Madhuskies
Member
- Messages
- 9
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi All, im after some advice, so I've been diagnosed type 2 for just over 2 months now, initially doctors told me to finger prick only before i went to drive, but that didn't feel right.
Did the usual of looking around the next and found all sorts of conflicting information, so i started when doing it, when i first got up, before food and 2 hrs after and when i go to bed.
My question is, is that too much, those close to me have been saying its too much, but my thought process is how am i going to know what is and isnt working if i don't do it.
an example is today, when i woke up i was 6, then 2hrs later when i had breakfast i was 7.3, then 2hrs after i was 8... withought checking and noting these things down how do i know if I'm on the right track.
Any advice is greatly received as im loosing my mind trying to work this out.
I also cant ask a diabetic nurse as i haven't been given access to one yet, have some desmond training on the 12th of next month, got 2 sheets of paper from the docs and a testing kit and told to limit my caleries to 1500 a day when i was diagnosed, that's it. Everything else has been through research or searching on the net, and some times that's just as confusing
Did the usual of looking around the next and found all sorts of conflicting information, so i started when doing it, when i first got up, before food and 2 hrs after and when i go to bed.
My question is, is that too much, those close to me have been saying its too much, but my thought process is how am i going to know what is and isnt working if i don't do it.
an example is today, when i woke up i was 6, then 2hrs later when i had breakfast i was 7.3, then 2hrs after i was 8... withought checking and noting these things down how do i know if I'm on the right track.
Any advice is greatly received as im loosing my mind trying to work this out.
I also cant ask a diabetic nurse as i haven't been given access to one yet, have some desmond training on the 12th of next month, got 2 sheets of paper from the docs and a testing kit and told to limit my caleries to 1500 a day when i was diagnosed, that's it. Everything else has been through research or searching on the net, and some times that's just as confusing