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John933,
I am 50 ... ... but diabates gives me a chance to grow as a person so I am not complaining.

Stormboy,
thanks for your thoughts and considerations. Eating well and exercising are indeed on top of the list of my priorities. In our group of diabetics the most members do not seem to be able to get away from (bad) carbohydrates. How wierd is it sitting under the poster of a diabetic foot and telling that as a diabetic you are not able to quit eating those two plates of homemade noodles every day ... :confused1:

To me, it is not a big deal as my wife does already eat low carb and she is more than happy to have me along on the same diet. We both carry pacecounters and try do walk at least 6000 steps a day. That means about an hour´s walk. On weekends it is considerably more, during the week it might be 5000 paces a day or less (depends mostly on the weather).

I am going to keep you updated. Thank you again for sharing your experiences.
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John933,
I am 50 ... ... but diabates gives me a chance to grow as a person so I am not complaining.

Mate, I'm 53 and funnily enough, I've begun to think that diabetes is the wake up call I needed to take charge of my life and improve my health. I'd already given up the evil weed, and was feeling better, but spent a lot of time sedentary in front of the computer and the idiot box, wishing I had the energy to do all the adventurous things I saw everyone else doing.

My wife forced me to go and see a doctor and do something about myself.

Once I'd realised why I had felt so crap for so long, I picked myself up, researched as much as I could, (from both a medical and wholistic point of view), started eating better, started exercising (which for the first week or so was painful and uncomfortable), and generally took responsibility for my own health (mental and physical).

A few months down the track now, and I feel absolutely sensational, still eating correctly, still obsessively reading food labels, still exercising (and loving it), I can do a 1200 kilometre day on the bike now, and be ready to ride again as soon as I get off. I've started Kayaking, I've resumed scuba diving. Everything is better.

I wish the same for you. Good luck and be well.

Chris.
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Chris,

thank you very much for your thoughts and kind wishes! I see diabetes as a chance for a second, better life, too.

Take care and see you on the road some day!

Peter
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You are right that it is a good thing that you got diagnosed. I find that the medical community does a pretty poor job at this, and most people that get diagnosed have already had it for years. Testing a few times a day is warranted when first going on medication to find out how your body reacts to the medication, changes in diet, and exercise. But after that, checking every thirty minutes seems very excessive. Your blood sugar level has to be extremely high before you are in danger of passing out, not likely if you are on medication and don't go on a massive sugar binge. Low blood sugar is more dangerous, but also not likely with metformin and eating regularily. There are other medications that do present a risk of low blood sugar, so beware if your doctor changes medication as the condition progresses. Also keeping your blood sugar above 150 while riding seems high. Most people will feel low blood sugar level long before it is a problem, just make sure you have something sugary handy in you tank bag if needed. I'd also talk to another doctor. I find that if you ask 10 different doctors about diabetes, you'll get 10 different recommendations..
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