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Hi All - Diagnosed with T2

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Hi All,

I have been diagnosed with T2 diabetes 2 weeks back. Although the doctor my surgery initially thought it was type 1 they did some anti-body test (GAD and some other) which confirmed its type 2.
My HbA1c level was 135 which I was told was mind bending high and bloods sugar was 15.6. After my diagnosis I have been reading a lot on diabetes and now convinced that I've had it for atleast 1.5 - 2 years. Although i am not over weight since my diagnosis I have cut out sugar and reduced carbs from have been eating veggies, fish, pulses.
This forum is already been very useful for me and I look towards contributing to it and learning.

Thanks,
Vohra

"Remember, you control your diabetes not the other way around" - lovely doctor at my surgery.
 
Welcome Vohra, glad you found us. Good that your Dr did tests to establish type - sounds like a very good Dr.
 
Hi Vohra - Snap! I had the same sugar level of 15.6 on diagnosis, also not overweight. Didn't realise at the time how high that actually was - doc seemed to think everything was pretty routine??

Anyway. welcome to this nice informative place. Sounds like you're doing the right things & I'm sure you'll quickly get things under better control.

Really recommended self-testing if you're not doing it already; hard to see how you can get a real handle on things without it, no matter what yr doc might say. I'm sure somebody will come along with more details on this before long.

EDIT: Check the links in this https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/ for info on self-testing, if you haven't already.
 
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Hi @Vohram, welcome to the forum. That's quite a high HbA1c number, be interesting to see what you`re next one is, keep us up to date.
 
A very warm welcome @Vohram ,we look forward to your contributions. It's unusual to be mistaken for type 1 when type 2, we often hear more situations of it being the other way round! Glad that you have the right information now though and can treat it correctly. What medication do you currently have to manage your diabetes?
Sounds like you have taken some good steps in regards to diet already, so sounds like you are on the right tracks. Keep us updated. 🙂
 
Hannah DUK said:
A very warm welcome @Vohram ,we look forward to your contributions. It's unusual to be mistaken for type 1 when type 2, we often hear more situations of it being the other way round! Glad that you have the right information now though and can treat it correctly. What medication do you currently have to manage your diabetes?
Sounds like you have taken some good steps in regards to diet already, so sounds like you are on the right tracks. Keep us updated. 🙂
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Thank you all.
Hannah: Currently I have been put on Gliclazide (80 mg) twice a day. Once before breakfast and one before Dinner.
 
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