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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1152647" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Having T2 is weird. Very weird.</p><p></p><p>It is invisible, usually painless, and fairly symptom free. To start with.</p><p>You get a diagnosis, and some pills to take. Your doc and nurse dont seem to take it very seriously.</p><p>So you go away, and think 'well, they arent worried, so why should I be worried?'</p><p></p><p>You eat, and drink as normal, and take your meds every day. If you remember.</p><p>And you think 'They are right, this is easy, no biggie. What's a pill or two?'</p><p></p><p>But you never feel well. Always tired. Every dragging day. Stairs look like mountains. You need to sleep after meals. You don't do well at your job because you feel like a zombie.</p><p>And you are always going to the loo. Several times a night. So you dont sleep well and get more tired...</p><p></p><p>Then, after a few years, your doc and nurse give you more drugs, because the old ones dont work any more.</p><p>And you feel worse.</p><p>It begins to dawn on you that maybe it IS serious. That is a shock. Very bad news.</p><p></p><p>You google diabetic complications and see pics of amputations and read about going blind. Kidney failure. Heart attacks and strokes. Early death.</p><p></p><p>No one warned you! This could kill you! Horribly. And if you had help, professional, good help, maybe things would get better? Please can they get better? But your doc and nurse just say 'take this tablet and eat carbs' and that makes you worse...</p><p></p><p>Eventually, one day, you are on the Internet, desperately hoping for a miracle, and you find this forum, and you discover that you are not alone, you can get your life back, you just have to change everything - food, drink, lifestyle, exercise...</p><p></p><p>So you don't get your old life back, you get a whole new one instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1152647, member: 41816"] Having T2 is weird. Very weird. It is invisible, usually painless, and fairly symptom free. To start with. You get a diagnosis, and some pills to take. Your doc and nurse dont seem to take it very seriously. So you go away, and think 'well, they arent worried, so why should I be worried?' You eat, and drink as normal, and take your meds every day. If you remember. And you think 'They are right, this is easy, no biggie. What's a pill or two?' But you never feel well. Always tired. Every dragging day. Stairs look like mountains. You need to sleep after meals. You don't do well at your job because you feel like a zombie. And you are always going to the loo. Several times a night. So you dont sleep well and get more tired... Then, after a few years, your doc and nurse give you more drugs, because the old ones dont work any more. And you feel worse. It begins to dawn on you that maybe it IS serious. That is a shock. Very bad news. You google diabetic complications and see pics of amputations and read about going blind. Kidney failure. Heart attacks and strokes. Early death. No one warned you! This could kill you! Horribly. And if you had help, professional, good help, maybe things would get better? Please can they get better? But your doc and nurse just say 'take this tablet and eat carbs' and that makes you worse... Eventually, one day, you are on the Internet, desperately hoping for a miracle, and you find this forum, and you discover that you are not alone, you can get your life back, you just have to change everything - food, drink, lifestyle, exercise... So you don't get your old life back, you get a whole new one instead. [/QUOTE]
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