Newly diagnosed and confused

[clive Thomson xc]

Hi


I was diagnosed last week T2 and I'm not really sure what I'm meant to be doing I know I can't get CGM prescribed so I have no clue what my body is doing or how I can help keep levels correct it is a little overwhelming or am I being dramatic

 

[lovinglife]

Hi @clive Thomson xc & welcome to the forum

Take your time & have a read around the forum, especially the T2 forums. Most of us with T2 manage our diabetes by reducing our carbs as all carbs turn to sugar & affect our BG. I personally do keto with about 20g a day but you may not need to go as low as that. The best tool in your armoury is a tester, you probably won’t get one of those from your GP either. The majority of T2 have to self fund. I’ll tag @Rachox who has a little bit of info on meters

There’s some links in my signature that you may find useful

 

[Rachox]

Hi @clive Thomson xc and @lovinglife thanks for the tag:

Here’s some info with links for UK meters, and to be clear I have no commercial connections with any of the companies mentioned. I actually use the Dexcom ONE + continuous glucose monitor these days, so although these links are still current, there may be newer monitors available that I don’t know about.


HOME HEALTH have the Gluco Navii, which is a fairly new model and seems to be getting good reviews.

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-produ...ose-meter-test-strips-choose-mmol-l-or-mg-dl/


Links to the strips for future orders:

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/glucose-navii-blood-glucose-test-strips-50-strip-pack/


Then they sell the older SD Code Free, details to be found here!

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/




SPIRIT HEALTHCARE have a meter called the Tee2 + which is quite popular:

https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/co...e2-blood-glucose-meter?variant=19264017268793


The strips are to be found here:

https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/co...py-of-tee2-test-strips?variant=19264017367097


If there is a choice of units of measurement then ‘mmol/L’ are the standard units in the UK, ‘mg/dl’ in the US, other countries may vary.


Don’t forget to check the box if you have diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)


Abbott usually offer a free 15 day trial of the Freestyle LIBRE 2 plus:

Sampling | Diabetes Care | Abbott


Dexcom also offer a free trial of their Dexcom ONE + here

The Dexcom ONE+ CGM (Continuous Glucose Montoring) system | Dexcom