After have three other inconclusive blood tests, I had to wait three weeks for a fourth test that will hopefully give me a more definitive answer to my previous grey area result. Quite prepared to change my lifestyle if I get a positive result and depending on the type of diabetes, it may give me a reason on how I have been feeling on and off the bike.

Quite prepared to change my lifestyle if I get a positive result

Hmm, and if its negative?

Sounds like you need to sort yourself out whatever – tbh the only folk I know who’ve become diabetic have pretty much brought it on themselves…

Good luck dude.

I once knew a Marine who became type 2 diabetic and **** know’s how he did it considering how fit he was.

Maybe dosed on energy drinks to much during training?

br……….what a load of shyte that is….so the only folk with diabetes bring it on themselves.

you stupid stupid man.

Thanks Ton, saved me from typing it. Perhaps Sir Steven Redgrave was just a slacking waster who didnt look after himself. I actually partly blame the usual news hype that has been published blaming all type II primarily on sedentary overweight folk with poor lifestyle choices.
Remember all the hype about how only gays caught AIDS.

I brought it on myself, aged 7.

🙄

Oh and back to the OP, I hope that you get a result one way or the other. If it is a positive test I can pretty much tell you that for sure once you cut the majority of sugar out your diet you will feel 1000% better. Just remember that its not just refined sugar but also fruit to be wary of, stick to good old UK berries and fruit ie apples, pears etc. I actually found that I dont tolerate fructose well either.

reason i posted was because a mate has triplets, and the 2 girls were born with diabetes.
and the fitest bloke i evver played sport with also has diabetes.
oh and he is a veggie with 10% body fat……must be the olive oil eh…. 🙄

OP, do you feel really sluggish all of the time? I’ve just been reading about this as I’m constantly thirsty, like I haven’t drank anything for a day, even though I’m hydrated.

Sluggish is indeed how I feel. br, I’m not fat and eat properly 😆

Cheers for the kind words, I do slip into an exercise slump during the winter months as I don’t get out on the road bike usually I do more mtbing with night rides and the odd weekend, I also tend to drink more due to Xmas malts and six nations tournament.

I have a few other issues going on having had flow tests as well, but I really need to exercise more and get rid of the belly and stop making excuses, I got really quite fit last year but let it all go so pretty stupid. Must get some rollers for more indoor training for when the weathers bad and get back into circuit training. Once I’ve had the results from my doctor either way I have to make some changes.

My dad is diabetic and chose not to change his lifestyle and is now very ill and can hardly walk and has lost his marbles due to living the highlife with no regard for his diabetes which he could of controlled through diet and no insulin injections, I shan’t make the same mistake if I do have diabetes.

Dammit, so it is my fault that I got Type 1 for my 24th birthday! 🙄

I was diagnosed type one just over 3 years ago. Injected insulin for around 6 weeks before constant hypos lead to me being taken back off it.

For 3 years now i’ve had no medication at all and just watched my diet. All the doctors and specialists are completely confused as by now I should have been back on insulin ages ago.

I hope your diagnosis Is good news but if you’re talking about type 2 the symptoms can be improved massively through exercise and diet. Type one is just bad luck, the causes are still unknown.

br……….what a load of shyte that is….so the only folk with diabetes bring it on themselves.

Did you actually read what I wrote?
tbh the only folk I know who’ve become diabetic have pretty much brought it on themselves…

An old friend of mine died last week of complications due to diabetes, only 55 and leaves a wife and 2 teenagers – and a probably a run on Brewery shares, ‘cos he never changed!
My FIL is now pretty much housebound, but still manages a couple of meals out, washed down with alcohol.

And if you read what the OP wrote,
Quite prepared to change my lifestyle if I get a positive result

And then in his next post
I also tend to drink more due to Xmas malts and six nations tournament…
but I really need to exercise more and get rid of the belly and stop making excuses, I got really quite fit last year but let it all go so pretty stupid.
Once I’ve had the results from my doctor either way I have to make some changes.
My dad is diabetic and chose not to change his lifestyle and is now very ill and can hardly walk and has lost his marbles due to living the highlife with no regard for his diabetes which he could of controlled through diet and no insulin injections, I shan’t make the same mistake if I do have diabetes.

And that reads like, “I’ll only change my lifestyle IF

Well that’s too late, change now before it happens.

Its just a shame that a lot of diabetes can be prevented but poor diet and lifestyle seem to be defended as some right that then requires all the resources of the nhs to chase around people for being pricks. im in the renal ward every week now for treatment and the fat useless **** I see wandering around are a disgrace

To be fair I fully intend to look after myself more anyway, I find it very difficult to motivate myself once the nights draw in. Probably S.A.D and having more excuses not to exercise than to exercise.

You hang in there there are a lot of renal forums and groups to get help and I enjoy looking for alternatives to my diet to help now

br – why come back to defend some pretty shameful and indefensible comments? When you’re in a hole………….etc.

Generalisations about diabetes and diabetics are pretty much as stupid as generalisations about most things in life. Get some facts and come in with specifics.

