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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 644741" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Great news they gave you a meter! You can now start to use it to teach you which foods you can and can't cope with, and find a good diet that suits you and that you can sustain. Also good news they have put you on the diabetes care pathway.</p><p></p><p>The blood test you refer to sounds like an HbA1c test, and you must realise your levels are very high. As you said, 48 and over is diabetic. Perhaps you can ring up and ask for a print out of your various blood tests. You will find these very useful for comparison when you start to get this under control - and I'm sure you will.</p><p></p><p>Use your meter to test immediately before you eat, then again 2 hours after your first bite. Look at the difference in levels. Try to keep it under 2.5mmol/l (preferably under 2mmol/) to begin with. If it spikes higher there is something in that meal that needs either avoiding or reducing in quantity. Best to keep a food diary of everything you eat/drink and the portions of the carbs. Record your levels alongside. Then you can look back and see patterns emerging.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 644741, member: 94045"] Hi, Great news they gave you a meter! You can now start to use it to teach you which foods you can and can't cope with, and find a good diet that suits you and that you can sustain. Also good news they have put you on the diabetes care pathway. The blood test you refer to sounds like an HbA1c test, and you must realise your levels are very high. As you said, 48 and over is diabetic. Perhaps you can ring up and ask for a print out of your various blood tests. You will find these very useful for comparison when you start to get this under control - and I'm sure you will. Use your meter to test immediately before you eat, then again 2 hours after your first bite. Look at the difference in levels. Try to keep it under 2.5mmol/l (preferably under 2mmol/) to begin with. If it spikes higher there is something in that meal that needs either avoiding or reducing in quantity. Best to keep a food diary of everything you eat/drink and the portions of the carbs. Record your levels alongside. Then you can look back and see patterns emerging. [/QUOTE]
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