Hello and good morning.

[Goodbye to beauty]

Good morning,
I hope everyone is well?
I am joining this forum after recently being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes following a few months of illness.
Back in November I was admitted to hospital feeling terribly Ill, I tested positive for CMV virus and also turned out to have glandular fever.
During the following few months I had many other tests which showed high liver enzymes and an enlarged liver on CT scan.
My bloods sugars also continued to be high.

The hospital and doctors have monitored these since and after having an antibody test have now diagnosed me with diabetes and non alcoholic fatty liver disease.

I am controlling these with a healthy diet of reduced carbs and no added sugars at the moment, but the diabetes nurse has suggested they will possibly want me to start on medication for the diabetes but until I have my lastest liver enzyme check which is on Wednesday they don’t want to make a decision on which yet.

My HBA1C test was 58, so not too high and my lastest fasting bloods were 8.2

My last liver enzymes bloods were 400 so hoping after eating more healthily recently they will have reduced when I have my next test on Wednesday.
It’s likely they were this high due to infection so hopefully now I’m starting to improve health wise they should be coming down.

The issues I am having is that I am struggling to decide which symptoms I am having are to do with recovery from Glandular fever and which are Diabetes related .

My legs and toes are painful every night.
My vision gets a little blurry on occasion and I am just so tired all the time.

Anyway sorry for the essay, just wanted to say hello and off load

Have a lovely week
Hayley

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Goodbye to beauty 🙂 Sounds like you’ve had a lot going on with your health. I hope you’re gradually recovering. It does take time, I think.

Blurry eyesight can indeed be due to high blood sugar or changes in blood sugar. That should settle as your blood glucose control improves. The painful legs and toes may be connected to high sugars too as high sugars can start to damage the nerves. It’s usually more in the toes than legs to start with though, so it might be due to something else, or a combination of factors.

 

[Goodbye to beauty]

Welcome @Goodbye to beauty 🙂 Sounds like you’ve had a lot going on with your health. I hope you’re gradually recovering. It does take time, I think.

Blurry eyesight can indeed be due to high blood sugar or changes in blood sugar. That should settle as your blood glucose control improves. The painful legs and toes may be connected to high sugars too as high sugars can start to damage the nerves. It’s usually more in the toes than legs to start with though, so it might be due to something else, or a combination of factors.

Thanks for the reply , I did wonder if it was related to change in diet etc. I have an appointment with diabetes nurse on 4th feb so will mention it then.

I’m certainly feeling a lot better than I was a few months ago so hopefully this will continue to improve .

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Goodbye to beauty

Glad to hear you are feeling better. Hope things continues to improve for you, and your next appointment gives clarity over your options going forward 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

Your blood glucose is not desperately high and could be so as a result of the infection you have had as that can push up blood glucose but it is still high enough to take seriously and it seems as if you are making some changes to your diet. It is suggested that reducing your carb intake gradually is less likely to cause issues with your eyes and nerves.
Have a look at this link for some ideas for modifying your diet. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
Obviously you will need to take into account any potential other issues with your liver and any medication you may be prescribed but people have found it very possible to bring down their HbA1C with dietary changes only and increasing exercise if they can.

I had to laugh at myself because my immediate thought for CMV was cucumber mosaic virus so had to look it up for human context.

 

[Goodbye to beauty]

Your blood glucose is not desperately high and could be so as a result of the infection you have had as that can push up blood glucose but it is still high enough to take seriously and it seems as if you are making some changes to your diet. It is suggested that reducing your carb intake gradually is less likely to cause issues with your eyes and nerves.
Have a look at this link for some ideas for modifying your diet. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
Obviously you will need to take into account any potential other issues with your liver and any medication you may be prescribed but people have found it very possible to bring down their HbA1C with dietary changes only and increasing exercise if they can.

Thank you, I will have a look at the link you posted .