People with type 1 diabetes tend to have an in-built pancreatic weakness and are usually diagnosed quite early in life.

People with type 2 diabetes tend to be diagnosed later in life, and the causes are many and various. They include a heritability aspect (it runs in the family), eating too many sugars, eating too much processed food, eating too much fat, just eating too much and becoming overweight, lack of exercise, smoking, etc etc. But equally there are many people who do all of these things and do not get type 2. So while lifestyle can be a precipitating factor, it’s simplistic to say that it’s ‘the cause’ of type 2 diabetes. Sometimes it just happens……..

So please don’t abuse people with this or any other condition. It doesn’t help. Try (as they say) to understand a little more, and condemn a little less.

And yes, I had type 2 diabetes diagnosed 15 months ago. Shocked the heck out of me. I had and have a good diet with little processed food, I don’t much care for sugary foods or drinks, I don’t OD on alcohol, I ride my bike a lot and lead a physically active lifestyle, it doesn’t run in my family. So why? Who knows. It’s not what happens to you, but it’s how you deal with it.

(these are stats for Australia)

type 2 diabetes has increased 6 fold over the last 20 years,

type 1 diabetes (the one you get born with) is 1/7 of the total.

you can be predisposed to type 2, and it’s manifestation is linked to obesity and poor lifestyle.

so, yes, you are more likely to know someone who has induced type 2.

nice one big rich glad someone finally knew what they are talking about. type 1 you cant help the other type is 100% due to your lifestyle and brought on yourself. the processed sugars in everything these days plays havoc with your body, mix that with alcohol and a poor lifestyle and its game over. type 2 is reversable too by changing your lifestyle.

counterintuitively, obese patients have a better survival rate for heart attacks and kidney failure.

Remember all the hype about how only gays caught AIDS.

To be fair that was only bad AIDS, straight people could still get good AIDS 😉

OP, how were you feeling, what made you start to think about diabetes?

Perhaps BR phrased it a little insensitively and didn’t refer specifically to type II patients, most (but not all) of whom develop diabetes through lifestyle, but his overall point to the OP is sound.

If the test is inconclusive or negative, carry on the way you are and there’s a good chance it’ll be a positive a couple of years down the track. Make reasonable changes to lifestyle now, cut alcohol, eat better, shed weight, get out riding more, and you can get a grip on it, feel better, and probably live longer.

Type II is a shitty disease, and in many cases 100% avoidable.

To be fair that was only bad AIDS, straight people could still get good AIDS

Wait, where does cat AIDS come into this?

OP, how were you feeling, what made you start to think about diabetes?

Ive been feeling really lethargic and having to pee all the type before I drop of to sleep and soon after I drink something, I feel really knackered after exercise and have to sleep but I don’t suffer from being thirsty. I eat hardly any processed meals ( ready meals) but I do eat quite a bit of past and bread, I drink very little during the week and more on the weekends but only during the six nations which tend to be long sessions on the Ale.

I went to the Drs about my peeing initially so she sent me for a flow test and blood tests and as I was between 6-7 ??? or grey area I had to go for further tests and finally one today after waiting three weeks. My blood sugar is probably not at its best after the weekend celebrations after Wales won the Rugby. Probably find out results on Wednesday. Really appreciate the support thankyou!

I have a non judgemental question, purely curious: If you are developing type II diabetes then surely the first time you go on a big ride you’ll end up in a terrible mess? Would it not be super obvious to an MTBer?

Perhaps BR phrased it a little insensitively and didn’t refer specifically to type II patients, most (but not all) of whom develop diabetes through lifestyle, but his overall point to the OP is sound.

ta Martin – well I am a Yorkshireman so not the most sensitive, especially with folk who continue to shorten their lives through stupidity.

I’ve also a MIL that continues to smoke, even after having a couple of strokes and needing weekly goes on the oxygen…

It can be after any ride long or short, I never know how I’m going to feel even when at my fittest, it could just be normal for me though and me being paranoid after getting inconclusive results also could be feeling my age (48).

If you are developing type II diabetes then surely the first time you go on a big ride you’ll end up in a terrible mess?

Hmm, not really…
Diabetes is a problem of HIGH blood sugars, but type 2 diabetics have ‘enough sugar’ going to the cells to fuel them.. (Type 1s have all the sugar in the blood, but nil going to the cells, so they ‘have a full tank but are running on empty’…)

You might be thinking of a hypoglycaemic attack, for which Type 1’s (as they use insulin) need to be aware of.. insulin + exercise, if not balanced, can drop the blood sugar too much, causing you to get unwell…
A new diagnosed/suspected T2 diabetic won’t suffer this…

DrP

A new diagnosed/suspected T2 diabetic won’t suffer this.

Well I guess that’s apparent from the stories above.. not sure why though. I was thinking of hypo attacks yes. Wikipedia is required I think.

type 2 can also be brought on by other things going wrong with your body…largely it is poor diet and lifestyle that cause the ‘self-induced’ type 2, but not always.