I AM SO NERVOUS

Hi Blakem, and welcome to the forum. I notice your profile states you're pre diabetic ?

Getting up in the night 6 - 10 times to go pee I would say it's highly likely you have moved from pre diabetic to diabetic, but obviously that's just an opinion, so please don't quote me on it, I could be wrong.

As someone who is pre diabetic you should be radically reducing your carbohydrate intake, just like all diabetics should, I would be very interested to know what your current diet usually consists of ?

Diabetic symptoms can be many things, sometimes very unique and personal, either way poorly controlled diabetes can leave you feeling dreadful with a whole host of pains and aches, poor health and very little energy.

Don't be afraid, a good diet and blood control can do amazing things for a diabetic, and help your health in many ways.

I will tag @daisy1, she will be along at some point with some useful information for you to digest.

What should you do ? Eating the correct diet is the most important fundamental to any health issue.

Daks

I'm going to shout this out loud fingers in your ears
"YOU DID NOT GIVE YOURSELF DIABETES"
Don't let anyone tell you you have caused it yourself please I. Sure others will be along to tell you this as well
Love and hugs to you
Jan

http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf

Have nosey at this link ^

What do you eat normally during the day?
We can guide you in the right direction if we know.

Than if you eat anything that must include sugar/carbs h starch which all turn to high levels of glucose & send the blood level up high. Maybe looking at a low carb higher fat life still may be better & you may well find most of your ills & pain will fade away.

BLAKEM said:

Anything...so anything will guide in right direction...I'm a big guy but I feel I hold it well...

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Where are you based BlakeM? I'm guessing, somewhere stateside, from your references to VA doctors and the ER?

If that is the case then your blood reading of 100mg/dL isn't likely to be of concern. That relates to 5.6mmol/L in UK terms. At that level you are unlikely to be diabetic. Do you drink a lot in the evenings, that might make you want to get up at night to pee?

As for all your pain; that really is all far too non-specific for anyone here to comment upon, with any certainty. But, you are clearly, naturally, concerned about it. That being the case, you need to revisit your doctor and ask them to check you over. You mention you have a pacemaker. Has it been checked recently?

Good luck with it all, but I'm unsure your symptoms need to be addressed by health care professionals who can see the full picture and run any necessary tests.

So VA = Veteran's Administration? And you are only 29?

I have to say that most of your symptoms don't sound like prediabetes. Which means we may not be able to help much here, unfortunately. But you are clearly unwell. Very sorry that your doctors are not helping.

@BLAKEM

Hello Blake and welcome to the forum

To help you here is the information we give to new members and I hope it is useful to you. As members have said above, diet is very important and you need to cut down the carbs as much as possible. Ask more questions and someone will try to 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 140,000 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.

Hi and welcome.

You've had lots of advice above about cutting carbs and changing diet.

Whether you have glucose tolerance issues or not, switching to a lower carb diet will not harm you, and (in my opinion) is a very healthy diet for the majority of people.

But - and I cannot stress this enough - you need further investigation and advice from medical specialists, not from strangers on a forum. Please go back to your doc and ask for further investigation and/or treatment.

None of us are in a position to give you advice because we are not medically qualified and we do not know your medical history and recent test results.

Good luck, and please come back and tell us how you get on.