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Just tested for the 1st time...

Spl@ said:
Hahaha. Me too 2 mince pies shot me up into double figures. Worth it though. My excuse is I covered them in double cream? No? Not good enough? ;)

Op getting down to the 7's so quick is great. With a 95 you probably have a lot of sugar to get out of your system. Your body will store it wherever it can.

It's a great start.
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Thank you.
I love mince pies too or should that be loved, now.
 
I was diagnosed in November last year, but as my hubby has had T2 for 3 years, it wasn't so hard for me as we already did things differently. I now use Vegi Rice instead of white rice and that keeps my levels low. Potatoes aren't so bad for me, they don't really push my levels up. I use Burgen Linseed and Soya bread as that's the lowest carb bread I can find. I make lots of vegetable soup with pulses as I have to lose some weight as well. I do cheat now and again but all in all, it's working well for me. Good luck to you.
 
bugs1952 said:
I was diagnosed in November last year, but as my hubby has had T2 for 3 years, it wasn't so hard for me as we already did things differently. I now use Vegi Rice instead of white rice and that keeps my levels low. Potatoes aren't so bad for me, they don't really push my levels up. I use Burgen Linseed and Soya bread as that's the lowest carb bread I can find. I make lots of vegetable soup with pulses as I have to lose some weight as well. I do cheat now and again but all in all, it's working well for me. Good luck to you.
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Thank you. I've started eating cauli rice. I've only just started testing today so working out what suits me. It's all a massive learning curve as I used to eat lots of carbs before and never thought anything of it.
 
Hi @Starfish18
My HbA1c at diagnosis was also 95 and fasting was 18, It took 3 months to get my HbA1c down to 50 and another 3 months to get it into normal levels, I would agree that testing is the most useful tool. I was so fortunate to be given a meter and 200 test strips at a time and told to test. Once I got my readings down I was then told I only needed to do 3 spot checks a week as I was only given a meter as it was obvious I was going straight onto insulin. I still test but not as often as I did at the beginning.
 
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