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<blockquote data-quote="bulkbiker" data-source="post: 2424331" data-attributes="member: 219467"><p>Hi and welcome firstly.</p><p></p><p>To receive a diagnosis by voicemail is hugely disappointing although unfortunately not surprising to me.</p><p></p><p>It can be a very frightening place to be when diagnosed out of the blue. I was quite lucky in that I expected my diagnosis so wasn't surprised and had found this forum a couple of weeks beforehand so had a head start on the nonsense that the Diabetes Nurse spouted when we eventually go to talk. </p><p></p><p>First thing is try to find out your HbA1c level that has led to your diagnosis from that you can see how "bad" your T2 is.</p><p></p><p>Second thing Id recommend is to get a blood glucose monitor so you can start to measure your blood sugar levels at home.</p><p></p><p>Cutting carbs is definitely the best way to go so you are doing the right thing there. </p><p></p><p>Statins are a bit of a pet hate of mine so without knowing what your full lipid panel results were I'd probably hold off starting on them. They have been known to raise blood sugar levels which at the moment is precisely what you want to avoid doing. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to ask anything here and whilst your are concerned for many of us diagnosis was a wake up call to turn our health around and get well again.... its not necessarily all bad!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bulkbiker, post: 2424331, member: 219467"] Hi and welcome firstly. To receive a diagnosis by voicemail is hugely disappointing although unfortunately not surprising to me. It can be a very frightening place to be when diagnosed out of the blue. I was quite lucky in that I expected my diagnosis so wasn't surprised and had found this forum a couple of weeks beforehand so had a head start on the nonsense that the Diabetes Nurse spouted when we eventually go to talk. First thing is try to find out your HbA1c level that has led to your diagnosis from that you can see how "bad" your T2 is. Second thing Id recommend is to get a blood glucose monitor so you can start to measure your blood sugar levels at home. Cutting carbs is definitely the best way to go so you are doing the right thing there. Statins are a bit of a pet hate of mine so without knowing what your full lipid panel results were I'd probably hold off starting on them. They have been known to raise blood sugar levels which at the moment is precisely what you want to avoid doing. Feel free to ask anything here and whilst your are concerned for many of us diagnosis was a wake up call to turn our health around and get well again.... its not necessarily all bad! [/QUOTE]
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