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Aiming to become a 'Sugar Free Zone'

Supaloo

Supaloo

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Location
Wales
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi,

I'm Sue:), diagnosed as a T2 diabetic, last Friday. Slightly anxious about joining this, but the support and advice that seems to flow from the members, in this community, is really encouraging.

I have a fortnight to wait for my meeting with the nurse (wish it was sooner), so I am soaking up all the sage advice you are giving about managing the condition. The Dr was very supportive, but reticent to give too much information and said that I have had the condition for a while. I had a reading of 15.5, which seems worrying when I read other folks' results on here, he has prescribed a dose of initially 2 metformin a day, diet & exercise.

Despite having many symptoms, I have ignored them attributing it to the menopause:oops:, but decided (following my mother nagging) to get my dad to test my blood a week ago; he has had diabetes for over 30yrs. He was alarmed at my reading of 18.5 (eve) and the following morning of 13.9,by the end of the day it had risen to 19.6 and only dropped to 14.5 the following morning. I agreed to go to A&E where the full bloods were analysed with a reading of 16.2, as there were no ketones (I think that's what he called themo_O) the Dr was happy for me to wait until I returned home to get treatment. Although, this diagnosis was not wholly surprising, as there is a history of the condition in my family, I am still a little discombobulated by the whole thing & not too sure how serious my condition actually is. However, I am relieved to at last have a reason for some of my lethargy and fuzziness.

Any advice :nurse:would be welcome (I have read the initial advice on the site).

Thanks,

Sue
 
Without trying to be alarming I would call your figures high as a kite.

It is not serious when you get it under control but while it is not under control it is serious.

You need to discuss diet with your carer and they will probably offer general advice but what is best is specific advice for you.

Under specialist supervision I went off 130 units of insulin injected daily down to zero units of insulin and now I am on 4 tablets and a no major carbs diet.and getting good results and weight loss. When my weight loss and hence my tolerance to carbs increases he wants me to add more carbs.

Carbs raises our BS and insulin lowers it. Tablets help to keep my BS down to an acceptable level.

If you end up on a lo-carb diet you will find some great recipes for home cooking, even cakes using nut flour.but the hassle is eating out, they do not cater for us.You will find supporters in here for LCHF (lo carb hi fat ) and you have to sort that out for yourself. I am lucky my Specialist and my General Practitioner are keeping an eye on me. They picked up low potassium before I started so my diet includes a banana per day, but some hard liners in here do not like the idea of bananas so that is an example of the advantage of being medically supervised.
 
Hi and welcome. Your figures are too high and hence do need serious attention but it's when they go into the 20s and 30s that immediate action is needed to avoid DKA (Ketoacidosis). You do need to very quickly move to a much lower carb diet; not just sugar but all carbs. Have low-GI carbs when you can. Exercise always helps. Do get hold of a glucose meter and strips. The NHS don't normally provide them to T2s but you can always ask, otherwise by them online or a chemist. Most manufacturers will provide a meter for free if asked.
 
Thank you for such prompt replies. l had begun to think the low carb diet was the best answer, as I have never really been a sweet tooth, and would say I have a balanced diet. I've struggled to figure out what exactly I'm eating which is causing such high readings, but a few days into my usual diet (which used to be effective), l realise this may not be approp. fr this condition. Following reading the advice on here I recognise l eat a lot of carbs -pasta, rice, bread, but also, love fruit. Reflecting on things I think my fruit intake could be more problematic, I always got an energy boost (I thought) from eating could happily eat about 4 a day. Have only eaten l or 2 since diagnosis, but that might be another reason - I spike. Did a mammoth shop yesterday & have invested in loads of high protein foods and fresh veg.
I will no doubt be asking loads of questions on how to manage my new diet.
Thanks again foryour help.
 
Thanks Jill. Gutted about the fruit though :(, huge bowl on the table in front of me. Well, had a bumper high fat breakfast but made me feel a bit nauseous:depressed: without my orange juice & toast, will persevere.
 
I use a 3 flour mix to make cheesy flat bread

1/3 of each flour Self raising flour, coconut flour and almond meal/flour That works out less than 1/3 SR flour because coconut flour sucks up water like a sponge.

It lacks GLUE ten (gluten) to hold it together so mix in lots of grated cheese and water.then cook . I like it thin and crispy around the edges.

You can also use egg to hold it together or olive oil and about 500 other things but I only use 4 the other one I use is gelatin. I am cooking cakes now with Olive oil and egg and gelatin to hold them together.
 
Try to have non-tropical fruit. Berries are good. Root veg can be quite high in carbs but other than that go for it. Carrots are better uncooked as the starchy cells don't get broken down.
 
Hi Sue and welcome to the forum.

As others have said, you need your own home testing meter with which you can test out your meals and single foods by testing before you eat, then again 2 hours after your first bite (with no snacks in between). This way you will learn which foods or food combinations you can cope with. Keep a rigid food diary, record everything you eat and drink with approximate portion sizes, then record your levels alongside. Then you can work out where you are going wrong and try to put it right.
 
Thank you all for such a warm welcome. I have lots of questions, SG think it may be tune to venture beyond the security of the newbies section & enter the big kids forum. Mum appreciate your kindness in gracing me answers when you are all so expertand ave supporting so many other pyd on here!
You're all
 
Apologies for not checking what the predictive text would print, SG-so & tune -time. Agh!
 
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