Hi All
I have recently been diagnosed type 2 and feeling pretty confused.
Blood test was 67, cholesterol 7.1 and liver function is being rechecked next week. Since blood test results came back I have seen the GP, Dietician and Diabetic nurse.
I purchased a blood glucose monitor prior to seeing dietician as thought it might be helpful but have found it really confusing as reading have been between 9.7 and 15.5. When I get up in the morning the reading is consistently between 10.5 and 12, I thought it would be lower in the mornings so am finding it confusing.
Dietician said she does not want me to monitor blood which is confusing as I thought it would be helpful for me to see what spikes numbers. She is referring me to DESMOND course and has said part of that would involve finding out how to test urine, so she has added testing strips to my prescriptions. The dietician has suggested lifestyle changes and reviewing bloods in 3 months. Diabetic nurse felt I should have been put on medication but has said its best to follow dieticians plan. Not really sure if I should use the monitor now and don't know why its ok to test urine but not blood.
I have started trying to make changes to my diet but am a really fussy eater so finding it difficult....everything I like is a no no and everything I hate is a YES. Simple things like what to eat feel like such a dilemma
- scrambled egg and toast, sandwich ???? cant have that as am not allowed butter and I don't like other spreads
- dinner plate guide say 1/2 plate veg, 1/4 carbs and 1/4 protein...you would think it would be easy but potatoes (mashed, new or baked) always involved butter....to make myself eat salad (mayonnaise was useful to disguise taste).
I am not sure what I should be following as some things say cut carbs, cut fats, cut sugar....one thing says eat brown rice, pasta and another says white. How do you work out what you can and cannot eat.
Any advise on how to adjust would be really appreciated.
Thanks for your support
Sam
I have recently been diagnosed type 2 and feeling pretty confused.
Blood test was 67, cholesterol 7.1 and liver function is being rechecked next week. Since blood test results came back I have seen the GP, Dietician and Diabetic nurse.
I purchased a blood glucose monitor prior to seeing dietician as thought it might be helpful but have found it really confusing as reading have been between 9.7 and 15.5. When I get up in the morning the reading is consistently between 10.5 and 12, I thought it would be lower in the mornings so am finding it confusing.
Dietician said she does not want me to monitor blood which is confusing as I thought it would be helpful for me to see what spikes numbers. She is referring me to DESMOND course and has said part of that would involve finding out how to test urine, so she has added testing strips to my prescriptions. The dietician has suggested lifestyle changes and reviewing bloods in 3 months. Diabetic nurse felt I should have been put on medication but has said its best to follow dieticians plan. Not really sure if I should use the monitor now and don't know why its ok to test urine but not blood.
I have started trying to make changes to my diet but am a really fussy eater so finding it difficult....everything I like is a no no and everything I hate is a YES. Simple things like what to eat feel like such a dilemma
- scrambled egg and toast, sandwich ???? cant have that as am not allowed butter and I don't like other spreads
- dinner plate guide say 1/2 plate veg, 1/4 carbs and 1/4 protein...you would think it would be easy but potatoes (mashed, new or baked) always involved butter....to make myself eat salad (mayonnaise was useful to disguise taste).
I am not sure what I should be following as some things say cut carbs, cut fats, cut sugar....one thing says eat brown rice, pasta and another says white. How do you work out what you can and cannot eat.
Any advise on how to adjust would be really appreciated.
Thanks for your support
Sam