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Hi there, new to the forum but not diabetes. I was first diagnosed 5 years ago with Type 2 and up until this year I had been managing with medication ok. I gave up smoking changed my diet felt I was in control.
Now after a period of suddenly having no energy and drinking vasts amounts of water ( my son said it was like living in the house with the girl from the film signs....glasses of water everywhere!) I went for blood tests. Poor kidney function, more blood tests and a scan of kidneys.
I don't know how concerned I should be as this was never something I had even thought about. I'm pretty active did 100km walk last year for charity and really felt like I was on top of things.
Now I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me. I'm fed up hearing that I don't look "typically diabetic" I really don't know what that means or that " I am doing all the right things" ( clearly not)
I'm not just here to complain I know we are all going through our own battles. I'm looking for a way to fight this positively because if you look online its all doom and gloom . Has anyone else been through this who can give me some insight and a way to tackle this mentally, via diet and what questions to ask when I sit down with my doctor after all these tests ?
Thanks in advance .
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. I am so sorry when you have been looking after yourself and everything. It does make you despair, what else are we to do if we're doing our all? I have no answers I'm afraid. My sister did have a spot of trouble with her kidneys but then she went okay again or it wasn't mentioned again so maybe that's the case with you hopefully, something that will pass or get better of its' own accord?
 
D does unfortunately tend to cause mental health problems, especially depression (which is hardly surprising, as depression is the most common mental health problem). I suffered cyclothymia for most of my life (like many if not most T2 sufferers, I was born with the condition, although it took 44 years to progress to the point of being diagnosed), and found that once my BG levels started to stabilise, I not longer got hypomanic episodes (al though I still get depressed). With any luck you may notice improvements in your outlook.
 
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