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Newcastle in USA

Day 10
252 lbs
168 fbg

Weight continues to drop. FBG holding steady. Hunger itself is subsiding. Got some new flavored shakes (caramel) and that is helping. Sorta looking forward to this for dinner. Starting to like the vegetables too.

Went to the dentist today for a regular check-up and they were all over the T2D diagnosis. Far more than I would have expected. I know that the Cardiologist and Kidney MD's care about this, but had no idea the dentists were concerned too. Spent nearly 20 minutes just answering questions and the Doc did a bunch of additional checks. Didn't even realize that was a thing for us. There was one good news though and they told me as a T2D I'm covered for quarterly check-ups and cleanings! So the silver lining is that I may have messed up my pancreas but at least my teeth will be sparkling. LOL.
 
Trenton Tony said:
Day 10
252 lbs
168 fbg

Weight continues to drop. FBG holding steady. Hunger itself is subsiding. Got some new flavored shakes (caramel) and that is helping. Sorta looking forward to this for dinner. Starting to like the vegetables too.

Went to the dentist today for a regular check-up and they were all over the T2D diagnosis. Far more than I would have expected. I know that the Cardiologist and Kidney MD's care about this, but had no idea the dentists were concerned too. Spent nearly 20 minutes just answering questions and the Doc did a bunch of additional checks. Didn't even realize that was a thing for us. There was one good news though and they told me as a T2D I'm covered for quarterly check-ups and cleanings! So the silver lining is that I may have messed up my pancreas but at least my teeth will be sparkling. LOL.
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Both dentists and opticians are the people who can sometimes alert people to the fact they may be diabetic. High blood glucose can cause mouth infections like thrush or enhance the microbial flora of the mouth causing tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath etc. So dental hygiene is very important.
 
Leadinglights said:
Both dentists and opticians are the people who can sometimes alert people to the fact they may be diabetic. High blood glucose can cause mouth infections like thrush or enhance the microbial flora of the mouth causing tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath etc. So dental hygiene is very important.
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Thanks. That also reminds me that I gotta get to the opthalmologist. My own Doc recomended but said not urgent. But its time for me to swallow the frog and just get it over with.
 
Trenton Tony said:
Weight continues to drop. FBG holding steady. Hunger itself is subsiding. Got some new flavored shakes (caramel) and that is helping. Sorta looking forward to this for dinner. Starting to like the vegetables too.
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Great to hear Tony!

Sounds like you may find this intervention gives you the option of a ‘food reset’, which is something others have mentioned in the past - allowing you to build a re-introduction-of-real-foods menu from much more of a blank sheet.
 
@Trenton Tony I had an eye examination a year and three months ago. I went back three months later to be told the cataracts i had were making me appear more short sighted and given a new prescription a whole 1 dioptre more. I suspect my blood sugars were already high. I was diagnosed at end of June. I had a cataract op end of October and hoping to have other eye done in March.

I don't know if you need glasses to read or for distance. On this site many people have suggested that your eyesight alters as your blood sugar reduces so it may be worth delaying an exam or not obtain new glasses until your eyes stabilise.

I don't know how I'm doing except last June I passed a driving licence sight test where I worried that my sight would have altered. It was two weeks before I was told my blood test showed I was diabetic. My reading has reduced from 69 to 44 so is at a reasonable level.
 
Trenton Tony said:
Thanks. That also reminds me that I gotta get to the opthalmologist. My own Doc recomended but said not urgent. But its time for me to swallow the frog and just get it over with.
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Unless you are having problems with your eyesight I wouldn't rush to the optician as eyesight can change when blood glucose comes down and you would be wasting your money on new glasses. Obviously retinal eye screening is important but that is not the same as a sight test you would have for glasses.
When I made dietary changes my eyesight was all over the place and took several months to settle down.
 
Day 15
250 lbs
157 fbg

Into the 3rd week now and things are stable. Weekend is definitely a lot tougher. Too much time means plenty of room to think about food. Very used to the shakes now though, so rest of the week is easier. Weight loss continues but the fasting blood glucose is stubborn. But at least its not rising!
 
Keep at it buddy, it will all be worth it in the end...... onwards and upwards..... 😎
 
Good luck, sounds like you're doing great and over the hardest bit at the beginning. I didn't believe it when people said you wouldn't get hungry but it's true your body just adapts after a bit. I'm sure your fasting levels will come down in time, I kept a spreadsheet for each day and then did a weekly average, might be worth doing that so you can see the trend over time.
 
CurlyWurly said:
Good luck, sounds like you're doing great and over the hardest bit at the beginning. I didn't believe it when people said you wouldn't get hungry but it's true your body just adapts after a bit. I'm sure your fasting levels will come down in time, I kept a spreadsheet for each day and then did a weekly average, might be worth doing that so you can see the trend over time.
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Yeah, I think the hunger has not gone away, I can still feel it when driving past Taco Bell, but it has subsided, the urge to go in is not so strong. Good idea on the weekly average. That might help smooth out the number.
 
Day 17
245 lbs
124 fbg

Massive drop today in weight, but the real shocker was the sudden downwards movement in the FBG. When I saw the number I was shocked. That is the first time I've seen it close to being OK. I had to lie down for 10 minutes and repeat the test which gave me 127.

I wish I there was something I could identify that I did different yesterday so I could repeat it today. I've been thinking about it for hours. But it was all the same boring routine stuff. There is nothing different. Bizarre.

Finally starting to see some real progress on the real issue.
 
Hi Tony, looking good mate.
Remember that many things can affect BG levels, not just food.
Theres a list somewhere that list them all, I think its 42 different things. So may be you were less busy at work, or in a better environment, or you had a slight cold but are now ok, or you were stressed but are now not stressed, maybe you slept better, etc, etc......so it could be many things.
But good news on the continued good progress, so congrats on that, cheers.
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pjgtech said:
Hi Tony, looking good mate.
Remember that many things can affect BG levels, not just food.
Theres a list somewhere that list them all, I think its 42 different things. So may be you were less busy at work, or in a better environment, or you had a slight cold but are now ok, or you were stressed but are now not stressed, maybe you slept better, etc, etc......so it could be many things.
But good news on the continued good progress, so congrats on that, cheers.
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Thanks thats really useful.
 
Day 18
247 lbs
134 fbg

Weight jumped a little. But didn't matter because blood sugar was OK. I thought yesterday might be a one-off, but turned out it wasn't. No idea why this came down so suddenly but glad it did. Looking forward to the weekend and might try and get some of those celeriac, swedes and beets everyone has been recommending. 5 more weeks to go after this weekend. I can handle that.
 
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