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<blockquote data-quote="Red_river_" data-source="post: 1611396" data-attributes="member: 448756"><p>Thank you thank you everyone for your warm welcome and advices. You are all very helpful and I know I have come to the right place. </p><p></p><p>From your advices I understand low carbs and testing bg is the way forward? Not so great as I have this fear of needle and blood.. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="♂️" title="Male sign :male_sign:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2642.png" data-shortname=":male_sign:" />.. And I love rice and pasta and white bread all high carbs food together with all sweet fruit such as banana, grape, melon.. I am not over weight my MBI is 22.6</p><p></p><p>So far I only had a 30 minutes with a diabetic nurse, who told me I've got diabetes and told me to cut down on carbs. She suggested I should take Statin as my cholesterol is high. A fasting test showed my cholesterol 5.2 mmol/L, and my HbA1c is 6.6. My next appointment is in mid December, and I am going on a all inclusive holiday for 2 weeks.. I was so looking forward to it but not too sure now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I was thinking I won't buy a meter before the holiday as I will worried too much about testing, just try to control the amount And what to eat. What if it were you? </p><p></p><p>I will need to do some research about what type of meter to get. I had a quick look at Freestyle Libre as Woodywhippet suggested, which would be my dream, but seems after the stater kit you will need to pay fifty pounds every two weeks is that right? Then I will not be able to afford that..</p><p></p><p>My IPad is not behaving hence I have to write numbers in words. I need to post this just in case I loose it.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I have a question Should I eat or snack a little through out the day or still stick with three meals? I often do not do snack, but as I have very little for main meals now should I compensate by snacks?</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red_river_, post: 1611396, member: 448756"] Thank you thank you everyone for your warm welcome and advices. You are all very helpful and I know I have come to the right place. From your advices I understand low carbs and testing bg is the way forward? Not so great as I have this fear of needle and blood.. ♂️.. And I love rice and pasta and white bread all high carbs food together with all sweet fruit such as banana, grape, melon.. I am not over weight my MBI is 22.6 So far I only had a 30 minutes with a diabetic nurse, who told me I've got diabetes and told me to cut down on carbs. She suggested I should take Statin as my cholesterol is high. A fasting test showed my cholesterol 5.2 mmol/L, and my HbA1c is 6.6. My next appointment is in mid December, and I am going on a all inclusive holiday for 2 weeks.. I was so looking forward to it but not too sure now :) I was thinking I won't buy a meter before the holiday as I will worried too much about testing, just try to control the amount And what to eat. What if it were you? I will need to do some research about what type of meter to get. I had a quick look at Freestyle Libre as Woodywhippet suggested, which would be my dream, but seems after the stater kit you will need to pay fifty pounds every two weeks is that right? Then I will not be able to afford that.. My IPad is not behaving hence I have to write numbers in words. I need to post this just in case I loose it. Oh, and I have a question Should I eat or snack a little through out the day or still stick with three meals? I often do not do snack, but as I have very little for main meals now should I compensate by snacks? Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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