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Lin 26

Lin 26

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Help support needed!!!

Hi Everybody.

I an newbie type 2. Really struggling. I have Fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, previous hyper, had RAI. Now type 2,
Feeling very depressed. Not coping at all well. Feel like giving up.
My hbac1 was 103 and my fasting was 22.6. Gp and nurse say this is very high.

I was diagnosed firstly by optician as I couldn't see too well with my glasses on and she also diagnosed catteracts in both eyes.
I'm 53. I was drinking water like it was going out if fashion.
I eat a good healthy diet, make all our food from scratch. Grow my own etc. which is why I feel so bitter.

My mother had type 2 and my sister now 75 has had it five years. I'm told its heredity.
I am still getting blurred vision, extreme tiredness, depression, thrush infections and dry skin.
My nurse suggested cutting out fruit, which it enjoy. Feel like I can't eat a dammed thing anymore.

I'm not a great fan of chocolate, so that's not a problem.
Exercise is an issue due to the Fibro pain.
Also my thyroxine 175mcg is not being absorbed at the moment so running on empty.

Just taken three weeks sick leave as I'm no use to anyone at the moment.
I work with the public in quite a stressful job at times and I can't blubber all over them lol!!

I was told I would not need or be given any testing equipment? I do not understand how I know what my levels are. I can buy one but looked at Boots and don't know where to start or what yo buy. Any suggestions please.
I have joined this site and looked at BDA site.
PLEASE can you lovely people help me. I just read Cattriona post and bless her socks I know just how she's feeling!!
Thanks.

Xxx Lin
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Hi Lin
Welcome to the site I'm also type 2 and we seem to have a few things in common, including our age.
Diabetes is a royal pain in the butt and often made harder by the medical profession. Having said that, the knowledge, support and kindness you'll find here is amazing.
I'm a relative newbie, but others will come along with tons of info and tips on how to manage this condition.
Don't despair, it will get easier.
 
Hya Lin,
welcome to the forum,
i have type 1 but also have fibro and underactive thyroid so know quite a bit of what u are going through,keep your chin up,it will get better ,im sure another type 2 will be along soon to help
 
Lin 26 said:
Help support needed!!!

Hi Everybody.

I an newbie type 2. Really struggling. I have Fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, previous hyper, had RAI. Now type 2,
Feeling very depressed. Not coping at all well. Feel like giving up.
My hbac1 was 103 and my fasting was 22.6. Gp and nurse say this is very high.

I was diagnosed firstly by optician as I couldn't see too well with my glasses on and she also diagnosed catteracts in both eyes.
I'm 53. I was drinking water like it was going out if fashion.
I eat a good healthy diet, make all our food from scratch. Grow my own etc. which is why I feel so bitter.

My mother had type 2 and my sister now 75 has had it five years. I'm told its heredity.
I am still getting blurred vision, extreme tiredness, depression, thrush infections and dry skin.
My nurse suggested cutting out fruit, which it enjoy. Feel like I can't eat a dammed thing anymore.

I'm not a great fan of chocolate, so that's not a problem.
Exercise is an issue due to the Fibro pain.
Also my thyroxine 175mcg is not being absorbed at the moment so running on empty.

Just taken three weeks sick leave as I'm no use to anyone at the moment.
I work with the public in quite a stressful job at times and I can't blubber all over them lol!!

I was told I would not need or be given any testing equipment? I do not understand how I know what my levels are. I can buy one but looked at Boots and don't know where to start or what yo buy. Any suggestions please.
I have joined this site and looked at BDA site.
PLEASE can you lovely people help me. I just read Cattriona post and bless her socks I know just how she's feeling!!
Thanks.

Xxx Lin
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Hi Lin, I too have joined this FAB site today rather out of dispair. At the same time of being diagnosed with type 2 in February, I found out I had heart trouble and am going in for an Angiograme and possibly stents put in on Monday. I have no idea what to eat, as I believed that sugar was the prime culprit until reading on this site that the true villian is CARBS!

I'm sure you will get lots of help and support on this site and a problem shared is a problem halved, as they say. I'm sorry to hear of your other problems, it just makes you feel like giving up, I know, but after the support I've read on this site, I'm sure you'll manage it, and so will I. Have faith Lin. xx
 
Hi and welcome. Obviously you have other medical conditions which may be making your T2 a bit more complex. Diet is the number one way to take some control of T2. Can you give some idea of typical meals so we can suggest possible changes. Yes, carbs are the villain so keep them down and low GI i.e. complex. I'm sure your nurse/GP will start you on Metformin. Do ask for the SR (Slow release) version. This will help a bit with blood sugar reduction but don't expect miracles with it as diet will have the biggest influence. Ref meters there are many popular brands. Most manufacturers will supply a free meter if you contact them; look at heir adverts and websites. They make their money on the test strips which can be cheaper online. Many posters end-up buying the SD Codefree meter which has cheap strips. Good luck and do ask questions.
 
