MrsPeel
Active Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hi, my name is Cynthia, I'm 53.
I have been in the UK for over 20 years, (born in Argentina raised between there & Brazil) , have very recently been diagnosed with Type 2.
I had a child aged 37, was 38 before my daughter was 1 year old, and though I was born with a double hip dislocation, didn't walk until aged 5 and had 9 operations until aged 8, after I was 12 I decided to defy every physics law and had a great, productive, extremely active life, which included almost 30 years on stage in musicals & with bands on tour, then switching to language work as it was a healthier option when being a mum, working until 10 days before my daughter was born.
My maternal grandmother & one of my uncles were diabetic, so I thought I would get it in pregnancy, but luckily I had the best pregnancy one can imagine.
In 2003 I had the hip replacement doctors had told me I would need after my 40s, which was in experimental phases when I was told in the early 70s, but this went horribly wrong and 4 other operations failed to fix the initial error.
From then on I have had a number of conditions coming up, my mobility decreased a lot since then, now almost 10 years on I'm almost bed bound.
I had to stop working which really got me, and last year my diet was junk food, pasta, pizza and more junk food (money was short and that was the cheapest, so I thought) and last I was told I have diabetes.
Even though I worked with doctors and even held a position at an NHS Trust for a number of years, I feel a bit lost and a friend suggested to come over and find some support....
I was very depressed after diagnosed but after reading a bit I see it doesn't have to be so bad, so here I am. 🙂
Because of my reduced mobility, I have to really make a super change in my diet, and guidance with food is what I'm more concerned... I have never had much of a weight problem, always ate anything & everything but obviously now things need to change.
Hope I haven't bored you too much with all this (I know us Latinos talk/type a lot more than the Anglo-Saxon average LOL) and look forward to communicate and find a way to deal with my condition 🙂
I have been in the UK for over 20 years, (born in Argentina raised between there & Brazil) , have very recently been diagnosed with Type 2.
I had a child aged 37, was 38 before my daughter was 1 year old, and though I was born with a double hip dislocation, didn't walk until aged 5 and had 9 operations until aged 8, after I was 12 I decided to defy every physics law and had a great, productive, extremely active life, which included almost 30 years on stage in musicals & with bands on tour, then switching to language work as it was a healthier option when being a mum, working until 10 days before my daughter was born.
My maternal grandmother & one of my uncles were diabetic, so I thought I would get it in pregnancy, but luckily I had the best pregnancy one can imagine.
In 2003 I had the hip replacement doctors had told me I would need after my 40s, which was in experimental phases when I was told in the early 70s, but this went horribly wrong and 4 other operations failed to fix the initial error.
From then on I have had a number of conditions coming up, my mobility decreased a lot since then, now almost 10 years on I'm almost bed bound.
I had to stop working which really got me, and last year my diet was junk food, pasta, pizza and more junk food (money was short and that was the cheapest, so I thought) and last I was told I have diabetes.
Even though I worked with doctors and even held a position at an NHS Trust for a number of years, I feel a bit lost and a friend suggested to come over and find some support....
I was very depressed after diagnosed but after reading a bit I see it doesn't have to be so bad, so here I am. 🙂
Because of my reduced mobility, I have to really make a super change in my diet, and guidance with food is what I'm more concerned... I have never had much of a weight problem, always ate anything & everything but obviously now things need to change.
Hope I haven't bored you too much with all this (I know us Latinos talk/type a lot more than the Anglo-Saxon average LOL) and look forward to communicate and find a way to deal with my condition 🙂
