Loobles
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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
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- People who interrupt you when you're talking and people who won't listen.
Welcome to the forum
There's lots of really good advice in this thread and as many have said, you could take the 6 week wait to try out some lifestyle changes. As somebody else alluded to, we've all tried out various things and what works for us, might not work for you. Have a read through the advice here, do some research online and form your own opinion would be my best advice.
Your DN/GP is possibly not going to recommend you test your blood sugar, but in my mind, this is essential as we all have different tolerances to carbs and sugar and react differently. For example, my testing has shown me that 1 slice of brown bread is ok, but if I have 2 my blood sugar goes too high. The nurse advised I had 2-3 slices with some fruit, but I can only imagine what my blood sugar would have been after all that sugar! Sugar, carbohydrate, fructose, it's all converted to sugar, so get used to looking at nutritional labels...it's the total carbohydrate count that is of interest to you now.
Somebody else suggested the SD Codefree blood glucometer - that's the one I use and the price is unbeatable I think (and no, I don't have shares in it LOL)
There's lots of really good advice in this thread and as many have said, you could take the 6 week wait to try out some lifestyle changes. As somebody else alluded to, we've all tried out various things and what works for us, might not work for you. Have a read through the advice here, do some research online and form your own opinion would be my best advice.
Your DN/GP is possibly not going to recommend you test your blood sugar, but in my mind, this is essential as we all have different tolerances to carbs and sugar and react differently. For example, my testing has shown me that 1 slice of brown bread is ok, but if I have 2 my blood sugar goes too high. The nurse advised I had 2-3 slices with some fruit, but I can only imagine what my blood sugar would have been after all that sugar! Sugar, carbohydrate, fructose, it's all converted to sugar, so get used to looking at nutritional labels...it's the total carbohydrate count that is of interest to you now.
Somebody else suggested the SD Codefree blood glucometer - that's the one I use and the price is unbeatable I think (and no, I don't have shares in it LOL)