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MS and type 2 diabetes

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Mal

Hi

 

It looks likely that ill be DX type 2 diabetes , just got to have a second blood test to confirm it

just been reading that there is a link between type 2 diabetes and MS

 

has anyone here have both and how do you cope having both ?

 

 

Mal xx

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Marc

I had a blood test at the beginning of the year and my mmol was 52 (48+ being diabetic). Like you, I had to go back for a 2nd test a couple of months later. In the meantime, I completely cut ot sugar from my diet along with a lot of other unhealthy stuff. My 2nd test was 45!

 

So don't think of it as an inevitability, it doesn't take too much and it's not necessarily too late.

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It's not the hand I wanted to be dealt but I'll play it anyway.

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Mal

Well i had a phone call on Friday about my second test confirming i have type 2 Diabetes

and my GP started meon Metformin tablets this morning and i have an appointment to see a nurse on Friday

 

on a good note , my latest MRI was all good :huladance:

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Sorry to hear that but at least you can start treatment and keep it under control.

 

Good news about the MRI though.

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