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Diagnosis in Feb 21

Pamrc1

Pamrc1

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Hello everyone, I was diagnosed in Feb and I'm wondering what happens now, should I be doing something or seeing someone in relation new diagnosis? I've been having yearly tests as I was pre diabetic for 3 years , however on my last test my gp phone and said my levels came back at 50 and I am now diabetic, as this was a medical review call he just went on to a different issue and that was that. I got an appointment for eye screening but that's that.
I got myself a testing meter and my levels after fasting are around 5- 8 and 1 hrs after breakfast (porridge) it was 11.4.
Should I be concerned. Or do I wait for my next blood tests next Feb to see what's what.
I am changing my diet and trying low carbon but other than that I'm at a loss of what I should do.

Thanks for reading
 
Pamrc1 said:
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed in Feb and I'm wondering what happens now, should I be doing something or seeing someone in relation new diagnosis? I've been having yearly tests as I was pre diabetic for 3 years , however on my last test my gp phone and said my levels came back at 50 and I am now diabetic, as this was a medical review call he just went on to a different issue and that was that. I got an appointment for eye screening but that's that.
I got myself a testing meter and my levels after fasting are around 5- 8 and 1 hrs after breakfast (porridge) it was 11.4.
Should I be concerned. Or do I wait for my next blood tests next Feb to see what's what.
I am changing my diet and trying low carbon but other than that I'm at a loss of what I should do.

Thanks for reading
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Sadly your experience isn’t unusual. Some get an instruction to “lose weight” or “eat healthily”. Both of which are so vague and totally unhelpful.

Getting a meter was a great first step. You’ve already seen how porridge isn’t a good idea for blood levels. As well as seeing that spike after an hour take a reading at 2hrs. In a non diabetic they’d be back to the same sort of level as before eating by then. We aim as close to that as we can and definitely within 2mmol. Eating low carb is the way to go. Porridge is not low carb unfortunately

Have a read of the links below this message in red. Lots of general info and what foods to choose and why and more links to really useful sites. Then come back and ask whatever questions you still have.
 
Just did blood again and it's gone up to 12.3 so I will look at the threads and stop the porridge .
I'm also waking up 3/4 time a night to wee, is there anything I can do to help my bladder
 
Pamrc1 said:
Just did blood again and it's gone up to 12.3 so I will look at the threads and stop the porridge .
I'm also waking up 3/4 time a night to wee, is there anything I can do to help my bladder
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if you go low carb, you’ll be weeing out the water that was bound to the carbs for the first couple weeks. You’ll also want to stay hydrated. So maybe just wait until things normalize…
 
Pamrc1 said:
I'm also waking up 3/4 time a night to wee, is there anything I can do to help my bladder
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That frequency will start to reduce once you've been low carbing for a while.
I find doing fewer but longer wees is one of the best side effects of lower bg , quite life changing
 
MrsA2 said:
That frequency will start to reduce once you've been low carbing for a while.
I find doing fewer but longer wees is one of the best side effects of lower bg , quite life changing
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The things we discuss eh? But yes. Better blood sugars and fewer carbs will help but will take a little while.
 
Pamrc1 said:
I'm also waking up 3/4 time a night to wee, is there anything I can do to help my bladder
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When our blood sugars are high, our bodies try to get rid of the excess glucose. The usual approach our bodies use is through urine so we were more (and feel thirsty).
But sugar comes out all over - in our saliva so we may experience more tooth decay and in our tears so our lens’s change shape and we may struggle to focus. Probably in our sweat but I’ve not studied that. Ok didn’t exactly “study” the other scenarios but when I was first diagnosed, it was distressing and I noticed my tears tasted sweet rather than salty.

The way to stop the weeing (assuming it is only due to diabetes) is to reduce your blood sugars.
Low carb diet is a common approach which is encouraged by diabetes.co.uk for people with type 2.
 
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