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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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I (finally!) had my proper post-diagnosis appointment with my GP yesterday. She was very understanding and non-judgemental, both of the diagnosis itself and my reaction to it, which has included feelings of suicidality, both short-term and in the long-term if things don't progress well, after reading some studies about the mortality rates and causes of death of type 2 diabetics in Australia, and of type 2 diabetes information generally. As I'm sure you all know, it's pretty overwhelming how much information is out there, and how confusing and contradictory a lot of it is!
My HbA1C as taken from a blood test about three weeks ago was 9.3% / 81. I'm due for my next one in July, but my GP wants me to see her monthly until then, to monitor both my physical and mental health. She asked if I'd consider going on antidepressants but definitely not as they can cause weight gain. The good news is she agreed with me I don't need to make an appointment to see a "diabetes counsellor" as I seem to be pretty on top of the ins and out of the disease and how to manage it so don't need actual education.
The really good news is that she hasn't put me on medication, and is giving me three months to try to manage with diet and exercise alone.
The last two weeks I've just been focused on losing as much weight as possible and eating no sugar or carb-heavy foods, you know, the usual. I don't consider my eating to be keto as that's not specifically what I'm aiming for, about am tallying about 20-23 g carbs a day, sometimes lower.
I'm still a bit too scared to, but am CAUTIOUSLY considering experimenting with some carbs to see what they actually do to my BG. I suspect I'll function better knowing for sure how deadly they are, rather than living with the unknown (partly to avoid meltdown situations like being misled that something is no sugar or low carb and finding out it's not and having literally no idea how high I'll spike). Like, drink a few sips of Coke, eat half a slice of bread, or a couple of mouthfuls of rice, or a forkful of pasta, etc. (Not all at once, obviously!)
My question is.... to see the effect of the carbs, when after eating them do I do a finger prick test? Two hours after doesn't feel right as it's not a full meal. Do I do it straight after? Half an hour? An hour?
Like I say, I'm not feeling brave enough to do this just yet, and may pike out and not do it at all.
My HbA1C as taken from a blood test about three weeks ago was 9.3% / 81. I'm due for my next one in July, but my GP wants me to see her monthly until then, to monitor both my physical and mental health. She asked if I'd consider going on antidepressants but definitely not as they can cause weight gain. The good news is she agreed with me I don't need to make an appointment to see a "diabetes counsellor" as I seem to be pretty on top of the ins and out of the disease and how to manage it so don't need actual education.
The really good news is that she hasn't put me on medication, and is giving me three months to try to manage with diet and exercise alone.
The last two weeks I've just been focused on losing as much weight as possible and eating no sugar or carb-heavy foods, you know, the usual. I don't consider my eating to be keto as that's not specifically what I'm aiming for, about am tallying about 20-23 g carbs a day, sometimes lower.
I'm still a bit too scared to, but am CAUTIOUSLY considering experimenting with some carbs to see what they actually do to my BG. I suspect I'll function better knowing for sure how deadly they are, rather than living with the unknown (partly to avoid meltdown situations like being misled that something is no sugar or low carb and finding out it's not and having literally no idea how high I'll spike). Like, drink a few sips of Coke, eat half a slice of bread, or a couple of mouthfuls of rice, or a forkful of pasta, etc. (Not all at once, obviously!)
My question is.... to see the effect of the carbs, when after eating them do I do a finger prick test? Two hours after doesn't feel right as it's not a full meal. Do I do it straight after? Half an hour? An hour?
Like I say, I'm not feeling brave enough to do this just yet, and may pike out and not do it at all.