Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share.
I spent about 2 years going to bed every night thinking I may not wake up tomorrow, because I felt so ill all the time. I didn't have the usual symptoms of diabetes and at one point the doctor thought I was peri-menopausal, (age 40 at the time) due to the hot flushes, which led to them doing a blood test, I still hadn't told anyone how ill I felt as at the time I thought it was all in my head (I was still trying to get over loosing my mom and thought it was part of the grieving process)
On 1st July 2020 I received a phone call to say all my bloods were normal except my HbA1c which had come back at 91. I was petrified, for years I had watched my mom deal with this illness and fail. She spent months at a time in hospital due to simple things like cellulitis, that they couldn't control due to the diabetes and hearing how many people were dieing due to diabetes and Covid, I had never felt so scared.
I decided after that phone call that I wasn't going to die due to diabetes related complications and I could make the changes needed. I found the diabetes website that provided me with useful info and the help and support I needed.
By the 17 December 2020 I had lost 3 and a bit stone (15stone 4lbs to 11stone 8lbs) and my HbA1c was down to 37.
I feet human again, I am no longer scared to go to sleep, I have engery and I am excited about my future again.
While I have never been a chocolate and cake person I did have 3 sugars in my coffee and would have 3 cups before leaving for work, so I know this is my own fault. BUT the diabetes changed everything for the better and I can not imagine going back.
I eat sandwiches where the bread is substituted for pepers and I only have 1 roast potato with my Sunday dinner and rice is now always cauliflower. It was hard at first but I feel so well I can not imagine going back and have again reduced my HbA1c to 34.
I just wanted to say thank you in this forum. I have never posted before but I have read a lot of inspirational stories that have kept me going and provided so much useful information. While my weight has stayed the same since Christmas my shape continues to change due to having the energy to exercise.
So my T2 diagnoses was not the end of the world but actually the start of being the best I can be.
I spent about 2 years going to bed every night thinking I may not wake up tomorrow, because I felt so ill all the time. I didn't have the usual symptoms of diabetes and at one point the doctor thought I was peri-menopausal, (age 40 at the time) due to the hot flushes, which led to them doing a blood test, I still hadn't told anyone how ill I felt as at the time I thought it was all in my head (I was still trying to get over loosing my mom and thought it was part of the grieving process)
On 1st July 2020 I received a phone call to say all my bloods were normal except my HbA1c which had come back at 91. I was petrified, for years I had watched my mom deal with this illness and fail. She spent months at a time in hospital due to simple things like cellulitis, that they couldn't control due to the diabetes and hearing how many people were dieing due to diabetes and Covid, I had never felt so scared.
I decided after that phone call that I wasn't going to die due to diabetes related complications and I could make the changes needed. I found the diabetes website that provided me with useful info and the help and support I needed.
By the 17 December 2020 I had lost 3 and a bit stone (15stone 4lbs to 11stone 8lbs) and my HbA1c was down to 37.
I feet human again, I am no longer scared to go to sleep, I have engery and I am excited about my future again.
While I have never been a chocolate and cake person I did have 3 sugars in my coffee and would have 3 cups before leaving for work, so I know this is my own fault. BUT the diabetes changed everything for the better and I can not imagine going back.
I eat sandwiches where the bread is substituted for pepers and I only have 1 roast potato with my Sunday dinner and rice is now always cauliflower. It was hard at first but I feel so well I can not imagine going back and have again reduced my HbA1c to 34.
I just wanted to say thank you in this forum. I have never posted before but I have read a lot of inspirational stories that have kept me going and provided so much useful information. While my weight has stayed the same since Christmas my shape continues to change due to having the energy to exercise.
So my T2 diagnoses was not the end of the world but actually the start of being the best I can be.
Lovely to have you posting now, and I'm sure your story will help others starting on their diabetes road x
