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Overwhelmed newbie

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Ali H

Ali H

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Hi, I've just been diagnosed with type 2 and I'm feeling rather overwhelmed
 
Hi Ali. Welcome to the forum. It can be quite overwhelming at first but luckily you've found the right place for any questions you want answered.🙂
 
Ali H said:
Hi, I've just been diagnosed with type 2 and I'm feeling rather overwhelmed
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Welcome and can you tell us a little more about yourself and how you came to be diagnosed Ali. Are you on medication? It's perfectly normal to be overwhelmed at first but you'll get there in the end.
 
Welcome. It is daunting even frightening at first.
Yes their are some changes you need to make, but it doesn't mean you can never ever have another piece of cake or a little bit of chocolate, you can but as an occasional treat.
Feel free to ask questions, the lovely people here will do their best. I've learnt a lot since joining a few days ago.
 
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Hi Ali and welcome from another newbie recently diagnosed. It is a learning curve for me as well but I am switching to a low carb diet which I hope will make some difference. There is a lot of help from the folks here so just keep asking questions.
 
Hi Ali
It's really normal to feel overwhelmed Ali, give yourself a bit of time to let it sink in and I promise it gets easier to handle when you get used to it. Welcome aboard 🙂
 
Hi val And Ali. Welcome to the forum. As all comments above, and you will get support here. I was where you are at 5 months ago, and found folks very supportive, informative and often humourous
 
Hi Ali, your feelings are so true for us all at diagnosis, but once you've done your research and asked a mountain of questions, things get better and you can get your diabetes under control, instead of it controlling you. Have a good look around, the folks here are lovely and friendly, helpful and very supportive.
 
Welcome froma fellow overwhelmed T2 who's 15 months in.
 
Welcome, its ok to be overwhelmed its a massive thing, however as you'll find here life goes on, we all do different things and do moan and rant from time to time. but hey join in as questions, read old posts. we are all still learning. Wish you well on your journey Al
 
Hi Ali
I think most of us feel overwhelmed at the start. Not surprising really as there is so much to take on board. There is plenty of help on here so just keep asking questions. There is bound to be someone who can help.
 
Amigo said:
Welcome and can you tell us a little more about yourself and how you came to be diagnosed Ali. Are you on medication? It's perfectly normal to be overwhelmed at first but you'll get there in the end.
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Yes of course. I'm 49 and went to the docs thinking there was a problem with my thyroid as I'm completely exhausted all the time and feel dizzy and depressed and keep falling asleep. I was stunned to be diagnosed with diabetes as I always thought that raging thirst was the main symptom and I don't have that. My HBA1c is 75. I also have high cholesterol of 7.7 so I have been told to cut out all sugar and dairy apart from semi skimmed milk.
I'm on metformin, 1 a day for a week, rising to 2 a day. I haven't seen my doctor, just the practice nurse who told me to come back to be retested in 3 months. That's it. No other information. On reading the leaflet in with the tablets I see I should avoid anti inflammatories. I have severe back pain and a dodgy knee and take a high dose of anti inflammatories every day so I'm amazed that I wasn't even told this.
I'm feeling like I've been thrown in the deep end with my hands and feet tied together. I've got no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. Should I be measuring blood sugar? What's blood glucose? Is it the same? Am I likely to get a hypo and should I be driving?
I'm clueless and a little panicky.
 
LittleG said:
Hello! I'm new too. It'll all be ok, we can face it together. I had my last gourmet jelly bean today and bought a FitBit to track just how lazy I am hahaha. It tells me I have been upstairs once and done 112 steps. Need to build on that. LOL.
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That's a lot of stairs Little G, do you live in a penthouse? Maybe I should get a fit bit too, but I don't even have any stairs so the battery should last a long time
 
Thank you all for your support, I've been feeling very much on my own with this. I'm trying to be positive but I keep getting very low which in turn makes me feel I'm being pathetic which makes me even worse
 
Alan.tnh said:
Welcome, its ok to be overwhelmed its a massive thing, however as you'll find here life goes on, we all do different things and do moan and rant from time to time. but hey join in as questions, read old posts. we are all still learning. Wish you well on your journey Al
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Thank you 🙂
 
Carol Robinson said:
Hi Ali, your feelings are so true for us all at diagnosis, but once you've done your research and asked a mountain of questions, things get better and you can get your diabetes under control, instead of it controlling you. Have a good look around, the folks here are lovely and friendly, helpful and very supportive.
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Thank you
 
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