Hello! I was just diagnosed yesterday with Type II. Looking back, I suspect I have been diabetic for a while now and have attributed the symptoms to other health issues.
Medically speaking, I have had a lousy year. I have been treated for a hormone imbalance by an OB/GYN. I received physical therapy for arthritis in my knees, but I had to discontinue that due to two anal squamous cell cancer surgeries. I have high blood pressure, which generally is medically managed and stays in the good range. I have recently been diagnosed with an extremely low level of Vitamin D and have started taking OTC meds for that. Now the diabetes diagnosis.
Yes, I am overweight. *sigh* I am having trouble forcing myself to get the exercise I need. I have to ice my knees down when I come back from walking just a half hour, half what I used to walk a few years ago.
I have just started taking Metformin (2 500mg tablets/day). My two fasting glucose reading were 151 and then 131 two weeks later. My A1C level was 6.9, not too bad, right? I was not sure i being on my period would affect that number and I forgot to mention that to the doctor.
Anyhoo, I am trying to figure all this out, but I don't see the endocrinologist for a month. I am glad to find this forum because I know I will need your help. Thanks in advance!
Medically speaking, I have had a lousy year. I have been treated for a hormone imbalance by an OB/GYN. I received physical therapy for arthritis in my knees, but I had to discontinue that due to two anal squamous cell cancer surgeries. I have high blood pressure, which generally is medically managed and stays in the good range. I have recently been diagnosed with an extremely low level of Vitamin D and have started taking OTC meds for that. Now the diabetes diagnosis.
Yes, I am overweight. *sigh* I am having trouble forcing myself to get the exercise I need. I have to ice my knees down when I come back from walking just a half hour, half what I used to walk a few years ago.
I have just started taking Metformin (2 500mg tablets/day). My two fasting glucose reading were 151 and then 131 two weeks later. My A1C level was 6.9, not too bad, right? I was not sure i being on my period would affect that number and I forgot to mention that to the doctor.
Anyhoo, I am trying to figure all this out, but I don't see the endocrinologist for a month. I am glad to find this forum because I know I will need your help. Thanks in advance!