HI im new here
nice to meet you all
found this forum just by chance as i was looking up recipes
i have been border line diabetes for years and years with glucose intolerance and just about 6months ago been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes..but with 2 diabetic parents maybe it was just a time bomb waiting to happen !!
to be honest i havent had much advice from anywhere.my gp has told me to go diet only and i sat down and had a chat with the practise nurse who couldnt even answer many of my questions.she just said i needed to follow the same healthy diet recommended to all and eat what i liked in moderation but in truth my mother doesnt control her diaabtes very well so i was scared to end up like her and i have so far avoided all sugars and all foods with anything more than 4grms sugar in it..
i mean i do cook meals and am careful with the carbs and have veg etc so i dont count that but if a biscuit or whatever has more than 4grms sugar i dont go anywhere near it so i hardly have puddings or cereals except cornflakes or rice crispies..im finding food very boring a lot of the time but only seem to miss it when its this time of year or birthdays and miss out on the treat im too scared to have as i catn take a tablet to help me lower my sugars and have to do it by diet alone
what my doctor calls acceptable is a fasting sugar of between 7.9 and 11 in the morning.i was told if it goes over 15 to go and see them but at those levels its ok for me to stick to diet only but this scares me as it seems too high..im usually about 8 in the morning and 15 after a few hrs of eating
i also suffer from M.E/CFs so i cant always recognise a high sugar time as im often tired and fatigued anyway so i have to just go and see my doctor every few months for more tests to see whats happening.he did say it had come down a little since a few months ago..i also have raised and unusual liver enzyme reslts but they dont know why and again just retest me every few months
is all of this normal for some people especially on the diet only ? thanks for any support and advice xx
ps sorry if i spell bad or sound sily some places its part of me m.e while im typing it to me it seems ok and only when i look back later i can see i used wrong word or misspelt xx sorry
nice to meet you all
found this forum just by chance as i was looking up recipes
i have been border line diabetes for years and years with glucose intolerance and just about 6months ago been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes..but with 2 diabetic parents maybe it was just a time bomb waiting to happen !!
to be honest i havent had much advice from anywhere.my gp has told me to go diet only and i sat down and had a chat with the practise nurse who couldnt even answer many of my questions.she just said i needed to follow the same healthy diet recommended to all and eat what i liked in moderation but in truth my mother doesnt control her diaabtes very well so i was scared to end up like her and i have so far avoided all sugars and all foods with anything more than 4grms sugar in it..
i mean i do cook meals and am careful with the carbs and have veg etc so i dont count that but if a biscuit or whatever has more than 4grms sugar i dont go anywhere near it so i hardly have puddings or cereals except cornflakes or rice crispies..im finding food very boring a lot of the time but only seem to miss it when its this time of year or birthdays and miss out on the treat im too scared to have as i catn take a tablet to help me lower my sugars and have to do it by diet alone
what my doctor calls acceptable is a fasting sugar of between 7.9 and 11 in the morning.i was told if it goes over 15 to go and see them but at those levels its ok for me to stick to diet only but this scares me as it seems too high..im usually about 8 in the morning and 15 after a few hrs of eating
i also suffer from M.E/CFs so i cant always recognise a high sugar time as im often tired and fatigued anyway so i have to just go and see my doctor every few months for more tests to see whats happening.he did say it had come down a little since a few months ago..i also have raised and unusual liver enzyme reslts but they dont know why and again just retest me every few months
is all of this normal for some people especially on the diet only ? thanks for any support and advice xx
ps sorry if i spell bad or sound sily some places its part of me m.e while im typing it to me it seems ok and only when i look back later i can see i used wrong word or misspelt xx sorry