i was diagnosed with T2 in early December. I was taking part in a pre diabetes study so I know I definitely wasn't diabetic a year before that. They think I was tipped over the edge by a course of steroids I was given for my inflammatory arthritis.
I went totally GF when I started the steroids and for some reason I totally lost my appetite for cakes, biscuits, chocolate, diet drinks and all that sort of stuff. I never lost weight though which was odd in view of how much junk food I was suddenly NOT eating. My diabetes nurse said that it was surprising that I had managed not to put on any weight because of the steroids.
Anyway, I was told my diet was pretty good - couldn't have been that good though, I was definitely a lot heavier than I should have been although I didn't ever look as heavy as I actually was. I was sent off and told to watch my diet and step up my exercise and I would to be retested in three months - then they will decide if I am going to be classed as T2 for the rest of my life. So I feel I've kind of got a reprieve although I do know that I will need to be very careful as my blood sugar levels are obviously on the high side.
I bought a blood sugar meter and have been recording before and after meal levels every meal since. I couldn't see that carrying on doing what I was doing and watching my diet and gettg exercise was much good without knowing for sure what was happening 'inside'. That was a real eye opener, all the 'healthy' things I was eating, jacket potatoes, oat bran muffins for breakfast, oatcakes, all caused my blood to spike like mad. I was watching Trust Me I'm A Doctor this week and I was just like the doctor on there who wore a permanent blood sugar monitor and was horrified at how her favourite fiidsspiked her blood. That was just me!
I've been using the book Reversing T2 Diabetes by Dr David Cavan and managing to keep my levels within the limits given on this site. I would say I'm pretty much 'eating to the blood tests'. Is that a bad thing to do? I really want to keep my numbers down. If I keep my daily numbers down is my next my HbA1c likely to be down too?
I was also speaking to someone who is T1 who said because I have autoimmune thyroid problems I might actually be T1 and should ask t be tested by a diabetes specialist. Would I not be having different symptoms if that was the case. The lowest I have ever been in the morning is 4.4 but I am normally 5. something. The highest I have ever been was 7.9 after my first and last jacket potato last month.
I went totally GF when I started the steroids and for some reason I totally lost my appetite for cakes, biscuits, chocolate, diet drinks and all that sort of stuff. I never lost weight though which was odd in view of how much junk food I was suddenly NOT eating. My diabetes nurse said that it was surprising that I had managed not to put on any weight because of the steroids.
Anyway, I was told my diet was pretty good - couldn't have been that good though, I was definitely a lot heavier than I should have been although I didn't ever look as heavy as I actually was. I was sent off and told to watch my diet and step up my exercise and I would to be retested in three months - then they will decide if I am going to be classed as T2 for the rest of my life. So I feel I've kind of got a reprieve although I do know that I will need to be very careful as my blood sugar levels are obviously on the high side.
I bought a blood sugar meter and have been recording before and after meal levels every meal since. I couldn't see that carrying on doing what I was doing and watching my diet and gettg exercise was much good without knowing for sure what was happening 'inside'. That was a real eye opener, all the 'healthy' things I was eating, jacket potatoes, oat bran muffins for breakfast, oatcakes, all caused my blood to spike like mad. I was watching Trust Me I'm A Doctor this week and I was just like the doctor on there who wore a permanent blood sugar monitor and was horrified at how her favourite fiidsspiked her blood. That was just me!
I've been using the book Reversing T2 Diabetes by Dr David Cavan and managing to keep my levels within the limits given on this site. I would say I'm pretty much 'eating to the blood tests'. Is that a bad thing to do? I really want to keep my numbers down. If I keep my daily numbers down is my next my HbA1c likely to be down too?
I was also speaking to someone who is T1 who said because I have autoimmune thyroid problems I might actually be T1 and should ask t be tested by a diabetes specialist. Would I not be having different symptoms if that was the case. The lowest I have ever been in the morning is 4.4 but I am normally 5. something. The highest I have ever been was 7.9 after my first and last jacket potato last month.
