Doug

[Doug Webb]

I am 76 year old stroke survivor (1992). I live with my wife who is my main carer. I am mobile though I use a power chair when out. Recently diagnosed Type 2. Since then I seem to have developed an increasingly sweet tooth!
My wife helps me with IT and not sure how well I will manage this forum but giving it a try.

 

[Docb]

As long as you can read and can work out how to go backwards and forwards, then just "lurk" on the forum. You will find loads of really informative stuff just by reading through what others are asking and the replies they get. No need to try and teach those fingers to type!

 

[Northerner]

I am 76 year old stroke survivor (1992). I live with my wife who is my main carer. I am mobile though I use a power chair when out. Recently diagnosed Type 2. Since then I seem to have developed an increasingly sweet tooth!
My wife helps me with IT and not sure how well I will manage this forum but giving it a try.

Hi Doug, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know 🙂 Have you been given any medication, and advice from your doctor or nurse about how to manage things?

p.s. don't worry if you think you have done something wrong using the forum - you can't break it, and whatever it is, we can put it right 🙂

 

[zuludog]

Good morning Doug, and welcome to the forum!

Everyone on here is friendly enough, and there is plenty of advice either by looking through previous threads or asking any particular questions you might have

Don't worry too much about your computer skills. Simply starting a thread or posting comments is easy enough, and I manage OK just doing that

And as Docb has mentioned, you will find a lot of information, and answers to most questions just by looking through the various sections and old posts

 

[KARNAK]

Hello Doug welcome to the forum.🙂 Try is all you need to do, nun ov us r purfik.

 

[CathyB]

Welcome Doug

 

[trophywench]

There is actually a reason that you seem to have developed a sweet tooth, Doug - it isn't you choosing to be awkward!

Fact is, food is turned into glucose when we eat it, this gets transferred into our bloodstream and is carted around the body to feed the cells everywhere, to enable them to work. However when there isn't enough insulin circulating to cause the cells to open their doors and admit the glucose - we start craving sweet stuff because the brain cells are being starved of food too and send signals to demand glucose.

The task is to persuade your body to start using the glucose in your blood as fuel. So that's what your doc needs to help you to do by altering your diet, taking exercise where you can and appropriate medication to assist.