Guyfrombrum
Active Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hello people,
IC4 Male, 30 years old and found out i'm diabetic (type 2) on the 11/04/13 😱
I was shocked at first (in tears) but to be fair i can only blame myself. Many years of body abuse so no surprise something went wrong.
On the plus side it was my wake up call which i took very seriously.
So it started by me noting that i was going through a lot of fizzy drinks. I'm talking five cans of Pepsi within an hour. When they ran out i would get thirsty and crave more. I was feeling tired and needing to pee a lot. At that point a work colleague advised me to see the doctor.
So i called NHS direct, who via various health centres, etc, eventually i found myself in A & E thinking 'come on'. Anway a lovely nurse came, tested my pee and blood sugar level (which was 18 m/mol and some sugar in my urine). Then the nurse told me that from now on things are going to be different.
I walked home and told the wife. She was pleased 😛 Although not as pleased as my mother who has type 1 and only gave me the 'control your diet' lecture a month earlier. In fact when i did go to tell my mum someone had already told her and she just had this 'look' on her face. The look is best described as someone has just old her i eat babies. It was THAT bad. Anyway, i high fived my mum, told her we have something in common and now we can do bonding activities like checking our sugars together, taking medications together which was shortly followed by a sharp clip round the ear and then the 'told you so' lecture started
So i have been learning alot about food, carbs, sugar, what i can and can't eat and i be honest it has been an uphill struggle. I poured all my fizzy drinks in the house down the sink. Gosh, the sink has never been cleaner. Plus water goes down the drain faster now 😎
Then i set about my diet. To be fair the diet has even surprised myself as well as everyone i know.
Remember i was diagnosed on the 11/04/13.
At that point my weight was 15 stones.
This morning it was 13 stones!
Two stones lost in just a little over a month.
I feel lighter, a lot weaker and all i've done is cut out all the crap food i was eating. My favourite meal 'was' cod and chips with curry sauce. I tried some chips on Saturday. All i could taste was a layer of oil. It was sickly and horrible.
I've given up cigarettes and started e-cigs instead as i need my nicotine. Gradually i will give that up too.
Plus on the bright side yesterday after a chicken and salad BBQ i tested my sugar level and it was at 7.7m/mol. I'm confident that i can control myself enough to get off the tablets by the end of the year (Metaformin or something like that).
Did i mention tablets? I'm not sure wether they are genuine sugar reducing types or simply designed to break wind. There is no stopping them! I'm on three a day at the moment.
Next is another 'bloods' at the end of the month which i hate and a visit to the optician.
On Saturday i'm seeing a gym instructor who is diabetes trained to advise on a training regime. I want to be back to 15 or maybe 16 stones but this time muscle and no fat. Target for that is this time next year. I might spray some WD40 on my old pushbike too.
Anyway that's enough about me.
Just a few quickies though....
Tired
Thirsty
Weak
Can't work till late
Going bed at around 2130hrs
Erection issues
Is this all normal for type 2 30 year olds?
IC4 Male, 30 years old and found out i'm diabetic (type 2) on the 11/04/13 😱
I was shocked at first (in tears) but to be fair i can only blame myself. Many years of body abuse so no surprise something went wrong.
On the plus side it was my wake up call which i took very seriously.
So it started by me noting that i was going through a lot of fizzy drinks. I'm talking five cans of Pepsi within an hour. When they ran out i would get thirsty and crave more. I was feeling tired and needing to pee a lot. At that point a work colleague advised me to see the doctor.
So i called NHS direct, who via various health centres, etc, eventually i found myself in A & E thinking 'come on'. Anway a lovely nurse came, tested my pee and blood sugar level (which was 18 m/mol and some sugar in my urine). Then the nurse told me that from now on things are going to be different.
I walked home and told the wife. She was pleased 😛 Although not as pleased as my mother who has type 1 and only gave me the 'control your diet' lecture a month earlier. In fact when i did go to tell my mum someone had already told her and she just had this 'look' on her face. The look is best described as someone has just old her i eat babies. It was THAT bad. Anyway, i high fived my mum, told her we have something in common and now we can do bonding activities like checking our sugars together, taking medications together which was shortly followed by a sharp clip round the ear and then the 'told you so' lecture started
So i have been learning alot about food, carbs, sugar, what i can and can't eat and i be honest it has been an uphill struggle. I poured all my fizzy drinks in the house down the sink. Gosh, the sink has never been cleaner. Plus water goes down the drain faster now 😎
Then i set about my diet. To be fair the diet has even surprised myself as well as everyone i know.
Remember i was diagnosed on the 11/04/13.
At that point my weight was 15 stones.
This morning it was 13 stones!
Two stones lost in just a little over a month.
I feel lighter, a lot weaker and all i've done is cut out all the crap food i was eating. My favourite meal 'was' cod and chips with curry sauce. I tried some chips on Saturday. All i could taste was a layer of oil. It was sickly and horrible.
I've given up cigarettes and started e-cigs instead as i need my nicotine. Gradually i will give that up too.
Plus on the bright side yesterday after a chicken and salad BBQ i tested my sugar level and it was at 7.7m/mol. I'm confident that i can control myself enough to get off the tablets by the end of the year (Metaformin or something like that).
Did i mention tablets? I'm not sure wether they are genuine sugar reducing types or simply designed to break wind. There is no stopping them! I'm on three a day at the moment.
Next is another 'bloods' at the end of the month which i hate and a visit to the optician.
On Saturday i'm seeing a gym instructor who is diabetes trained to advise on a training regime. I want to be back to 15 or maybe 16 stones but this time muscle and no fat. Target for that is this time next year. I might spray some WD40 on my old pushbike too.
Anyway that's enough about me.
Just a few quickies though....
Tired
Thirsty
Weak
Can't work till late
Going bed at around 2130hrs
Erection issues
Is this all normal for type 2 30 year olds?
