Stumbled across the forums and thought I would join. Diagnosed as type 2 in 2007 though I did not begin to get adequate treatment until I got wise and ditched the bad doctor in 2010 when my glucose levels were still not in control after 3 years.
Long story short its been a hard 2 years making a lot of changes to my lifestyle. Very begrudgingly I add. It has payed off though. 2010 A1c was 11.2. 2011 was 9.4 and I'm waiting on the results for my latest and hopefully big change. I went from average levels of 430+ to 200 and finally now the past several months I have had fasting levels in the 90s.
I was/am a carb junkie and its taken a lot of effort to make changes. It has been a really slow process for me and Ive fallen into the cycle of trying to change to much to fast then swan diving off the wagon when it gets to much. The past 6 months or so have been much better though as I add new things slowly. I don't know if its the best way but its working for me now. I've actually had to deal with low numbers on occasion and as bad as I know that is I can't help but feel secretly proud about it hehe.
Anyways! I don't really know anyone else in my own life who has diabetes so I'm really happy to find a place where I can see that I'm not alone with all of my fears and worries. Glad to have found it.
Long story short its been a hard 2 years making a lot of changes to my lifestyle. Very begrudgingly I add. It has payed off though. 2010 A1c was 11.2. 2011 was 9.4 and I'm waiting on the results for my latest and hopefully big change. I went from average levels of 430+ to 200 and finally now the past several months I have had fasting levels in the 90s.
I was/am a carb junkie and its taken a lot of effort to make changes. It has been a really slow process for me and Ive fallen into the cycle of trying to change to much to fast then swan diving off the wagon when it gets to much. The past 6 months or so have been much better though as I add new things slowly. I don't know if its the best way but its working for me now. I've actually had to deal with low numbers on occasion and as bad as I know that is I can't help but feel secretly proud about it hehe.
Anyways! I don't really know anyone else in my own life who has diabetes so I'm really happy to find a place where I can see that I'm not alone with all of my fears and worries. Glad to have found it.