Hello from a Newbie

[Lady Trumpalot]

Hi All
Diagnosed early 2020 but due to some personal issues I didn’t engage with it at all until April 2025. Now taking Metformin, hence my username 😳
Just wanted to say hi & thanks for sharing your experiences - it feels very daunting at the moment & it’s good to know you’re out there x

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi All
Diagnosed early 2020 but due to some personal issues I didn’t engage with it at all until April 2025. Now taking Metformin, hence my username 😳
Just wanted to say hi & thanks for sharing your experiences - it feels very daunting at the moment & it’s good to know you’re out there x

Welcome to the forum, do fire away with any questions you may have. I see you have been diagnosed a few years but fantastic you are now engaging with doing something about it.
If you haven't seen this link it may answer some of you questions and give you some ideas for modifying your diet which is important as metformin alone is unlikely to be sufficient and diet is all important. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/

 

[Lady Trumpalot]

Thanks @Leadinglights, that’s really helpful. Trying to get to grips with a new way of eating is a bit daunting but I can already feel so many benefits from being on medication and I’m losing weight fast which is also helping with my fitness. I guess all too often we don’t realise how ill we feel until we don’t!

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Lady Trumpalot

The username did give me a chuckle. For a moment I wondered whether trump may not mean the same thing elsewhere!

Great to hear that you are feeling better on the meds, and that you’ve seen some weight loss already

It’s completely natural to feel overwhelmed and daunted when trying to turn your diabetes around - especially if it’s been lurking in the background for a while (and you’re not the only one to have been diagnosed at a point where you couldn’t really engage with your diagnosis). The most important thing is now what happened before - it’s what you do next. And it looks like you are off to a really positive start.

 

[JimG]

Hello and welcome. You are not alone in feeling that the situation is daunting. I was diagnosed in 2009 and did engage with the condition and the treatment. Although the initial diagnosis did not cause me any concern. I had expected it. So there was me feeling smug and blasé. That was until I brought home all the medication and testing strips etc. Suddenly, it hit me. This condition was for life. I put all the medications on the table and tears were rolling down my face. Since then, I have decided that diabetes does not control me but I try to control it and get on with my life. I did look at the forum and the rest of the website but then other medical issues took precedence. I have posted a couple of questions and received useful and helpful comments. A search of the forum always provides examples of the experience of others. Even if it only confirms that you are not alone, that is almost as useful as learning something new.