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[mandy]

I am from Essex in England and have just joined and would like to say hi to you all

[4519]

Welcom to the forum.

As a pre-diabetic you will benefit a lot by controllind diet and exercise. You don't have to progress to type 2, well, it is not automatic for sure. You have an advance notice that a lot of us did not get, or did not see it coming. Now is the time to really aggressively treat it.....

[mandy]

Thanks for your reply.I am very lucky to be knowing my reading and i am trying to take control with it but on times i feel so ill and tired that i sleep a lot and get pins and needles in my hands and feet and feel very sick.Is this part of it as i have a reading on fasting of 8.6

[spike]

I am from Essex in England and have just joined and would like ti say hi to you all


Welcome aboard, Mandy. How did you hear about the forum?

[mandy]

Hi there! I was checking out for being pre diabetic and the forum was interesting read as i could not understand why i was feeling so ill.I read a lot of the letters that was there and got a bit more understanding about it

[spike]

Hi there! I was checking out for being pre diabetic and the forum was interesting read as i could not understand why i was feeling so ill.I read a lot of the letters that was there and got a bit more understanding about it


Consider yourself lucky that you have been given some advance notice of diabetes. I had it for years before it was diagnosed, as was my wife (also a pumper, like myself). 'Tis better to be forewarned, yes? :)

[4519]

Did you say 8.6? That is not a fasting number pre-diabetics see. You should be <126 fasting. Did you say that?

[mandy]

I did say 8.6 i had fasted through the night and then took the test.I am from a family of diabetics.My father had so as my mother and so has my grandfather and other close family

[mandy]

hi again.Is there a difference with being 8.6 to 126 as i dont know much about this and i was told i was pre diabetic by my GP.

[4519]

To convert 8.6 to US Standards you multiple by 18.

That would be 137. That falls well into the type 2 range. The standard seems to be >126 fasting on more than one test on different days.

Pre-diabetic would be <7.

[mandy]

maybe that is why i have not been well.I have been sleeping a lot and feeling very sick and starting to get headaches.Thankyou very much for explaining to me about the levels.That was very kind of you

[Cyborg]

Cheers :itsme:

[kgm0612]

Welcome to the forum, Mandy. Great people and a ton of information here!

Karen

[Keezheekoni]

Welcome, Mandy. Glad to have you here. :)

Rikki

[mandy]

Thankyou for your reply.I am looking forward to chatting to you

[mandy]

Thankyou for your reply.I am looking forward to chatting to you

[JediSkipdogg]

Welcome to the forum mandy. I look forward to see more of you on here.

[mandy]

Thankyou so much for your replyIt wasa kind of you to answer back.I am hope,g i will make great friends

[koblenz]

A hearty welcome aboard from the other side of the pond. :ciao:

Sounds like you caught it early and that is important. Look forward to reading your posts.

[mandy]

Hi thankyou for your reply.I was very lucky yesterday after i had said i was 8.6 after fasting.The person i spoke to said it was not right.Today i went to see my Gp and he said i am now type 2 diabetic.I cannot believe one minute i was pre diabetic and the next i am type 2.

[Mark.R]

Hi Mandy, im from Surrey so not far from you. Ive recently been diagnosed type 2. Its not the end of the world... you just have to take the “exercise and eat healthy ” advice really seriously. Welcome aboard :shakehand

[mandy]

Hi there.Boy you are not that far from me.Thanks for your advice.I look forward to your chats.Thanks

[4519]

mandy - the difference in pre-diabetic and diabetic surely makes a difference for you. Diabetes indicates that there is some damage to your system. I say damage just because of a lack of better word. Pre-diabetes does not have to be diabetic and you can use diet and exercise to prevent becoming diabetic - well, that ship has sailed.

The good news, sort of, is the treatment is the same. You are the on the low end of the type 2 scale. Aggressive approach now can turn it around. The liver damage or problems with your liver and medications is a problem. Insulin won't change the resistances problem, nor will it make it any better. You will have to look at all the different approaches to insulin resistance there are that don't harm your liver and become aggressive. Diet will do the most for you right away.

I suggest the Richard K Bernstein book as a great education on all the different aspects of diabetes from what the tests are all about to diet. You don't have to follow his approach to the letter to get the great benefits. Learn how to read labels in detail. After a while it becomes second nature and not a problem. You will set standards that will be a simple put back on the shelf or in the cart. It is not as difficult as it first sounds. You don't have to become anal about it, just get in the habit of looking at what is in things and you will make decisions quickly. For example - maltodextrin is another form of sugar. If I see it on the list the object goes back on the shelf. The exception is if it is really low on the list and there is such a small amount that it can be over-looked.

And exercise. Right now that is my downfall. I was doing just fine and got sick for a while and can't get back in the same routine I was maintaining.

[mandy]

Thankyou so much for that info.I am trying hard right now to sort myself because i have been so sick of late.I cannot stop sleeping and i am getting bad head aches and the thirst is so so bad.My mouth is so dry that i found it hard when i went shopping but now i carry water where ever i go.Thanks again that was very help full for me to read.

[karen36]

Hi Mandy and welcome...i am from uk and i have found this forum really helpful and the peolpe are great!!!!
Anything you are not sure about and there is always someone here who can help you!!

[mandy]

Hi Karen.Thankyou for your welcome.

[mandy]

Do you agree with what my government is doing trials on marijuana so people with severe pain benifit from it and they have down graded the drug so if the police searches you and you only have a about one or two on you they dont arrest you.

[Mister Q]

Welcome aboard Mandy, this is a truly great place and I hope you get lots of help and advice formthe great peeps here.

I do agree that they should use Marijuana for medicinal purposes and further to that I believe all drugs should be legalised and if people want to take them then they become registered addicts. The reason being the huge ammount of crime thats caused by drug use, not a view everyone agrees with I know.

[mandy]

Hi there.Thanks for your reply and is very much appreciated what you have to say.This subject is a very hard one because people have so much different attitudes to drug's husband is on pethidine and that is classed as a opium based .He had a a very bad injury many years ago and this drug is very high on the scale as they watch you very closely with this drug just think if they can allow that then they must allow others with such pains be allowed to use it as it helps a great deal for them.