Alroit bab

[Brummoi]

Hi folks,

Newbie here trying to gain better control of type 2 again. Lost the plot during lockdown and decided plenty of food and booze was the way to go! Looking forward to getting some top tips from you all

Cheers
Brummoi

 

[Deleted member 27171]

Hi @Brummoi

Welcome to the forum 🙂
Sounds a bit like one of my many stages of lockdown.
You’ll get lots of support here and do share anything that works for you too.
Have you been diagnosed long?

 

[Brummoi]

Hi Lucy,

I was diagnosed about 7 years ago and had a good handle on it back then but my weight has crept up over the last year. Time to take back control! Thanks for your welcome

 

[ColinUK]

Hi @Brummoi

Can you write everything you post in your accent please?!

 

[Brummoi]

Oil do me best bab

 

[brisr949]

Welcome to the forum from me sounds like youve taken the steps to get back control and you won't find a better place for advice and support than here.

 

[ColinUK]

@Brummoi So what else can you tell us about you? And is there anything specific about the diabetes which is bugging you right now?

 

[Ditto]

Lol, luv the accent, welcome to the forum. 🙂

 

[Brummoi]

@Brummoi So what else can you tell us about you? And is there anything specific about the diabetes which is bugging you right now?

Well here’s an interesting angle on my diabetes... stopping smoking caused it!

Let me elaborate;

I have Ulcerative Colitis which, unknown to me at the time, was kept in remission by smoking. A year before the smoking ban in pubs came in I decided to give up smoking, this caused the worse flare of my UC I’ve ever experienced and as a result I was pretty much confined to my house and on a high dose of steroids for 11 months. At the end of it my UC was under control but my BG wasn’t. Now my father was also T2 so perhaps I was always going to get it but stopping smoking certainly had an impact.

I suppose the thing that bugs me the most about it is that it’s not something I can deal with alone. Changes to my diet and exercise impact my partner and whilst he is so supportive it must get to him.

Actually know I think about it the whole diet think is a little more complex as high fibre foods are not something my UC is happy with at the moment.

 

[trophywench]

Yo ay on yer own no more cuz we'm orl with yer now, ay we?

Arm frum Wes Brom though, I ay never lived in Brummagem in me loif, Ah did av ter support that lot thats gorra Olt End an e used ter goo theer an all with is dad before e gorra Ariel Arrer after is parents bort a semi up Great Barr, burrar ay marrid ter im now. Both used ter werk at the GEC down Witton. (Com back to, Electric Avenue-ue - we day arf loff when we eerd that!)

Colin - if you knew how difficult typing that was, whereas spaykin it ay no problem wottevva an never as bin, despite the fact that one's mama used to demand eg, 'Who says 'Ay' ?' as she shook my arm, throughout my childhood!

The thing that strikes me is, that if stopping smoking caused your Type 2, 'Black September' most likely must have caused my Type 1 !

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Brummoi

Your username made me smile, and reminded me of the sartorially elegant Noddy Holder’s affection for a nice kipper tie.

Milk and no sugar in mine please