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agenttinkerbell

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totally bewildered.
Have for two years been borderline and controlled only with diet (which was a challenge) so last year Dr said just the Meds and relax a little > I should have known, i am TERRIBLE at taking any meds. I just dont do routine.. been working 150 mile away recently fitting it all in good diet and meds has gone out the window and so this years review was 9. 😡

oh boy ! was doing better on my own.!!!
 
Hi agenttinkerbell, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear that you are having problems with the meds and your levels, hopefully with our help and support you will be able to turn things around. What meds are you on? I think that the problem is perhaps that your doctor has invited you to become a little complacent by suggesting that the meds will do the job for you - as you have discovered it can still involve a lot of hard work whilst you establish what works best for you.

Are you able to test your levels to discover how different foods affect your levels? This is the key to gaining good control whilst retaining flexibility and variety in your diet. I would suggest that you have a read of Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter to gain a good understanding of the best approach, and, although you are not in your first year, I would highly recommend getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker which many of our members have found to be a tremendous help.

Please free to ask any questions you may have - nothing is considered silly - and we will endeavour to clarify things and support you! 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum agenttinkerbell 🙂
 
Welcome to the Forum, sorry to hear about your problem with taking meds and you control, you are free to discuss anything here with your problem and you will get the best advice and help from the members by helping you to get back on track, but we can only help if you put in the effort to help save your health from risk.
 
Welcome to the forum AgentT

Have a browse around and post questions/rants etc

Sounds like you did a good job on D&E. Hopefully you can find your D mojo again 🙂
 
Welcome to the forums - I hope you will find them useful - and will be able to regain control of your diabetes.
 
Welcome agenttinkerbell, hope you will find everyone as friendly and helpful as I have
 
Agent T hi and a warm welcome to the forum
 
Welcome AgentTinkerbell.

It's certainly a bit harder managing diabetes (of any type) when working away from home - I spent a year working 250 miles away from my home, while continuing with 1 job back home (1 weekend in 3) plus 1 or 2 days a month at another location, 250 miles from weekday base and 100 miles from home. But, I managed never to run out of medication and enjoy some weekends in "weekday" area, where I had been for university many years earlier, plus evenings swimming / body boarding in North Sea (with wetsuit). And annual review mid way through went OK, too - timed on a Monday after a weekend working at home. So, definitely not achieved through routine, but adapting to situation.

What aspects are you finding difficult? Remembering medication? Maintaining an acceptable diet? Just ask, and we'll try to suggest practical suggestions to try.
 
I should be taking 500mg metformin twice a day.

yesertday i did well i took both at meal times.
Today i have had a slice of toast ( which I never do but dr says I must eat breakfast.) and an apple and to my horror despite the metformin box being on my desk literally within arms reach. and making a cup of tea to have it with and fetching a glass of water to have it with (and having a cup of soup for dinner. which i could of had it with) I have got to the bottom of the glass and then sat there absolutely AMAZED that I have drank the whole glass which I fetched purposely as i dont normally drink water.... and STILL not taken the damn tablet. 😡😡

Goodness know whats wrong with me.

I am going to make another drink and takig the blinking box with me.!

I have never ever ever taken pills in my life ( short spells for illness and even then it was a miracle I remembered to take them. I can say I have never finished a course of any pills in my entire life)

I am the sort of person who ( when i lived alone ) didnt eat either. Even now at the weekend if my daughter doesnt moan she's hungery I would go from getting up to around 9 pm before i start to feel ill and think Oh yes I need to eat.

I am doomed aren't I?

I just dont stop. i know i am going full speed to an early demise and really want to change everything but the day to day takes over and I (without thinking) prioritise everything else over me.

Blimey yeah I do??? well, that just made me stop and think.
 
It can be difficult getting into, I know from personal experience, as I was a lot like you - no pills for 49 years to speak of, then 11 different ones every day and some twice a day, and some morning, some with meals, some before bed! I ended up getting a note book and writing columns for all the different pills and options and then ticking off when I had taken them. Some people also find those pill boxes that you divide into days and fill once a week are useful, or setting an alarm on your mobile so that it goes off maybe whilst you are eating your breakfast (even if that is only a few minutes away!). You obviously remembered you needed to take the pill, so if you'd set the alarm then it would have reminded you when you forgot!

It happens to a lot of people, but once you get yourself into the habit it becomes much easier. 🙂
 
Hi Agenttinkerbell and welcome to the forum. You do sound a lot like I used to be. When I only had to take one pill per day I used to forget to take it all the time. Now I have to take loads of the blooming things I hardly ever forget. I suppose it's a mixture of being busy, having a bit of a mental block about needing to take them and it not being a habit yet. I used to set an alarm to remind me. Once I started on the diabetes meds I would put the pills on the side of my plate. Now I have a routine but it's taken me a while. I can also go all day with out eating if I'm busy, or I used to until this condition taught me differently. I can remember thinking, '' how can I be diabetic when I don't blooming eat?' I still struggle with breakfast. Don't be too hard on yourself. You will get there. XXXXX
 
Hello all,

I have just taken a moment to log on and say actually a big Thank you. I thought my little rant earlier does seem rather mardy. But I am so glad that others have gone through the same thing and I think I really do have a mental block thing going on. I am determined to do this and maybe thats why i am beating myself up about this simple Task.

Truth is i don't want to be labelled and shelved seriously since my dr said your Diabetic its affected my home insurance and the option of Adopting another child.

I am trying so hard to not be sucked into the process. i wish i had told them no last year to the metformin and carried on with diet only, rather than give myself licence to relax the diet and now suffer the consequences.

and is it me? or do all dr's genuinely struggle to not be condescending and patronising. I need to chill out about this and get on and deal with it.
 
Hi Tinkerbell

Dont beat yourself up over this, try to set aside some time for yourself to unwind and think things through. If you can develop a routine, it soon becomes automatic, and not so much a chore, for instance,I take 3 tablets in the mornings at breakfast, so when I get my breakfast I put the tablets in a saucer alongside my coffee, you may develop something different but after a while you will do it automaticly. I didn't think being diabetic would affect your house insurance, and I know as fact that it would not affect your chances of adopting, because we have a lovely lady in this forum who is going through the process of adopting at the moment.

You take care

John.
 
I've had the odd time when I've forgotten my pills as well.

What I tend to do is write the day (7th, 8th, 9th) on the pill bump for each one so I can see at a glance if I have forgotten one.
 
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Hi mark thats a good idea.

I will have to try this.

currently I have 3 boxes on the go.
one on my desk at work.
1 at home bu the tea pot
and 1 in my hand bag just in case i cannt find the other two.


H aha ha 😛 you gotta laugh.


These pills though are making me (or bits of me) behave differently. feeling very wooshy sometimes. I think its ormal though have read the effects blurb on the paper about the drug.

I think i am getting there slowly.

Really dont want to do the pills. so as my Dr said ( If I were skinny I wouldnt be sat in his diabetic clinic) so gonna have to seriously shed some pounds.
 
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