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Type 2: Wish I weren't diabetic...

Hi @GeorgiyH and welcome!

Lots of fab advice in response to your thread, and I'm not going to add to it BUT I do just want to say that the 'I wish I weren't diabetic' is an absolutely natural, normal response to this diagnosis, and that you should grant yourself permission to feel cross about it!

Coping with a new diagnosis, or any kind of change to one's routine and life or whatever, is a process. You'll get there. It'll take some time. But it will become the 'new normal'. Second nature, if you like. Yes, a challenge; no, not quite like before. But dealable with. Honestly, honestly.

And you'll find so much support here. We all have our ups and downs, good days and bad days, but there's always either a virtual hug - or a gentle kick up the wotsit - available on here from people who really get what it's like.

Love Snapsy



(I'm type 1 and I know this is a type 2 thread, but forgive me!)
 

Your welcome on t2 threads ..........We are not snobs, we talk to anyone........
 
GeorgiyH
I could only wish as well.
Its a hard one to take in.
BUT with the great support from the guys in the forum and the positivety ,because you can with a bit of foward planning have a good diet with the odd treat as well.
I still have alot of Christmas goodies over ,as I was diagnosed Jan 17,and I struggle, I have gave my beer stash away and have the occasion chocolate.But have changed my diet and my levels and within the guidelines. The key is and this is not my comment but a member said that this is a marathon not a sprint.
Hang on in there.I tell myself at least I now can do something about it and it hopefully won't get worse.
 
Hi @GeorgiyH some great advice. Although you are light it is likely you have breached your personal visceral fat threshold, so looks like metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, diabetes and hypertension). As you don't like meat what about salmon, mackerel or trout as oily fishes, and the versatile seabass / seabream which goes with anything.

You mention that berries are expensive, maybe you could go for the mixed frozen type (they are just as good and might be cheaper like in the UK).

You are so close to getting spectacular results. Have you tried olive oil roasted carrots, leeks, broccoli and asparagus - unbelievable. The above with hibiscus red tea, food supplements such as turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, roasted garlic, spinach, beetroot, along with exercise might get you a drop of circa 15 - 20 for your blood pressure after around 2 to 3 weeks (did for me). Hand grips also are proven to to lower blood pressure (I use the Camry brand available on Amazon).
 
Yes, that could be the case - re metabolism. I used to be very thin and very fit, but married life and children put an end to that - probably quite a bit of visceral fat...the nurse said that I have more body fat than I perhaps realise even though to look at I am not big. Still, the weight is dropping as I change my eating habits. I do like salmon and frozen berries are definitely cheaper than fresh. Might have to look into hand grips as my BP is still not great - my resting pulse is not good either.
Today was not a good day though - felt dreadful by afternoon, and was sent home - mid afternoon blood glucose was 5.6mmol/L so while not very low, still unexpectedly low for a couple of hours after eating.
 
Prem51 said:
I don't like peaches but I would think they aren't good either. To know how they effect you, you should test before eating one then one hour later and again after 90 minutes to two hours.
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I eat peaches plums and strawberries everyday and my stats are still dropping. I suppose we are all different.
 
I think we all wish that we weren't diabetic - I know that I do. It's only natural to feel that way.
 
I tried a mango - reading of over 14 after lunch, then another one a few days later with a carb free dinner 7.9 - I suspect I coped with it better later in the day, but not well enough to do it again
 
Prem51 said:
@GeorgiyH Cashew nuts are ok, but fruit especially tropical fruits are high in sugar so not good for diabetics. Berries are reportedly ok.
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Sorry, beg to differ on that one. Cashews are out on their own in the nut world, 30g carbs/100g of nuts. Pretty well all other nuts are les than 10. Agree about tropical fruit and berries.
 
Oh dear. Have been having cashews at lunch - yet as per yesterday, blood glucose lower than expected. Still feel very tired, run down and dizzy. Blood glucose 8.6 mmol/L two hours after breakfast.
 
GeorgiyH said:
Oh dear. Have been having cashews at lunch - yet as per yesterday, blood glucose lower than expected. Still feel very tired, run down and dizzy. Blood glucose 8.6 mmol/L two hours after breakfast.
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Yes, I feel like that when my BG is similar to where yours is. You do end up feeling a good bit better when your BG is lower it's just a struggle getting it lower.
 
GeorgiyH said:
Oh dear. Have been having cashews at lunch - yet as per yesterday, blood glucose lower than expected. Still feel very tired, run down and dizzy. Blood glucose 8.6 mmol/L two hours after breakfast.
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Brazils, Walnuts and Macadamias are your best bet, just don't eat too many!
 
Sorry to say that of the nut family cashews are about the worst you can have.. try walnuts, macadamias, pecans, almonds they are much lower carb.
 
Pinkorchid said:
Some people are able to eat some fruits I eat a clementine or an apple sometimes as well as berries I believe in the benefit of fruit others may not agree but it is all about personal choice
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But fructose has been shown to go straight to the liver to be turned into fat.. Im assuming the OP is a TOFI so fructose is probably the last thing they should be having more of.
 
Resurgam said:
I tried a mango - reading of over 14 after lunch, then another one a few days later with a carb free dinner 7.9 - I suspect I coped with it better later in the day, but not well enough to do it again
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I tried a single plum last year. Double figures. The birds got the rest of the punnet. Even berries raise me too far if I have more than 2 strawberries or 6 raspberries, and blueberries are a no-no.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I tried a single plum last year. Double figures. The birds got the rest of the punnet. Even berries raise me too far if I have more than 2 strawberries or 6 raspberries, and blueberries are a no-no.
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Yes, I can manage just six raspberries as well although I only have one strawberry at a time and only then if I've eaten a low carb meal. Blueberries are about . The same (for me) as raspberries.

I haven't tried plums in years - we used to have a huge old plum tree that had loads of lovely big sweet ones every year and I used to eat lots both cooked and raw but they would make me feel so tired after eating them so I had to stop and that was before I was diagnosed.
 
I have fatty liver apparently, would sugar free help reduce it or just reduce my chance of type 2 diabetes?
 
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