Hi all,
I'm new in here and recently diagnosed T2.
I'm not completely new to diabetes having had a little crash course of gestational diabetes controlled by diet, metformin and insulin just over 2 years ago.
I'm finding things very different now though as my numbers don't seem to be responding to the changes I've made - yet ...
I saw my DN for the first time today - but think I will learn a lot here. I do have a BG meter left over from the GD days but have been told I can only have 50 strips every 3 months :-O so will be buying!
I am starting to learn what to eat and finding meals that don't raise the BG by more than 2 - but my baseline seems to be between 9 and 11 - will that change in time? With diet? With exercise? With meds? I have been prescribed metformin - currently 1 tab a day, to increase to 2 this weekend.
Some info ....
HBA1C - 85
BMI - 44 (yes, lots of work to do there!)
Job -manager - mostly desk based - I am a very busy full time working mum to 2 young boys - 5 and 2.
Previous diet - chocoholic, big carb eater (yeah I know, right?!)
Looking forward to getting to know you all