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Hi everyone
I am a 73 year old woman not overweight and fairly fit and I had a Type 2 diagnosis last Friday..I was diagnosed with a glucose intolerance about 7 years ago and have a yearly blood test since. My last fasting blood test showed my level was 7.5 not sure if this is high or low but my doctor said this is considered to be Type 2

I have been reading a lot of the posts on here but am still a bit confused on what are good glucose levels.

For the last 6 years or so I have been having a fairly low fat diet as my cholesterol is raised and I take a statin tablet each night also on high blood pressure tablets.
I do not have a sweet tooth so not really into highly sweetened things. I don't eat a lot of starchy carbs....not keen on rice and pasta and my bread intake daily is usually only two slices of toast for breakfast. I don't eat takeaways,fast food or processed ready meals. I stick to mostly chicken and fish with some Quorn..soya.. products and I love all vegetables and fruit. Is soup a good thing for diabetics as I make my own vegetable ones and like it for lunch. The hardest thing I will find to give up is salad dressing I have been having the low fat varieties but don't think I should have even them now. I love cheese of all sorts but try to stick to half fat ones and I am not sure how many eggs a week is good or bad.. another thing I love.

There seems to be an issue with the NHS giving glucose measuring monitors for type 2 but how do you know your glucose levels and how to control them without one and should I buy one
Any advice will be gratefully received
 
Hi. I'm sure Daisy will be along shortly with a lot of links to diet and other information. You appear to already have quite a good diet. Cheese and home-made soup should be no problem for your diabetes; same for eggs and bacon. Avoid any thickening agents in the soup such as corn-starch. A fasting test level of 7.5 for an older person is quite good. A better test would be the glucose tolerance test (GTT) or the Hba1c test which measures your average level over the last 2-3 months. As a diagnosed diabetic you should have an annual Hba1c test and the aim is to keep the reading below something like 6.5 using the old type of measure (it changed last year. It may be this is the test you are already having so do ask your GP for the result each time you have your review. As you have discovered you can't check your sugar levels and what food affects you most without a meter. Most of us have obtained our own. Manufacturers will usually provide one free as they make their money from the test strips. The Codefree meter which is available online is cheap and the strips are the cheapest. BTW salad dressing in sensible quantity should be OK; just check that it isn't highly loaded with sugar
 
Hi Maybird and welcome to the forum :)
If you look on your other thread you will see the information that I posted for you that we give to new members and I hope it was helpful. Ask any questions you need to and someone will reply.
 
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