12345vonnie
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hi everyone I have just been diagnosed as diabetes 2 ..im waiting on a nurse appointment ..what do I do now ...help
Hi and welcome to the very large world of diabetics! I suspect some of the following may happen:
The nurse may take things like body weight, check your feet for any nerve damage and so on. May start you on Metformin tablets. May talk about diet (beware any advice to have starchy carbs with every meal) & exercise or setup a dietician appointment. You may want to ask for a glucose meter but don't be surprised if the this is turned down. The reason given will be that you don't need to test but in reality it's due to NHS budgets. You will be given a blood test often within 3 months for an HBa1C etc which shows the average blood sugar over the previous 3 months. You need to discuss when the next appointment will be and who arranges it (probably you). During the year you should have retinal eye screening at the local hospital. Do look at Daisy's info and ask any more questions.
Hi Welcome
im just running out the door but im sure someone will be along to help
if we were to marry your name would become 12345 12345 hehe
Hi therethank you for replying ill take all the help I can get ..I don't really know anything about diabetes..is it worth buying my own metre as the doctor told me not to wory about getting one as hes going to control my diabetes by tablet form,,,and do you have to pay for perscriptions or do you get them free (im not on benefits)
Hi there
And welcome
Don't buy a meter
As a T2 you may not be provided with test strips. Write to manufacturer,,they will provide a meter so that you use their test strips. There is a free one with much cheaper strips all led code free. Check it out on here. I'm fairly new too.
Hi
I wouldn't be without my meter.
Although some manufacturers will send you a meter free of charge if thee strips are expensive it's a bit of waste of time
I bought an SD Code Free from Amazon and buy my own strips. The strips work out one third of the price of others.
Once you have been testing for a while you will get a good idea what foods cause your sugars to rise and you can avoid them and you can cut back on the testing
Read the welcome message from Daisy and ask questions of the group. we like to help!
Concentrate on losing weight if you need to and increasing exercise if you can.
Cut back on sugar and look at the role carbohydrates play in your diet.
Good luck!
Cara