Scared and feel alone

[Alister]

Hi Spireite72
Glad to see you now seem to be on the right track, my story 3 months ago was similar - without the heart attack or overnight stay so i missed out on the treacle pud ;-(
BG level of nearly 22 (& hba1c came back as 109) put on insulin & then metformin as well.
eyes wend far sighted for a few weeks so I had to use a weaker prescription & by some cheap reading glasses but soon came back to normal.
you do need to notify the DVLA, they will probably move you to a "Medical Investigation" licence - theses need renewing every 3 years
they will probably also remove your entitlement to drive anything bigger than 3.5 tonne or mini buses, hopefully that wont cause you any problem. if it does there is a process to get them re-instated.

DVLA also say you MUST test 2 hrs or less before driving, don't drive if you are less than 5 & take a break & retest every 2 hrs so I hope you have been issued a meter, make sure the doctors prescribe enough test strips (I have been lucky in that respect & get more than I need so I have a good stock if they decide to cut me back).

Low carb diet definitely seems to be working for me, just had a home made beef chop sui (beef mixed peppers & bean-sprouts) for dinner 🙂
My diabetes team at the hospital have been great so far but have leant even more from this site, them members here are fantastic.

 

[Pet70]

Ewwh! What a smack in the face! I haven't been on here in a while (yours is the first post I've focused on), but I got my diagnosis (Jan 2017) when admitted to hospital with pneumonia and also told I had some kind of heart defect with the possibility of having a heart attack. I was advised to walk no further than 1km a day! I was on 6 tablets a day and had BG of 16.5. I was so freaked out by it all, as had little idea what diabetes was. Anyway, this is the bit you need to focus on: I looked at my situation and took total control of my sugar intake and started exercising as soon as I got well enough. I cycle every day now (certainly more than 1km) and no longer take any drugs. My BGs are now normal. I guess I was shocked into taking control of it all. I guess also that other people have other complications and it won't be as straight forward for them as it has been for me. There is definitely light at the end of your dark tunnel, so walk confidently towards it. It sounds like you have a great family to help you. This site is really going to help you too. One thing that really helped me understand food was Pinterest for visual lists of good and bad food groups. Good luck! It'll all get much easier, believe me!

 

[Amigo]

hi I was diagnosed with type 2 just over a week ago after been admitted to hospital with a heart attack. My blood sugar was around 19 it’s now down to between 5.4 and 7.4 with one little spike of 9.7. I’m on tablets and insulin. Everything has happened so fast I have a young family and just feel terrified at the minute. I’m the only driver in the house don’t know if I’ll be allowed to drive again my eyes are blurry at the minute but wasn’t before hospital. 2 of the heart drugs have side effects of blurry vision but it’s not helping. Feel like I’m in a dark hole and sinking deeper and deeper with no way out at the minute

Spireite, my mum had 2 heart attacks at a relatively young age too and also had diabetes. She never had heart surgery and never suffered another. Sadly, she died on Thursday but she was 88 and throughout all her health challenges, her heart remained strong.
I’m telling you this because it’s not always as bleak as we think. The time to make changes has come and I’m sure with the right improvements and health support, you’ll be able to restore your health and actually feel much better. Good luck! Amigo

 

[Spireite72]

Spireite, my mum had 2 heart attacks at a relatively young age too and also had diabetes. She never had heart surgery and never suffered another. Sadly, she died on Thursday but she was 88 and throughout all her health challenges, her heart remained strong.
I’m telling you this because it’s not always as bleak as we think. The time to make changes has come and I’m sure with the right improvements and health support, you’ll be able to restore your health and actually feel much better. Good luck! Amigo

So sorry to hear about the loss of your mum. My deepest condolences. Thank you so much for taking the time to post. It was a massive shock the one thing this forum and love and support from my family has given me is this won’t beat me. Going to be a much fitter healthier me by this time next year.

 

[Spireite72]

Ewwh! What a smack in the face! I haven't been on here in a while (yours is the first post I've focused on), but I got my diagnosis (Jan 2017) when admitted to hospital with pneumonia and also told I had some kind of heart defect with the possibility of having a heart attack. I was advised to walk no further than 1km a day! I was on 6 tablets a day and had BG of 16.5. I was so freaked out by it all, as had little idea what diabetes was. Anyway, this is the bit you need to focus on: I looked at my situation and took total control of my sugar intake and started exercising as soon as I got well enough. I cycle every day now (certainly more than 1km) and no longer take any drugs. My BGs are now normal. I guess I was shocked into taking control of it all. I guess also that other people have other complications and it won't be as straight forward for them as it has been for me. There is definitely light at the end of your dark tunnel, so walk confidently towards it. It sounds like you have a great family to help you. This site is really going to help you too. One thing that really helped me understand food was Pinterest for visual lists of good and bad food groups. Good luck! It'll all get much easier, believe me!

Thank you the forum and all the amazing people on here are already making it easier. I’ll give Pinterest a go it’s the uncertainty of what’s good or bad that’s so confusing( eat fruit but not that one) (wholemeal is ok but any bread isn’t great) I’ll get there in the end I’m determined I will loss the weight and get fitter. Looking at getting a bike after I recover.

 

[Pet70]

The uncertainty of what is good and bad will not go away, unfortunately. All the information out there is at odds with itself; I have been confused many a time. Just test, test, test. You have to find out what foods make you spike. You're being controlled by medicine at the moment, but hopefully you can get to a point where you can control it better yourself. Obviously, all the c**p you took for granted has to go out of your diet. However, something that always blows me away is when I take a 'day off' and eat a massive piece of cake, only to have a normal BG reading; there is no rhyme nor reason a lot of the time. Here is a Pinterest link: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pi...to eat&eq=diabetes food&etslf=12872&term_meta[]=diabetes%7Cautocomplete%7Cundefined&term_meta[]=foods%7Cautocomplete%7Cundefined&term_meta[]=to%7Cautocomplete%7Cundefined&term_meta[]=eat%7Cautocomplete%7Cundefined

Remember, what works for one, may well not work for you! Cycling is such a great sport though, it gives you time to think about it all whilst getting fit! 🙂