Blood sugar readings

Jodie12345 said:

Hi all, I was only diagnosed last Thursday as a new type 2 diabetic with a level of 80 from my HbA1c test. After the shock and crying for a few days etc I decided to go all out and help myself. I ordered a monitor it’s a gluco navii GDH. I also cut carbs and started healthy eating immediately after researching this forum and great advice from you lovely people. My monitor arrived this morning and I’m confused as my readings so far have been 5.1 just before lunch. 6.0 two hours after lunch and 6.5 two hours after my tea. Am I wrong or are these levels ok?? Or is it only ok just because I’ve been eating super healthy plus upped my exercise lots. Please can anyone advise? GP wants to repeat my test plus fasting glucose but I’ve been putting off to try and get a better result when I do go. Thanks so much

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The way you're eating now has a direct effect on your blood sugar levels, the exercise will have helped too. They're really good. So keep it up! (Go back to carby eating and your numbers would rise again.)

Jodie12345 said:

Thanks for your advise. So new to all this, I was really getting my hopes up.

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Type 2 diabetes is pretty much a permanent thing. I haven't had diabetic levels in 4 years now, but I am still a diabetic. Give me a piece of cake, and my numbers will soar. Basically the best we can do is control it well, avoid complications, and get healthier than we started out as. Your insulin sensitivity may improve some over time, but re-introduce carbs, and you'll be right back where you started. So do yourself a solid: Keep your goals realistic. Otherwise, you'd get disappointed, and that makes it easier to fall of the wagon.

Realistic goals, things that are utterly attainable:
-Get healthier over all, maybe get rid of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, high blood pressure and what have you while you're at it anyway.
-Avoid painful and possibly deadly complications altogether.
-Lose weight
-Improvement of emotional issues (high blood sugars can make one severely depressed or anxious)

What you're doing is working. It may not be working in the way you ultimately want it to, but I see not losing feet, kidney function, eyesight or you know, life, as a big win. You're doing well!