Newbie - T2 diagnosed

kpsandown said:

Hi All

Just had first appointment at surgery after two fasting BG results at 8.4 and 7.3. For the past 3/4 months have had a fair bit of stress (looking after three 90 year old parents) and also had cellulitis, cystitis, developed eye floaters and a bad chest cough. Good year so far!!

Could this have affected the BG results? One doctor said "possibly" and the diabetic nurse didn't know. Gives you confidence.

Had a HbA1c test today and results next Thursday. All I was told was that " I had it" (type 2 that is) and depending on the HbA1c result I may be on tablets, or possibly not.

Gave me a folder of information and talked briefly about diet. Only specific advice was to stop eating Fruit & Fibre cereal!

I must say there is a lot of conflicting information around.

Am considering getting a meter to check myself - would appreciate any advice on this.

Cheers, Keith

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pixie1 said:

Hi there,
I only joined yesterday myself. I was in the same position, being refused a Meter when asked. I just went out and bought one anyway. It empowers you, on your glucose levels. What you can eat and can't. If you can buy one from the internet the better. Mine is easy to use, avive nano, accu check. They certainly let you know. For me I have started out on low carbs, no longer eat low fat products and gone for full fat. Believe it or not, I have so much energy, brain has become sharper, back to the way it was. No longer feel tired or falling asleep.

Good luck
Heather

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Bluetit1802 said:

Hi Keith, and welcome to the forum from me.

Very few of us are given meters. I was given a meter with a 50 strip cassette and 2 lancet drums (12 lancets). End of story, and I was lucky. Its all part of cost cutting.

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Jenny39579 said:

I am absolutely shocked that T2's are treated like that. I know that they're trying to cut costs, but prevention rather than cure is the way I see it - poor diabetic control is dangerous, and it will cost the NHS so much more the more people that get serious diabetic damage. That could be prevented by giving you all meters and putting the strips and lancets on your repeat prescriptions.

I managed to get a free meter a few years ago, although I already had one from the diabetic clinic.

I'll have a look for the link for it now. It takes a while to arrive, but well worth it.

Meters themselves are not all that pricey, it's the lancets and strips that are expensive.

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Jenny39579 said:

Sorry guys, just looked at the freebie link and they won't issue the meters to non insulin regimes

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Bluetit1802 said:

Fret not Jenny. Most of us have bought our own and self fund the strips. Thanks for thinking of us though!

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pixie1 said:

I also think it is down to cost as well. Their preference is the A1c test, which is fine for the average, but not for specific changes to food types. I think over reliant of the A1c, could potentially lead to complication, over the 2/3 months period. Does not highlight which foods could dangerously spike and over a particular length of time. I actually said this to both the GP and DN, they stuck to their guns and maintained their patter.
To me the only way to lower and stabilise blood sugars is through testing.
I found that low fat products are full of sugar. In theory if you consume carbs and fat, then the body is trying to deal with two types of fuel. Each type is dealt with differently. It is all fascinating, I even looked into the composition of lard.. To see why it suppose to be bad. Lol

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pixie1 said:

I didn't realise that bio chemistry was so interesting lolol

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Jenny39579 said:

To be honest, stuff the science right now, just give me a massive toffee and chocolate choux bun with extra sugary thick, luxurious cream! Lol.
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