I eat a good healthy diet, make all our food from scratch. Grow my own etc. which is why I feel so bitter.
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Hi Lin, :)
No wonder you feel bitter, and with all the negative feedback from the nurse etc;
I think you should request for a professional consultant to put into action what is necessary for your health asap. ( to sort out the cataracts etc; )
When they say no need, they mean no funds.
This forum is great and will be a great friend to you.
Personally I believe when you grow your own etc; nothing can be better.
If you get your own blood glucose test kit, after a few weeks you will soon see a difference ( control the magic word I think ) there not to dear from amazon.(codefree is the cost effective one).
hope it all works out soon,:)
Roy
 
Also try eBay for the codefree meter as it's slightly cheaper, though the strips seem to be the same price.

I'm another fruit lover so I sympathize but I do actually eat some fruit without any problems, mainly berries which are quite low in sugar and carbohydrates - so they are not the worst culprits! You would be much better off avoiding starchy root vegetables, and white flour, pasta, rice, etc, instead as they will be worse for you. Unless of course your nurse had other reasons for telling you to avoid the fruit.

Robbity
 
Hi everyone,
I've been diagnosed with hyperinsuliemia, non-addisonian adrenal fatigue, hashimoto thyroiditis as well as insulin resistance. I was on the metformin but was told that it is like having 'smarties' at the moment. my serotonin levels are at 267 when they are meant to be between 3500 - 5000. Im on the euthyrox 150umg, as well as the glucobay 200mg.
I am at my wits end as I am a psychologist yet I cant even get out of bed to get breakfast? Ive been told by the Doctors that it is all in my head and that there is nothing wrong with me.
How do you get used to this or the medication?
 
Hi Lin, I am in a similar situation to you, I also have fibromyalgia and also osteoarthritis in my spine and when it flares I can lose feeling from my hips down, so we have enough to put up with without being T2!! I have a Code Free meter, I got it from Amazon and the strips are cheap, very useful in discovering which foods spike you and which don't. I think with food it really is trial and error finding out which ones make us spike, but when your BG levels go down you will feel a bit better and more positive. I think bringing my BG down has slightly improved the fibro pain, and I seem to recover from OA flares a little quicker too. Also, my eyesight is slowly improving. I decided to temporarily stop driving last year because of my eyes, but some days my vision is good now - unless I overdo the carbs! Makes us wonder what having high BG levels causes, doesn't it?! I was diagnosed in November last year so am quite new to diabetes, but already my BG is usually quite near those for non diabetes on the whole.
It's not unusual to have depression when first diagnosed, which is natural really, and I feel I am just emerging from mine, helped I feel by taking vitamin D3 supplements, plus of course acceptance, which is not easy. But we do have to accept diabetes as part of us if we are to live happily with it, which is the stage I am going through now.
Finding this forum was the best thing I ever did in understanding and dealing with T2, and I hope you stay with us.
Take care, Lin
B

PS. I forgot to tell you. Fenjal body lotion is excellent for dry skin anywhere on your body, including feet.
 
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Beshlie said:
Hi Lin, I am in a similar situation to you, I also have fibromyalgia and also osteoarthritis in my spine and when it flares I can lose feeling from my hips down, so we have enough to put up with without being T2!! I have a Code Free meter, I got it from Amazon and the strips are cheap, very useful in discovering which foods spike you and which don't. I think with food it really is trial and error finding out which ones make us spike, but when your BG levels go down you will feel a bit better and more positive. I think bringing my BG down has slightly improved the fibro pain, and I seem to recover from OA flares a little quicker too. Also, my eyesight is slowly improving. I decided to temporarily stop driving last year because of my eyes, but some days my vision is good now - unless I overdo the carbs! Makes us wonder what having high BG levels causes, doesn't it?! I was diagnosed in November last year so am quite new to diabetes, but already my BG is usually quite near those for non diabetes on the whole.
It's not unusual to have depression when first diagnosed, which is natural really, and I feel I am just emerging from mine, helped I feel by taking vitamin D3 supplements, plus of course acceptance, which is not easy. But we do have to accept diabetes as part of us if we are to live happily with it, which is the stage I am going through now.
Finding this forum was the best thing I ever did in understanding and dealing with T2, and I hope you stay with us.
Take care, Lin
B
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Hi thanks for your kind words. Please excuse me if I get it wrong, still finding my way around this site.
Forgot to say I'm on gliclazide 40mg twice a day.
I don't use sweeteners or low sugar as they tend to trigger migraines.
My blurred vision started to improve this week and I changed back to my old prescription glasses as I could no longer see clearly from the ones optician dispensed a month ago.then on Wednesday we had a Chinese takeaway and the next day my vision went again. Still bit blurry today. Assume it's sugar in the Chinese. God will it always be like this?
I will post a normal food week to see if you can point me in the right direction. Thanks re meter. I will look into. I think one condition is enough but now having three chronic conditions, trying to work, be a carer for elderly relative, hubby retired on ill health five years ago. Family etc etc. This diagnosis was the straw that broke the camels back!! I will be ok I know, just feeling a bit, well a lot actually, sorry for myself.
Lin xx
 
