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Hi everyone, just been diagnosed T2, been doing a bit of reading on here and looks like I have some changes to make to my life,will I need one of them finger-pricking machines? trand
 
Hi there,

You've come to the right pace for good tips for just being diagnosed!

There probably will be changes but nothing you won't get used to :)

I've tried to find you the info for newly diagnosed t2's but i can't seem to find it.

but i'm commenting so you post will be bumped up so more people will see and hopefully someone of more use than me wll come along with some info for you!

:)
 
Hi I was diagnosed a couple of months ago and am on diet only. You don't mention if you are on medication. My surgery arranged for me to have a free BS Monitor but not sure if thats because I am over 65.
I wasn't looking forward to using it (coward that I am) but you soon do and the sensor takes only a tiny amount to register. You might have a look at this link ( http://www.diabetes.co.uk/promotions/bayer-meters.html ) as they are giving away free monitors.

Also you might have a look at ( diabetes.org.uk/ ) as they have a lot of useful downloads and ideas for making your life easier
Regards
Dave
 
Hey, good luck with your diabetes info ^_^ I was a newbie last year with t2 too and this forum has been super helpful even if it's just to browse previous threads and articles. A testing kit is useful to see what foods affect your sugars e.g. porridge is ok for some but sends others' levels really high. You'll probably use it a lot at the beginning when experimenting with foods. Take care ^_^
 
hi im new to the site but, not to type-2 diabetes. ive had it for 10 yrs. i have a lot of problems in all areas.glad to know theres a site for this need someone who can relate. glad to meet everyone. :P
 
trand said:
Hi everyone, just been diagnosed T2, been doing a bit of reading on here and looks like I have some changes to make to my life,will I need one of them finger-pricking machines? trand
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Hello and welcome. :)

You will have to make changes but they are all 'do-able' and you will feel much better. I will paste the 'Advice to newly diagnosed T2s' normally posted on here by Ken and/or Sue, our Forum Monitors, and you will find this really helpful if you follow it carefully.

Welcome to the forum. here is the advice we usually give to newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics.This forum doesn't always follow the recommended dietary advice, you have to work out what works for you as we are all different .

It's not just 'sugars' you need to avoid, diabetes is an inability to process glucose properly. Carbohydrate converts, in the body, to glucose. So it makes sense to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat which includes sugars.

The main carbs to avoid or reduce are the complex or starchy carbohydrates such a bread, potatoes, pasta and rice also any flour based products. The starchy carbs all convert 100% to glucose in the body and raise the blood sugar levels significantly.

The way to find out how different foods affect you is to do regular daily testing and keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. If you test just before eating then two hours after eating you will see the effect of certain foods on your blood glucose levels.

Buy yourself a carb counter book (you can get these on-line) and you will be able to work out how much carbs you are eating, when you test, the reading two hours after should be roughly the same as the before eating reading, if it is then that meal was fine, if it isn’t then you need to check what you have eaten and think about reducing the portion size of carbs.

When you are buying products check the total carbohydrate content, this includes the sugar content. Do not just go by the amount of sugar on the packaging as this is misleading to a diabetic.

As for a tester, try asking the nurse/doctor and explain that you want to be proactive in managing your own diabetes and therefore need to test so that you can see just how foods affect your blood sugar levels. Hopefully this will work ! Sometimes they are not keen to give Type 2’s the strips on prescription, (in the UK) but you can but try !!

As a Type 2 the latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:
Fasting (waking).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l.
2 hrs after meals......no more than 8.5 mmol/l.
If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.

It also helps if you can do 30 minutes moderate exercise a day. It doesn't have to be strenuous.
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Carbs ??????

Hi, and thanks for all the replies,seems to be a few, contradictions, not on here but other sites , I am aware that carbs convert to gloucose, as I done wieghtlifting in my youth, but some sites say that you can eat anything?? I think I need to do some more research, at the moment I am on Metformin, and maybe I should get one of those finger-prickers, I have always been quite a healthy eater, but this last year or so seem to have piled on too many pounds, although I am still quite active, as recently moved and doing a complete re-furbishment, on our house and garden, and I mean complete re-furb, (had not been touched for 25yrs) I am a plasterer by trade but over the years have become a multi-trade, this is why I could not understand the increase in wieght. but GP did, hence the test for diabetes, I shall be writting my profile when I can suss out how to do it , :? . thanks again ...trand
 
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