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Hi @Karen62 welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I was diagnosed in October, and whilst it wasn't a complete shock, it took me a bit of time to get my head round it.
For general information on diabetes, a good place to start is by looking at the Learning Zone.

Any idea what your HbA1C value was? This is the 3 month average for your blood sugar level that the GP would have used to diagnose you with. Are you on pills/metformin/something else?

What sort of food do you eat now? What do you like to eat? There's a page on the forum called What did you eat yesterday? you can have a look at to see what other diabetic people are having.

If you have any questions, please ask them, there's a wealth of experience on the forums.
Best wishes, Sarah
 
Karen62 said:
Hi. Just been diagnosed with type 2 steroid diabetes...came as a complete shock. Any advice would be great with eating etc.
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Hello Karen - welcome to the forum. There is a lot of great information and support here on this forum and once you get over the initial shock you will start to make sense of the ways to help you turn this situation around. Personally I consider the day I got my type 2 diagnosis to be the start of the best time of my life as far as health is concerned. The changes I made have resulted in me feeling healthier and enjoying my food more than I ever have done before and I now control my blood sugars by making different food choices and still have all the things I love by using different ingredients to make them.
The first thing I did on my diagnosis was to find out which foods were low carbohydrate and which were high and then make some decisions based on that information. I just decided to reduce my carbohydrate intake to "low carb" to start with and with a limit between 50 - 130 grammes of carbohydrate per day. I was also on metformin at that point. After a few weeks I decided to reduce the carbohydrates even more to around 50 grammes per day. After a little bit more time I went full keto and stick to around 20 grammes per day now and no longer use medication.
But that was just me. Different people can manage with different levels of carbohydrate and you will find out over time where your best point is eventually.
There are lots of lists of what food is best to avoid. I have my own Facebook page where I kept track of recipes and tips and wrinkles and where I still share recipes. I create my own nowadays because I am very fussy about my food and stubborn too so I want to have food that tastes and feels the same as the food I always ate but without the carb content and in most cases there are ways to achieve that with a bit of creativity and willingness to try new ingredients.
I hope you will have as much fun as I did in learning new ways to eat. I found by turning it into a challenge and a bit of a game it stopped it feeling like a terrible thing.
 
Welcome to the forum @Karen62

Sorry to hear that your steroid treatment has left you with a little extra ‘present’.

Are you still on the steroids now? Or was it treatment for something that has now resolved?

Are you taking any medication for your diabetes?
 
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