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Hi @StuartMoo and welcome. What are you alarmed about? I think everyone feels a shock at diagnosis. I know I did.
 
Hello and welcome to the forum @StuartMoo 🙂

This forum cracks me up. :D I wasn't alarmed, I was gutted at my stupidity but then continued being stupid... good grief. Don't be alarmed Stuart, look on the bright side, you'll now be looking after your health and will feel 100% better in next to no time I'll bet. There's loads of help on here.
 
Hi , welcome to the forum and the club no one wants to join.
You will be pleased to know that with the right info and a bit of determination by yourself diabetes is a condition that ca n be well controlled.
You’ll get lots of good advise from folks here, based on what has worked for them.
So ask all the questions you need to
 
I think I'm shocked at the diagnosis and everything I used to consume I like. Now that has to change to a carb free low carb diet.
 
StuartMoo said:
I think I'm shocked at the diagnosis and everything I used to consume I like. Now that has to change to a carb free low carb diet.
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Believe me this doesn’t mean salads, salads and yet more salads, we eat great tasty meals .

One thing we do not recommend is reducing your blood glucose levels quickly as this can cause a few unpleasant problems , A gradual reduction is best

What was your Hb1ac result
 
An HbA1C level of 52 is only just into the diabetic region. Quite small lifestyle changes should get you at leat back down to the 'at risk of diabetes' aka Pre-diabetes range.
I would be surprised if you Blood Glucose readings are high enough to require caution in reducing them.
 
ianf0ster said:
An HbA1C level of 52 is only just into the diabetic region. Quite small lifestyle changes should get you at leat back down to the 'at risk of diabetes' aka Pre-diabetes range.
I would be surprised if you Blood Glucose readings are high enough to require caution in reducing them.
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Yes I thought that being only at 50mmol/mol but I have had some vision problems when I reduced carbs to 70g per day so in hindsight I think it was too much too quickly but my HbA1C came down to 42 in 3 months, 7 months on my eyes don't feel quite right.
 
Thank you, reassuring. When you say eyes and vision can you explain more please,I have yet to have an eye test
 
StuartMoo said:
Thank you, reassuring. When you say eyes and vision can you explain more please,I have yet to have an eye test
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I normally wear varifocals, basically very short sighted but with correction for near vision. My distance seems fine but focusing on close work is difficult, it just feels as if I am seeing double. It is not all the time but it seems worse in the afternoon for some reason.
 
StuartMoo said:
I think I'm shocked at the diagnosis and everything I used to consume I like. Now that has to change to a carb free low carb diet.
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NO you do not - that is a misrepresentation of the way of eating which has helped so many people with their health problems.
All you need to do is take the easy route to lowering your blood glucose levels.
Analyse what you are eating in terms of their carbohydrate content.
Type two diabetics have problems dealing with high carbohydrate foods, so make adjustments.
You should be back in normal levels quite quickly as you are only just in the diabetic range, so deciding to do some home baking with lower carb content could fix things for you in a matter of days. You should just go for the options which are easiest for you.
I had a Hba1c of 91 and was told I was a very bad diabetic. Six months later Hba1c of 41. I have had over 3 years of similar results (OK _ 42, but near enough) and I feel great.
 
Drummer said:
NO you do not - that is a misrepresentation of the way of eating which has helped so many people with their health problems.
All you need to do is take the easy route to lowering your blood glucose levels.
Analyse what you are eating in terms of their carbohydrate content.
Type two diabetics have problems dealing with high carbohydrate foods, so make adjustments.
You should be back in normal levels quite quickly as you are only just in the diabetic range, so deciding to do some home baking with lower carb content could fix things for you in a matter of days. You should just go for the options which are easiest for you.
I had a Hba1c of 91 and was told I was a very bad diabetic. Six months later Hba1c of 41. I have had over 3 years of similar results (OK _ 42, but near enough) and I feel great.
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Good journey , thank you
 
Leadinglights said:
I normally wear varifocals, basically very short sighted but with correction for near vision. My distance seems fine but focusing on close work is difficult, it just feels as if I am seeing double. It is not all the time but it seems worse in the afternoon for some reason.
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My eyes feel tired, sometimes blurred when trying to focus on labels. I wear spectacles occasionally varietals, maybe I should wear them more often.
 
Hi I'm relatively new too @StuartMoo everyone is friendly. The what did you eat yesterday is great for meal ideas I think I check that thread at least 12 times a day!!!!!
 
When our BG (blood glucose) level has been running higher than normal for a while, unbeknown to us, this alters the shape of the eyeball! The change does not happen dramatically overnight therefore it can't be changed back again pdq. Takes time. If you go and see an optician and tell him you've just been diagnosed with type 2 - he should utterly refuse to test your eyes until you've been successfully treating the diabetes for a couple if not several months at least - because he knows if he prescribes some glasses for you today they'll be useless to you in less than 6 months as your eyes change shape again.

If you cannot manage without, invest a few ££ in a pair of 'Ready Readers' from eg Superdrug to tide you over.

Meanwhile if you are going to treat yourself by diet and exercise, eat less carb, major on lower carb veg (less spud/rice/pasta/bread/pastry etc etc/more green veg) but keep the protein and fat roughly the same and of course, cut down on sugar itself. Try and do plenty of gentle/moderate exercise.

To put it bluntly as I am well practiced at doing - use your legs more and your mouth less!😉
 
trophywench said:
When our BG (blood glucose) level has been running higher than normal for a while, unbeknown to us, this alters the shape of the eyeball! The change does not happen dramatically overnight therefore it can't be changed back again pdq. Takes time. If you go and see an optician and tell him you've just been diagnosed with type 2 - he should utterly refuse to test your eyes until you've been successfully treating the diabetes for a couple if not several months at least - because he knows if he prescribes some glasses for you today they'll be useless to you in less than 6 months as your eyes change shape again.

If you cannot manage without, invest a few ££ in a pair of 'Ready Readers'
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That's interesting @trophywench. My optician three weeks ago said the shape of my eyeballs are not quite round, he used a technical term, can't recall now. But I thought "How odd, how did that happen?". Now I know. Too many high carb foods. As I'm only at 42/43 A1c I'm surprised it has had an impact on the shape of my eyeballs at all. Hopefully I can get the shape back to normal with reducing carbs over time. He did prescribe long distance driving and TV lenses/glasses, which I bought and are in the car. I'm hoping to "use my legs more" and drive less lol!

It seems my reduction in A1c levels is really slow or I am stuck at this level. I know I can lose more weight 20kgs more so hopefully that will provide me with the thirty years younger feeling everyone is talking about.

Thanks for the info. You learn something new on here everyday!
 
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Could it have been an astigmatism, as if it was that hasnothing to do with Diabetes.
 
grovesy said:
Could it have been an astigmatism, as if it was that hasnothing to do with Diabetes.
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No, that wasn't the term. Thanks though!
 
Heehee - I have astigmatism too and was going to say exactly what grovesy did.
 
I have a sty on the inside of my left eyelid - the shape of my eyeball varies whilst the optician measures it!
 
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