. One bit of advice...treat this disease with the sincerity it deserves because before you know it, its too late, you've only just been diagnosed so if you look after yourself you should live a long a happy life. Look after yourself mate & good luck with it all.I was recently diagnosed as T1 but I was just wondering. So what's it like to be T2?I get that T2 is insulin resistant? Sorry if I accidentally offend anyone with weird questions!
Oh I'm so sorry that your first doctor wasn't more help to you, that must have been dreadful being newly diagnosed and pretty much left in the dark.@zand
You're funny.There's an obesity epidemic in my country as well. They recently started offering national health insurance but it doesn't make that much of a difference because it gets you a visit but not help. When I was diagnosed all the doctor said was "you have diabetes", prescribed some novolin, gave me the number for the local DRI and told me to go buy syringes. No pamphlets, no instructions on how to give a shot and no hba1c. It wasn't until my mother took me to a different doctor for a second opinion that I got all that stuff, insulin pens, dexcom education, and booklets on diabetes. I also got a dietician and my hba1c taken. I didn't even know what this "hba1c" thing was. She also put me in contact with 2 diabetics close to my age so I wouldn't feel so alone. It was a good thing we had insurance though because even though I got all that stuff it was really expensive.
When you first cut out all the high carb stuff was it hard? My friend wants me to try this paleo diet with him because he thinks I'm in the honeymoon stage but I've never been good at dieting so
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There's an obesity epidemic in my country as well. They recently started offering national health insurance but it doesn't make that much of a difference because it gets you a visit but not help. When I was diagnosed all the doctor said was "you have diabetes", prescribed some novolin, gave me the number for the local DRI and told me to go buy syringes. No pamphlets, no instructions on how to give a shot and no hba1c. It wasn't until my mother took me to a different doctor for a second opinion that I got all that stuff, insulin pens, dexcom education, and booklets on diabetes. I also got a dietician and my hba1c taken. I didn't even know what this "hba1c" thing was. She also put me in contact with 2 diabetics close to my age so I wouldn't feel so alone. It was a good thing we had insurance though because even though I got all that stuff it was really expensive.