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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 1611560" data-attributes="member: 345386">Hi Red River - It can take a little while to really get our heads around a diagnosis.  When I was diagnosed, I had no symptoms, and the blood test was to check something else.It quickly became clear that what I ate was going to be key, as what I was told to eat, was pretty well how I had been eating pre-diagnosis.  I'd never been a sweet eater, and so on.What I decided to do was buy myself a meter to provide me with instantaneous, personal feedback on what I was eating.  I didn't fancy waiting several months to find out if I was doing OK, or not so OK.  That really worked for me, and helped me, along with some great guidance and support from the forum, bring my HbA1c score down from 73 at diagnosis to 37 after 4 months.  It's gone down a bit more since.Only you can choose your approach.  Exercise is good, but how we tackle our eating tends to be the key to things; particularly if you want to minimise any medication you might take.Good luck with it all.</blockquote>

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