Hello all,
I was diagnosed Type 2 last week so just checking in as a new forum user.
HBa1c was just over 100. Prescribed Metformin (worked up to 2000mg/day) and Gliclazide 80mg/day. Given a Nexus mini ultra to measure my BG.
1 week in and BG, pre-meals, tends to be in the 5 to 6.5 mmol/l range.
If I have a fairly low carb meal it stays around 6 to 8 mmol/l but it rises between 8 & 10 post meal if I have anything with significant carbs.
Looking back, my sugar intake was pretty appalling - biscuits, chocolate, crisps, cake etc at any opportunity, always a packet of Polo mints or Softmints in a pocket.
Now stopped all those snacks completely and discovering a new world of better eating habits. So far I am pretty positive about this being the kick up the a*se I needed to sort myself out and avoid an early demise (now just 52 years young).
I have a good amount of weight to shift so have been minimising carbs (not quite LCHF yet) and getting more exercise in, mainly fast walking, half an hour weekdays and at least an hour a day on weekends.
Target is to lose quite a bit of weight over the next few months and hoping that this will enable me to drop the Gliclazide and maybe, ultimately, lower the Metformin as well.
Very interested in the possibility of stopping the meds altogether as a longer term goal.
Jim
