COMPLICATIONS

[katie_ghosh]

Hi.  I am 28 years old and was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 in 2007.  I have to take antipsychotic medication, and took Seroquel previous to my diabetes diagnosis, and was told that this could have contributed to the diabetes type 2diagnosis.  I am 5ft 5 inches and weigh 14 and half stones.  I guess this makes me very obese.  I am very worried about developing complications.  I have not developed any so far.  I find junk food like sweet food, burgers, chips etc very tempting and hard to resist.  I take them quite regularly and am desperately trying to stop this.  I wanted to ask that if I have not developed any complications so far and stop my unhealthy eating habits, am I likely to develop complications in the near or distant future (because I have eaten junk regularly ever since my diabetes type 2 diagnosis was made).  I would really appreciate your advice.

Thanks, Katie


This discussion is related to GD and Impact on Baby.

[zhongy2]

Hi,  In general, it takes 10 years of uncontrollable blood sugars to develop all complications.  However, every individual is different, some individuals develops complications within a very short timeframe.  If you change your eating habits, lose weight, exercise and have your blood sugar under control, then your chances of having complications will significantly decrease.