Hi there, I'm Jonathan, I'm 65 years old, now retired, and was diagnosed with type 2 in 2010.
It did come as a big surprise, and was the result of a standard medical 'MOT' blood test which showed elevated levels of glucose, but looking back after finding this out I could see that I'd experienced symptoms that at the time I had no reason to relate to diabetes, particularly thirst and weight loss. This surprise was compounded by finding out in the same appointment with my GP that a routine blood test I had undergone over 12 months earlier also showed elevated levels of glucose and that I should have been contacted then by a practice nurse to take a glucose tolerance test. As I wasn't, it was a bit of a shock at the time as I could have started taking measures over a year before I was told about it.
My dad had what they told him was late onset type 2 when he was in his late 50s/early 60s, which I'm thinking is where it came from as my two-years-younger sister now has it too. I had it slightly earlier in my life than my dad, and I'm not what some parts of the media like to call a 'lifestyle' type 2, in that I'm not especially overweight (maybe literally a few pounds) nor do I have a sedentary life style.
I was started off in 2010 on metformin with other drugs and diet to control my blood sugars, but then in 2017 was moved onto insulin (retaining the metformin) as I was told that the drugs tend to have less effect as time goes on. I'm managing it ok now, my last HbA1c a couple of months ago was 48.
Anyway, enough of me and this rambling, I'm looking forward to finding out more about what DiabetesUK can offer.
It did come as a big surprise, and was the result of a standard medical 'MOT' blood test which showed elevated levels of glucose, but looking back after finding this out I could see that I'd experienced symptoms that at the time I had no reason to relate to diabetes, particularly thirst and weight loss. This surprise was compounded by finding out in the same appointment with my GP that a routine blood test I had undergone over 12 months earlier also showed elevated levels of glucose and that I should have been contacted then by a practice nurse to take a glucose tolerance test. As I wasn't, it was a bit of a shock at the time as I could have started taking measures over a year before I was told about it.
My dad had what they told him was late onset type 2 when he was in his late 50s/early 60s, which I'm thinking is where it came from as my two-years-younger sister now has it too. I had it slightly earlier in my life than my dad, and I'm not what some parts of the media like to call a 'lifestyle' type 2, in that I'm not especially overweight (maybe literally a few pounds) nor do I have a sedentary life style.
I was started off in 2010 on metformin with other drugs and diet to control my blood sugars, but then in 2017 was moved onto insulin (retaining the metformin) as I was told that the drugs tend to have less effect as time goes on. I'm managing it ok now, my last HbA1c a couple of months ago was 48.
Anyway, enough of me and this rambling, I'm looking forward to finding out more about what DiabetesUK can offer.