Menu selection.

Breakfast. Two shredded wheat, skimmed milk. Bran flakes, poached eggs on homemade seeded bread.
Marmite toast butter.

Lunch. Wrap, salad, chicken. Boiled egg cress sand which. Pasta...jacket potato cheese beans
Yoghurt. Quavers. Pitta ham salad.. Soup. Tinned salmon sand which

Dinner. Pasta bake Roast dinner. Jackets. Spicy rice + sausages. Curry. Bolognese. Chilli

All meals include 3 or 4 vegetables. All homemade.

Snacks. Fruit. 5 portions daily. All fruits eaten except advacado.

Desserts. One or twice a week only. Homemade ice cream Sponge. Crumble. Rice pudding

All pasta, rice, bread, is a mixture of white and brown.
Milk is always skimmed.
New potatoes eaten with skin on.
Jackets eaten with skin.
All veg is steamed.

Love fish but eat rarely as too expensive!


Please feel free to comment.

Lin
 
Hi Lin,
You seemed to think that this post had been ignored. Weekends on here are less busy than week days.

Have you read the advice for newly diagnosed?

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/

As you have not yet been able to test it is difficult for you to understand which of the carbohydrates you are eating will raise your blood sugars.
There are a lot of things on your food list that would raise blood sugars for many of us. Your diet might come across as healthy for someone without diabetes but there seems to be too many carbohydrates and the puddings are not diabetes friendly. Most people can tolerate berries but even some of the temperate fruits raise blood sugars for some.

Try testing before meals, two hours afterwards and see how much the meal raises your blood sugars. You may have to try smaller portions of the carbohydrates or cut some of them out altogether depending on your test results.

There is no blueprint for a diet, it has to be one that suits your lifestyle and preferred foods and that your meter will accept for you. You could copy anyone's menu on here and it might not give you the same results.
The meter readings you should be aiming for are in the link I included.
 
Hi Lin, in the meantime while you are waiting to get your meter maybe start by halving the amounts of bread, pasta and rice you eat, and also vedg which grows below the ground - carrots, potatoes etc. and add more of the other vedg and meat. This is what I did and then when my meter arrived I found out which foods made my BG spike. Funnily enough I am OK with a couple of slices of wholemeal bread and 1 Weetabix for breakfast, but all other food made from grains make me spike.

You are having a lot to cope with so don't feel guilty for feeling a bit sorry for yourself. Probably when you have your diabetes under control you will feel much better all around.

My eyesight seems to be affected by my BG levels too and that can make you feel a bit miserable, but I think it does take time for everything to settle down. When I first got my BG a lot lower I could read without glasses for the first time in ages but I do keep them handy!

Take care, B x
 
catherinecherub said:
Hi Lin,
You seemed to think that this post had been ignored. Weekends on here are less busy than week days.

Have you read the advice for newly diagnosed?

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/

As you have not yet been able to test it is difficult for you to understand which of the carbohydrates you are eating will raise your blood sugars.
There are a lot of things on your food list that would raise blood sugars for many of us. Your diet might come across as healthy for someone without diabetes but there seems to be too many carbohydrates and the puddings are not diabetes friendly. Most people can tolerate berries but even some of the temperate fruits raise blood sugars for some.

Try testing before meals, two hours afterwards and see how much the meal raises your blood sugars. You may have to try smaller portions of the carbohydrates or cut some of them out altogether depending on your test results.

There is no blueprint for a diet, it has to be one that suits your lifestyle and preferred foods and that your meter will accept for you. You could copy anyone's menu on here and it might not give you the same results.
The meter readings you should be aiming for are in the link I included.
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Catherine


I was certainly not implying I was being ignored!
New forum, new ways, trying to find my way around this site. Not that geeky with technology. Lol.
The people who have so far responded have all been so helpful and I am truly grateful for their advise, support, friendliness and I definitely do not need any negativity.

