At a recent routine physical exam, my doctor gave me a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
I wasn’t entirely surprised by it given some symptoms I had been having for the past month (also part of the reason I scheduled the doctor’s visit) and mom’s history with diabetes.
I can’t say I was really bothered by the diagnosis. I certainly wasn’t upset or angry about it. My initial reaction was more of an “Aw crap” type of mildly annoyed reaction.
Doctor put me on metformin for blood sugar control and I got one of those blood glucose meter things. I’m supposed to test my blood glucose levels in the morning for the next few weeks to establish a baseline fasting glucose level before heading back to the doctor for a follow up visit.
Right now the hard part is remembering that I have it and that I have to think about what I eat now, especially the high carb foods that I have a small addiction to. From what I’ve read so far, diet is all about reducing/cutting out the carbs. Low carb is going to take some getting used to.
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Sounds like you are a few weeks ahead of me. I’ve prided myself on avoiding “the big d” since nearly my entire family has it. I have my glucose checked regularly and have gotten accustomed to hearing “that’s fantastic!”. This time it was “we need to test this again”. I go in tomorrow for another fasting test. Last one was 140, previous was always low 70s. What I don’t get is how fast this happened. In November, within an hour of eating, it was under 120. 7 months later, it’s 140 fasting for 11 hours. I thought Type 2 was slow progressing. I’m still hoping for an error on the part of the lab but I really doubt it. Anyway, best of luck to you and keep us informed of how things go for you!
Type 2 is slow progressing but like with most diseases, by the time noticeable symptoms occur it’s already been going on a while. Diet change and metformin have helped quite a bit with getting my blood glucose under control.
Hope your testing goes well.