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<blockquote data-quote="Energize" data-source="post: 1353318" data-attributes="member: 28960"><p>Hi James</p><p>Sorry to hear you feel you are struggling. Yes, it's a lot to get your head around and it will take some time so just 'chill' a bit and take it a day at a time.</p><p></p><p>Can you tell us what you feel you are specifically struggling with? Perhaps if you tell us a bit more about what your HbA1c was at diagnosis, what, if any, medication have you been prescribed and what advice have you had so far from your GP/surgery Nurse?</p><p></p><p>The chances are that you have been told to eat re the EatWell Plate but the EatWell Plate is for everyone, whether sick, healthy or diabetic so most of us here feel it's too carbohydrate-heavy, seeing as it's carbohydrates (including sugar) that puts our blood sugar levels up so the general advice here is to significantly reduce foods, such as bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, grains, flour so includes cakes, pastry etc too. "What's left?" I hear you cry. Well, actually, there are a lot of lovely foods left but based more on protiens and fats, vegetables, some fruits ie raspberries, strawberries, blueberries etc. If you do eat bread, for instance, try to choose a low GI version as it will be less likely to spike your sugar levels. I'm tagging [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER], who will post some valuable information which is worth a good read.</p><p></p><p>The other thing you may have been told is that "Type 2s don't need to test". Well, we disagree with that and feel it's very important to test if you want to avoid, as much as possible, any/all longer-term complications. Test, test, test to see what foods (carbs) affect your blood glucose levels so as you can avoid them as much as possible.</p><p></p><p>The SDCodeFree meter is the most reasonably priced and the test strips are the cheapest, which is important to bear in mind as you will have to fund these yourself, most likely.</p><p></p><p>You can buy here</p><p><a href="https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/" target="_blank">https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/</a></p><p></p><p>There are also some codes which will reduce the price of the test strips, which one of the members here will post them for you, hopefully. I'm afraid I don't have a note of them.</p><p></p><p>We've all been newly diagnosed at some time or other, so do ask your questions. As Peter.s has already mentioned, there is a wealth of experience and knowledge on here which is readily shared. Just keep reading the forum ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Energize, post: 1353318, member: 28960"] Hi James Sorry to hear you feel you are struggling. Yes, it's a lot to get your head around and it will take some time so just 'chill' a bit and take it a day at a time. Can you tell us what you feel you are specifically struggling with? Perhaps if you tell us a bit more about what your HbA1c was at diagnosis, what, if any, medication have you been prescribed and what advice have you had so far from your GP/surgery Nurse? The chances are that you have been told to eat re the EatWell Plate but the EatWell Plate is for everyone, whether sick, healthy or diabetic so most of us here feel it's too carbohydrate-heavy, seeing as it's carbohydrates (including sugar) that puts our blood sugar levels up so the general advice here is to significantly reduce foods, such as bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, grains, flour so includes cakes, pastry etc too. "What's left?" I hear you cry. Well, actually, there are a lot of lovely foods left but based more on protiens and fats, vegetables, some fruits ie raspberries, strawberries, blueberries etc. If you do eat bread, for instance, try to choose a low GI version as it will be less likely to spike your sugar levels. I'm tagging [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER], who will post some valuable information which is worth a good read. The other thing you may have been told is that "Type 2s don't need to test". Well, we disagree with that and feel it's very important to test if you want to avoid, as much as possible, any/all longer-term complications. Test, test, test to see what foods (carbs) affect your blood glucose levels so as you can avoid them as much as possible. The SDCodeFree meter is the most reasonably priced and the test strips are the cheapest, which is important to bear in mind as you will have to fund these yourself, most likely. You can buy here [URL]https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/[/URL] There are also some codes which will reduce the price of the test strips, which one of the members here will post them for you, hopefully. I'm afraid I don't have a note of them. We've all been newly diagnosed at some time or other, so do ask your questions. As Peter.s has already mentioned, there is a wealth of experience and knowledge on here which is readily shared. Just keep reading the forum ... ;) [/QUOTE]
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