GeminiMum
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
At this moment in time I have been on metformin for two months now, and no side effects plus I have been to the hospital about my tablets and talked about diets, I nearly fell asleep it bored me silly, yet I have another next week I felt as if I was in a rehab, other than the blood tests I have got a clue what my sugar levels should be, I don't know what to do if my blood sugars are up or down I have no way of knowing so at the moment I have gone down the common sense road, I use canderel instead of sugar and cut out biscuits and cakes, I don't know when I see the nurse next and am getting a bit tired of the blood tests am not a pin cushion, when do I get a blood pricker? so I can check my sugar levels sorry for the moan but it's 7am and I haven't been asleep
I was only diagnosed on the 23 Dec, but I had gestational diabetes with all three pregnancies (boys are now 16, 12 & 10). Back then I was given a blood glucose monitoring machine, diet advice and very quickly I learnt I could safely eat 2 new potatoes with a meal but 3 new potatoes would push me over 7. I'm only newly diagnosed but my advice is to get yourself a blood glucose monitor, I got one for about £25 from Boots, the extra 50 blood testing strips were £20 (just bought those extras today as machine comes with 10 strips).
So far I've had one blip, that was having a larger than normal breakfast, bloods were 7.4. I'm averaging in the 5's for most meals and once I have reading that I'm ok with eg Salmon with lentils/peppers/cucumber/olives/celery then I don't tend to test again. I've only been doing this a few weeks but will check regularly to ensure I'm still ok with those foods.
What amazes me is the lack of info that the Diabetes Nurse gave, I seemed to know more than she did and another friend of mine was also diagnosed just before Christmas and is has even less of an idea than I have and no meter.