Just feel for you so much was diagnosed 3 weeks ago Type 2 and absolutely confusedI have to wait until July for the clinic and have no diet sheets or anything, I have self researched thanks to this fab website. However I have high cholesterol and put on medication and trying to control diabetes with diet I have lost 9 pounds but totally hungry, eat fruit,, dont eat fruit etc etc I just dont know what to do to control both at the same time any advice would be greatly appreciated,, confused.comHello All, where do I even start?
I am 35 years old with 3 children the youngest 14 months old. My problems begun at the end of my last pregnancy. My blood pressure shot up, I had bad swelling and had put on a considerable amount of water weight. When my daughter was born there were complications with her size and she is subsequently disabled from delivery procedures; it turned out that she was in larger than expected waters and weighed a whopping 10lb 4 oz.
Fast forward, the last 14 months have been filled with operations on my daughter, physio, occupational therapy, eye specialists and consultants appointments and I admit, I let myself totally go thinking once she is ok, i will concentrate on myself. I comfort ate for a while and in addition moving from sometimes 2 appointments in one day, i generally eat cereal for breakfast, noodles for lunch and dinner.
Today I have just come back from the GP who in a childish tone said "you have been filling yourself with sweeties and sweet stuff, you've been eating cakes, biscuits and sweets haven't you?" i said that i occasionally have biscuits and sometimes afters on Sunday but she didn't want a conversation, she said "you have type 2 diabetes and I am putting you on metformin 3x a day before meals and book an appointment to see the diabetic nurse" followed by "diabetes is for life"I asked her what this meant and she said I need to cut back on carbohydrates and eat better and that the diabetic nurse will go through it with me.
Just before I left she looked at my baby and said "be careful what you feed the baby as you don't want her to get ill"
The appointment with the nurse is 4 weeks away and i have not a clue what I am supposed to be doing and what the tablets are for. I don't know what I should eat/shouldn't eat, I've just come back and made some cereal and feel physically sick about whether I should have eaten it or not. I have a print out of my results but have not a clue what they mean either and no way of understanding the levels or what this means for my diet for another 4 weeks.
My results following a 12hour fast are HBa1c 60 mmol and Blood glucose level 7.5mmol, what do I do now, please help
See this thread, where peoples describe their different approaches.Thanks guys, there have been some high and low points this evening. I've shed a few more tears with more to come especially as I am seeing that the only way to manage this seems to be by cutting out carbs completely. The idea feels so foreign to me. This is one of those times where I want to pause life to look on it from a bird's eye view but that is not possible so for now I'm reading and reading.
Is there anyone who has named to get their blood sugar under control with reducing their portion intake of carbs instead of cutting them out all together?
Hi mrs mac, have a read up on the "what have you eaten today" tonight i had a lovely chicken curry with cauliflower , just having fresh rasberries and a dollop of clotted cream ...it's a hard life :Thanks guys, there have been some high and low points this evening. I've shed a few more tears with more to come especially as I am seeing that the only way to manage this seems to be by cutting out carbs completely. The idea feels so foreign to me. This is one of those times where I want to pause life to look on it from a bird's eye view but that is not possible so for now I'm reading and reading.
Is there anyone who has named to get their blood sugar under control with reducing their portion intake of carbs instead of cutting them out all together?
Hi mrs mac, have a read up on the "what have you eaten today" tonight i had a lovely chicken curry with cauliflower , just having fresh rasberries and a dollop of clotted cream ...it's a hard life :)
Sorry to hear about your unsympathetic doctor, that was appalling. Just to warn you that his attitude may also have rubbed off on the diabetic nurse so don't be upset if you get more of the same. You have had great advice on here and if you also need yo lose weight even a few pounds off can make a big difference to your bs figures. I have found joining Slimming World a great help and their diet, with very few tweaks, is very easy to keep yo long term. On that I have been able to reduce my meds and as a bonus have lost some weight. Good luck, you will be fine with the support u out can get here. Wish I had found it sooner.
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