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[naplopez]

I am a 22-year old whose family (my mother side) already has a history of Diabetes. My mom, her older brother, and their parents' cause of death are the complications that they had with Diabetes. So basically, Diabetes is not a new story to me.

Although when I was a child, I used to have a normal FBS. But when I started working on the IT Field on 2011, I started to eat a LOT since I can already buy food that I want to eat and because of the stress at work, I always do stress eating. I've always loved eating sweets like cake, chocolate, ice cream, and others... So now, I've been diagnosed with T2 diabetes last Nov 2013. I started medication from Nov 2013 until Jan 2014, but I've stopped taking Metformine around January because I wasn't able to come back again to the clinic and doctor and have laboratory exam due to my busy schedule at work.

I only was able to have another hba1c and FBS laboratory exam last week, and today I had my check-up and consultation with our company physician. I showed her my lab results and she gave me a prescription for Metformine. I will be taking this medicine until November 2014.

it's nice that I've found this forum coz I am now on a state where I feel like I'm not a normal person anymore. I always have mood swings and I easily get depressed (is this normal to a Diabetic person?).

I hope to have a lot of information and knowledge about coping up with and Fighting Diabetes here.

 

[sanguine]

Hi, welcome.

 

[daisy1]

Hello

I think you will find the message across the top of your screen has gone now. If not contact Giverny.

Here is some information which should help you. Ask as many questions as you like and someone will help.

BASIC INFORMATION FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETICS

Diabetes is the general term to describe people who have blood that is sweeter than normal. A number of different types of diabetes exist.

A diagnosis of diabetes tends to be a big shock for most of us. It’s far from the end of the world though and on this forum you’ll find over 100,000 people who are demonstrating this.

On the forum we have found that with the number of new people being diagnosed with diabetes each day, sometimes the NHS is not being able to give all the advice it would perhaps like to deliver - particularly with regards to people with type 2 diabetes.

The role of carbohydrate

Carbohydrates are a factor in diabetes because they ultimately break down into sugar (glucose) within our blood. We then need enough insulin to either convert the blood sugar into energy for our body, or to store the blood sugar as body fat.

If the amount of carbohydrate we take in is more than our body’s own (or injected) insulin can cope with, then our blood sugar will rise.

The bad news

Research indicates that raised blood sugar levels over a period of years can lead to organ damage, commonly referred to as diabetic complications.

The good news

People on the forum here have shown that there is plenty of opportunity to keep blood sugar levels from going too high. It’s a daily task but it’s within our reach and it’s well worth the effort.

Controlling your carbs

The info below is primarily aimed at people with type 2 diabetes, however, it may also be of benefit for other types of diabetes as well.
There are two approaches to controlling your carbs:

• Reduce your carbohydrate intake
• Choose ‘better’ carbohydrates

Reduce your carbohydrates

A large number of people on this forum have chosen to reduce the amount of carbohydrates they eat as they have found this to be an effective way of improving (lowering) their blood sugar levels.

The carbohydrates which tend to have the most pronounced effect on blood sugar levels tend to be starchy carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, bread, potatoes and similar root vegetables, flour based products (pastry, cakes, biscuits, battered food etc) and certain fruits.

Choosing better carbohydrates

Another option is to replace ‘white carbohydrates’ (such as white bread, white rice, white flour etc) with whole grain varieties. The idea behind having whole grain varieties is that the carbohydrates get broken down slower than the white varieties –and these are said to have a lower glycaemic index.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/food/diabetes-and-whole-grains.html

The low glycaemic index diet is often favoured by healthcare professionals but some people with diabetes find that low GI does not help their blood sugar enough and may wish to cut out these foods altogether.

Read more on carbohydrates and diabetes

Eating what works for you

Different people respond differently to different types of food. What works for one person may not work so well for another. The best way to see which foods are working for you is to test your blood sugar with a glucose meter.

To be able to see what effect a particular type of food or meal has on your blood sugar is to do a test before the meal and then test after the meal. A test 2 hours after the meal gives a good idea of how your body has reacted to the meal.

The blood sugar ranges recommended by NICE are as follows:

Blood glucose ranges for type 2 diabetes

• Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
• 2 hours after meals: under 8.5 mmol/l

Blood glucose ranges for type 1 diabetes (adults)

• Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
• 2 hours after meals: under 9 mmol/l

Blood glucose ranges for type 1 diabetes (children)

• Before meals: 4 to 8 mmol/l
• 2 hours after meals: under 10 mmol/l

However, those that are able to, may wish to keep blood sugar levels below the NICE after meal targets.

Access to blood glucose test strips

The NICE guidelines suggest that people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes should be offered:

• structured education to every person and/or their carer at and around the time of diagnosis, with annual reinforcement and review
• self-monitoring of plasma glucose to a person newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes only as an integral part of his or her self-management education

Therefore both structured education and self-monitoring of blood glucose should be offered to people with type 2 diabetes. Read more on getting access to bloodglucose testing supplies.

You may also be interested to read questions to ask at a diabetic clinic

Note: This post has been edited from Sue/Ken's post to include up to date information.

 

[Cloe-1992]

Hey naplopez .

So glad your happy you have fount this forum , everyone on here is brilliant and always willing to help you and advice .
I can not really comment on the type 2 part of things , I am 22 myself and I have type 1 diabetes .

I think everyone can have mood swings and feel depressed diabetic or not diabetic . But it is very difficult with having to deal with diabetes on top of things .

Always about if you would like to chat through messages or on this thread .

Take care .