Hello, I was diagnosed as glucose inotolerant some years ago but was officially diagnosed as diabetic this week! I have two rare cancer which I am presently fighting and my doctor said it is relatively common for the body to react to severe stress by becoming hyperglycaemic. Anyone ever heard of this? I am on tablets at the moment and hope that tablets will be all I need!
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Newly diagnosed type 2
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As someone who recently completed almost 7 months of anti-Cancer treatment I can assure you that the drugs involved, let alone the stress can severely affect Bg control. This is just something you will have to live with. sometimes, as I have said here before, Diabetes has to take a back seat.
During my treatment my Bg levels frequently soared (24+ mmol/l)and then dropped (2-3 mmol/l)despite all my best efforts to control them. I was close to having to go onto Insulin temporarily but fortunately my treatment ended and my levels all then started to get back into line.
My tale is documented here in the Diabetes Medication and Drug's section.........'Diabetes and anti-Cancer Drug's. I wish you well in your battle against the Cancer's........
Here is the advice that Sue and I hand out to any newly diagnosed Diabetic's. Much of it may help you try and control your Bg levels, however you may find despite all your best efforts that it will not be enough. If you need medication, then for now that has to be the case. It will lift the pressure and stress from you allowing you to fight the most important thing in your life right now.
Ken
During my treatment my Bg levels frequently soared (24+ mmol/l)and then dropped (2-3 mmol/l)despite all my best efforts to control them. I was close to having to go onto Insulin temporarily but fortunately my treatment ended and my levels all then started to get back into line.
My tale is documented here in the Diabetes Medication and Drug's section.........'Diabetes and anti-Cancer Drug's. I wish you well in your battle against the Cancer's........
Here is the advice that Sue and I hand out to any newly diagnosed Diabetic's. Much of it may help you try and control your Bg levels, however you may find despite all your best efforts that it will not be enough. If you need medication, then for now that has to be the case. It will lift the pressure and stress from you allowing you to fight the most important thing in your life right now.
Ken
Here is the advice we usually give to newly diagnosed diabetics. We hope that these few ideas gained through experience help you to gain control and give you some understanding of Diabetes. This forum doesn't always follow the recommended dietary advice, you have to work out what works for you as we are all different.
It's not just 'sugars' you need to avoid, diabetes is an inability to process glucose properly. Carbohydrate converts, in the body, to glucose. So it makes sense to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat which includes sugars.
The main carbs to avoid OR reduce are the complex or starchy carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, starchy root veg and also any flour based products. The starchy carbs all convert 100% to glucose in the body and raise the blood sugar levels significantly.
If you are on Insulin you may find that reducing the carb intake also means that you can reduce your dose of insulin. This can help you to keep weight gain down as Insulin tends to make you put on weight and eventually cause insulin resistance. This should be done slowly so as not to cause hypos.
The way to find out how different foods affect you is to do regular daily testing and keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. If you test just before eating, then two hours after eating, you will see the effect of certain foods on your blood glucose levels. Some foods, which are slow acting carbohydrates, are absorbed more slowly so you may need to test three or even four hours later to see the effect that these have on your blood glucose levels.
Buy yourself a carb counter book (you can get these on-line) and you will be able to work out how much carbs you are eating, when you test, the reading two hours after should be roughly the same as the before eating reading, if it is then that meal was fine, if it isn’t then you need to check what you have eaten and think about reducing the portion size of carbs.
When you are buying products check the total carbohydrate content, this includes the sugar content. Do not just go by the amount of sugar on the packaging as this is misleading to a diabetic.
As for a tester, try asking the nurse/doctor and explain that you want to be proactive in managing your own diabetes and therefore need to test so that you can see just how foods affect your blood sugar levels. Hopefully this will work! Sometimes they are not keen to give Type 2’s the strips on prescription, (in the UK) but you can but try!!
If you are an Insulin user in theory you should have no problem getting test strips.
The latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:
Fasting (waking).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l........(Type 1 & 2)
2 hrs after meals......no more than 8.5 mmol/l.....( Type 2)
2hrs after meals....... no more than 9 mmol/l ......(Type 1)
If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.
It also helps if you can do 30 minutes moderate exercise a day. It doesn't have to be strenuous.
The above is just general advice and it is recommended that you discuss with your HCP before making any changes. You can also ask questions on the forum on anything that is not clear.
Ken / Sue.
