Thanks. The reason I wondered about the medication, is I only noticed it after I started on them. Up until three weeks ago I was one of those people who was aways too hot rather than too cold.Hi and welcome to the forum.
@daisy1 will be along shortly with some overall advise that 's given to everyone.
Ask as many and any questions you may have here there's always someone that can help.
Well done for getting through Christmas on your own. By joining this forum you can consider yourself no longer alone in all of this. There's plenty of us here to support you and for you to talk to any time.
I would suggest the cold hands and feet has more to do with the diabetes and poor circulation rather than the medication.
Good luck with it all
Maggie
Thanks. I'm trying to make sure I have nothin at all with sugar, and avoiding bread potatoes rice and pasta, in spite of one of the GPs telling me that's what I should eat. The other suggested I should be very careful with them and recommended this site.Welcome to the club @lowedb ! I'm almost 12 months ahead of you with my diagnosis - Dec2015. You'll find that your BG numbers will take a little time to fall and stabilise and the more carbs, particularly higher sugar carbs you cut the lower will be your BG readings. Supermarket shopping does take a bit longer now you have to pay attention to the small print, but over time you start to be able to almost second guess what the small print is going to telling you. Can't say as I'm surprised about the mixed advice you received - it's not uncommon and some GPs and DSNs don't have much clue as to current scientific opinion.
As far as circulation goes DCUK has an article about it here -
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-complications/poor-blood-circulation.html
The 'intern' Doc who who diagnosed me pointed me to this site too, and thank goodness she did!Thanks. I'm trying to make sure I have nothin at all with sugar, and avoiding bread potatoes rice and pasta, in spite of one of the GPs telling me that's what I should eat. The other suggested I should be very careful with them and recommended this site.
No, I was put on Gliclazide on the spot with Metformin added later. First test was 20, then 6 days later it was 19, but I'd only been on the Gliclazide for one day at that point. I'm assuming they were HbA1c tests but didn't ask because at that point I'd not learned what it was all about. Had another test yesterday but won't get the results until my next appointment at the end of the month. In the mean time I'm testing BG, which is still coming down, but nowhere near a Hypo yet. Lowest ever reading was 5.8 last night before bed, though it had risen by this morning to 8.3.Welcome to the forum. I haven't posted for a long time myself. Considering you are newly diagnosed, you have been put on meds straight away. Did they offer you to try diet control first or was your HbA1c was very high. For the interest of everyone what was your test results for the test as you should have had 2 or 3 before diagnoses. Be aware if you are low carbing you will go hypo because of your meds. Do you test your sugar levels.
NHS advice is a mess of contradictionsThanks. I'm trying to make sure I have nothin at all with sugar, and avoiding bread potatoes rice and pasta, in spite of one of the GPs telling me that's what I should eat. The other suggested I should be very careful with them and recommended this site.
Finally managed to prise my results out of them. HbA1c was 90 at diagnosis. I did have other tests soon after but they weren't HbA1c. tests. They were extremely awkward about providing my results (GP was fine, receptionists treated me like I had crawled from under a stone and asked). I asked for all results, and they assured me I had them. I'm still missing some so I'll be going back, again, to get the rest.Welcome to the forum. I haven't posted for a long time myself. Considering you are newly diagnosed, you have been put on meds straight away. Did they offer you to try diet control first or was your HbA1c was very high. For the interest of everyone what was your test results for the test as you should have had 2 or 3 before diagnoses. Be aware if you are low carbing you will go hypo because of your meds. Do you test your sugar levels.
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