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Nuttyal

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Just been diagnosed with type 2. Blood/Glucose sky high at 24+
Been put onto Gliclazide and am having to control my diet....no more pie & chips!! Doctor reckons more tablets soon!
Not looking forward to taking more exercise either.
It's good to know that forums like this are here to help and support.
No doubt I will put up thread with questions.
Off to diabetic clinic next week for more detailed information.
 
Hi Nuttyal, welcome to the forum 🙂 You'll find plenty of good support here, so glad you joined! Hopefully, that 24+ will become a much more reasonable figure before too long now that you have been diagnosed and are receiving treatment. I'd suggest you have a look in our 'Useful Links' thread for some good background reading that will stand you in good stead when you go for your appointment, as you will already be familiar with the principles involved in good diabetes management.

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=10406

The book by Gretchen Becker comes highly recommended by many of our members, so well worth having. There is a lot to take in, but don't be overwhelmed! Any questions you may have, please ask and we will do our best to help. I look forward to hearing more from you 🙂
 
Hi Nuttyal.

Sorry to see your here lol but welcome anyway =)
This is a great site where no question is too silly. Hope too see you around lots xxx
 
Hi Nuttyal and welcome 🙂

Hope you have a good clinic that gives you the support you want. For all the rest, we're here to help 🙂

Rob
 
and a warm welcome from me too ...🙂
 
Welcome to the forum nuttyal.

I used to be a (mostly) sedentary wotsit when diagnosed (perhaps more down to the fact that I had absolutely no energy because of the diabetes than anything else).

If you are able to exercise regularly, you will feel the benefit fairly quickly and it may also help your blood glucose control. It certainly did for me, my HbA1c has been quite steady for a year now without the need for any pills.

Good luck with everything,

Andy 🙂
 
Hi and welcome.
With regard to the exercise - you say now you are not looking forward to it, but believe me once you get into it - it is a feeling you wish you could bottle.
Start out with something easy - maybe a walk that becomes a jog, then maybe a run. I couldn't run to the bus in June 10, but am now running and doing my first 5k in May.
This could be the start of something new and maybe a chance to make new friends!
 
Welcome to the forum! 🙂
 
Lucy,
Thanks for comments about exercise.
Unfortunately, being disabled (fixed ankle joint) means that I can't run. Walking is fine.....will have to get the hiking shoes out again!
Would love to go swimming but chemicals in pool and air affect my eyes (susceptible to conjunctivitis)......wearing goggles doesn't help!
Sounds like I'm a bit of a wreck!!!
 
Walking is an excellent way to get your daily exercise in Al 🙂 Just half an hour a day of brisk walking will help to increase your insulin sensitivity and improve your blood sugar levels. I'm a bit like you with the swimming pool chemicals - my eyes get extremely sore, so I gave up going to the pool many years ago.
 
Nuttyal - can you ride a bike? A large part of my exercise is just cycling to get places - I'll cycle 3.5 miles each way to & from work today.

There's an open air swimming pool at Market Drayton, not too far from Telford - usually less effects of chemicals than indoors.
For anyone else seeking outdoor swimming pools / lidos, this is a good resource: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/index.html#_Toc2087915
 
Welcome to the forum
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But we already have a nuttyal he goes by the name of Northerner
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Sorry alan
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Hi Nuttyal and welcome 🙂

You've come to a great place for links to useful info, a huge resource of experience of others in a similar position to yourself, as well as some light-hearted humour.
Good luck with getting to grips with your diabetes.
 
Hi Copepod,

Thanks for your suggestion about cycling.
Been there done that.....definitely not for me!!
Starting again at 60+ with the expense of bike with safety gear not an option I'm afraid!
Plus fact too many drivers in too much of hurry makes road unsafe.
Think I'll stick to walking.
Will have to dust cobwebs off rowing machine!
 
hi Nuttyal ... welcome to the forum 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Rowing is an excellent form of exercise Al - get your feather duster out! 🙂
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And of course dusting is itself a great form of exercise - I've got visions of you wearing a pinny and waving your feather duster around now :D

Welcome to you Al, this is a great forum with a lovely bunch of nutty people.
 
Northerner said:
Walking is an excellent way to get your daily exercise in Al 🙂
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The vast bulk of my exercise is walking. Started off fairly slowly, but now maintain a pretty good pace.

Copepod said:
Nuttyal - can you ride a bike? A large part of my exercise is just cycling to get places
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Tick 🙂 Because I don't drive, my main mode of transport locally is my trusty bike (well, I have two because I used to cycle to work along tow paths I needed one for back-up in case of puncture or excess mud!). Mind you, the biggest hill where I normally cycle is a bridge over the M25!! 🙂
 
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