My vision is so poor at the present I have been told not to drive, over 6 weeks now. Can't work. Very emotional. Not enjoying life at all. Yes I probably do eat a lot of carbs. Something else to go down the pan!!!
I'm sure it will become clearer as I get the hang if it as you obviously have yourself.
Lin
 
Beshlie said:
Hi Lin, in the meantime while you are waiting to get your meter maybe start by halving the amounts of bread, pasta and rice you eat, and also vedg which grows below the ground - carrots, potatoes etc. and add more of the other vedg and meat. This is what I did and then when my meter arrived I found out which foods made my BG spike. Funnily enough I am OK with a couple of slices of wholemeal bread and 1 Weetabix for breakfast, but all other food made from grains make me spike.

You are having a lot to cope with so don't feel guilty for feeling a bit sorry for yourself. Probably when you have your diabetes under control you will feel much better all around.

My eyesight seems to be affected by my BG levels too and that can make you feel a bit miserable, but I think it does take time for everything to settle down. When I first got my BG a lot lower I could read without glasses for the first time in ages but I do keep them handy!

Take care, B x
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Thanks xxx
 
Lin 26 said:
Catherine


I was certainly not implying I was being ignored!
New forum, new ways, trying to find my way around this site. Not that geeky with technology. Lol.
The people who have so far responded have all been so helpful and I am truly grateful for their advise, support, friendliness and I definitely do not need any negativity.

My vision is so poor at the present I have been told not to drive, over 6 weeks now. Can't work. Very emotional. Not enjoying life at all. Yes I probably do eat a lot of carbs. Something else to go down the pan!!!
I'm sure it will become clearer as I get the hang if it as you obviously have yourself.
Lin
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It was not my intention to upset you. You had queried why your post here had not been answered or if you had put it in the right place when you posted on another thread. If my choice of words was not to your liking then so be it.

I merely replied with the reason that you may not have had any replies.

We all get emotional with the diagnosis of diabetes and with your other health problems you must be feeling very low.

This article has helped people explain why we feel so emotional at diagnosis. You may like to read it.

Diabetes Explained. The Five Stages of Grief.
http://www.diabetesexplained.com/the-five-stages-of-grief.html

I will keep away from your posts if your description of mine is a negative one. Your reaction was not what I expected and I was only trying to help.:(
 
catherinecherub said:
It was not my intention to upset you. You had queried why your post here had not been answered or if you had put it in the right place when you posted on another thread. If my choice of words was not to your liking then so be it.

I merely replied with the reason that you may not have had any replies.

We all get emotional with the diagnosis of diabetes and with your other health problems you must be feeling very low.

This article has helped people explain why we feel so emotional at diagnosis. You may like to read it.

Diabetes Explained. The Five Stages of Grief.
http://www.diabetesexplained.com/the-five-stages-of-grief.html

I will keep away from your posts if your description of mine is a negative one. Your reaction was not what I expected and I was only trying to help.:(
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Thank you for your reply. I did not mean it like that. That's the trouble with type as opposed to spoken word.
I just need to know I was posting in the right way.
Thank you for your advise. I will try anything, only been diagnosed 3 weeks. So very newbie.
Certainly don't go away Catherine, there is no need.
Not sure how others were but my brain is just mush at the moment. Combo of health issues! If you asked me my name I'd have to think about it lol! Hubby brought a cuppa in bed this morning along with two custard cream biscuits and I pro mply burst into tears. Thinking oh they are all sugar.
Onwards and upwards as they say.
Xx
 
Lin 26 said:
Thank you for your reply. I did not mean it like that. That's the trouble with type as opposed to spoken word.
I just need to know I was posting in the right way.
Thank you for your advise. I will try anything, only been diagnosed 3 weeks. So very newbie.
Certainly don't go away Catherine, there is no need.
Not sure how others were but my brain is just mush at the moment. Combo of health issues! If you asked me my name I'd have to think about it lol! Hubby brought a cuppa in bed this morning along with two custard cream biscuits and I pro mply burst into tears. Thinking oh they are all sugar.
Onwards and upwards as they say.
Xx
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You could possibly have risked a lick? :p x
 
you just can't stop at one lick you would have to pull them apart and drag your teeth through the cream. Well done for resisting that the hardest part over with. I am sure your husband will learn. When I went on my diabetics course my wife went with me so she could lean as well. So make sure he goes along as support when you attend yours if you get to take support
 
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