Just Diagnosed T2 2 Days Ago And Feel Lost

beep said:

I’ve been prediabetic since my late teens but I’ve always managed it by staying away from sugar and fruit. But with the pressures of drama, stress being placed on me and my husband not by our own making, ive been comfort eating through a lot of depression this year

I went for my annual diabetes test and it had gone from years of results of 38-42 to a whooping 68

I was shocked and horrified and of course broke down

My doc sent me straight to the nurse to explain stuff but apart from saying I’d have some appointments to attend ie foot and eye appointments and of course gave me a radickulas diet booklets telling me to eat 3/4 of my plate with starchy carbs and fruit and veg.
And 500 mg metiform once a day to move to 500 x2 a day after a week

That’s it, no other info

I started the keto diet yesterday and started the metiform diabetic meds
So far no side affects

The blood glucose testing things, do you get it for free on the nhs or do you buy it?
How do you know if you’ve got to much glucose or not enough in your blood

I’m told I will have another diabetes test in 10 weeks

I’m really hoping I can get my results back down

Yesterday and today I ate
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs 2 slices of ham
Lunch: 3 quick fry thin beef steaks with tomato pesto and cheese
Dinner: half a courgette and half an onion sliced and baked with a sprinkle of garlic, cheese and bacon

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Al Horn said:

Hi, well I fully understand how you feel. I’m in a similar situation. I went for a regular ‘mans MOT’ only to get told I had Type 2 with a reading of 74.
I’ve been a shift worker for 40 years, no excuse, but it makes a regular diet difficult. My weight has steadily increased and tbh, I game little thought to what I ate. All that changed 5 weeks ago. I’ve gone on slimming world and dropped 1 1/2 stone. That’s the easy part. Foot checks, eye checks etc, great, appreciate that, but I’m struggling to know basic stuff. I was put on Metformin, had very minor side effects. Got a glucose meter.
What I want to know is, how often do I test, when and what are good/bad results? I average 5.4 over the last 5 weeks testing before breakfast and evening meal, and then two hours after and then before I go to bed. Am I doing it right?
I think we need to get to out first ‘check up’ and ask the questions there. It’s a scary new world when you’re first diagnosed.
Certainly don’t stress, that already seems to be in your life. Don’t worry about anything that worrying can’t gix. We’re at where we’re at.
Hope you get the answers you need, but you’re not alone.

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