Newly Diagnosed Need Advise

[LivingWithAPurpose]

Hi @LivingWithAPurpose .

It's your personal detective mystery

Who are the smiling assassin's, lurking in your kitchen.?

Which innocent looking snack is secretly sabotaging your health ?

Most check at waking ..that first feet on the floor experience of the day .

A FASTING blood glucose (FBG.)

It's usually the last to drop, but it gives a clear look at your BG levels after being fully rested and without food.

However beware of dawn phenomenon.

And pre food, it's your base line for checking rises,

Then 2 hours after eating, to check how well YOU can tolerate what it was you ate.

And some check last thing at night, I guess to compare with the next mornings


When starting out, you need lots of data, so plenty of testing early days is the norm, I'd say.

Then once you have a better grasp of how individual good items affect you, it then tails off somewhat

For me, it's 2 meals, rarely any snacks and the morning FBG ...5 times In total.

But early days I was testing more as I still snacked, and I also tested at the hour marker for some meals ...hence why its good to check out the cost of strips, as like a printers ink, they are the ongoing costs

When does it get easier as in when will the testing ease off abit? Is it month or years later on?
Also those who take Diabetes tablets, do they take these daily tests or just those who do not take any tablets or both?

 

[jjraak]

Deffo months, for me, not years.

It tested each meal, found a few things that stayed the same ..so ticked them off and stopped testing that meal

That happened a few other meals, I tested then relaxed, as it matched expectations.

Each stage/ plateau I became more comfortable & relaxed the testing

I still test each morning.
I test meals/foods I don't usually have
and still test some regular meals, just to stay on point.

I am pretty settled in what I normally eat.
Though recently began trying out a few more choices.

But yeah, those first 3 months I tested most food, and while a pain gave me two things.

Information
&
Confidence.

Add in the drops in fbg, my HBA1c coming down, and the matching drop in the blood lipids.

All the fear and concern I first had at DX,
simply lifted, and I began, once more enjoying my food.

I still see it as fuel, to get me to the next fuel stop, but the fear I first had of eating almost ANYTHING, quickly moved from the experimental stage, to actually looking forward to my meals.

 

[LivingWithAPurpose]

Deffo months, for me, not years.

It tested each meal, found a few things that stayed the same ..so ticked them off and stopped testing that meal

That happened a few other meals, I tested then relaxed, as it matched expectations.

Each stage/ plateau I became more comfortable & relaxed the testing

I still test each morning.
I test meals/foods I don't usually have
and still test some regular meals, just to stay on point.

I am pretty settled in what I normally eat.
Though recently began trying out a few more choices.

But yeah, those first 3 months I tested most food, and while a pain gave me two things.

Information
&
Confidence.

Add in the drops in fbg, my HBA1c coming down, and the matching drop in the blood lipids.

All the fear and concern I first had at DX,
simply lifted, and I began, once more enjoying my food.

I still see it as fuel, to get me to the next fuel stop, but the fear I first had of eating almost ANYTHING, quickly moved from the experimental stage, to actually looking forward to my meals.

Thank you very much for these helpful tips. I will follow suit. Much appreciated.