Hi and Welcome to the forum
@nilcam232 - shame about the telephone consultation. Must be very frustrating for you.
Hopefully we can give you a few pointers to guide you when managing yourself (until things settle down again with appointments). Firstly, You are only just into the diabetic range, so try not to worry too much - there is lots you can do yourself to improve this score.
You will more than likely be making a few alterations to your diet to level off / keep you under that 48 number if at all possible. We can just do our best.
If not already restricting/avoiding such things as pasta, rice, potatoes, flour products like pastry, cakes, biscuits and exotic fruits then maybe you should consider doing so. There are better alternatives. It just take a little planning and determination to create a new menu and respect diabetes. We have good forums/threads on food,
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/ .... We make 'cauliflower mash/rice' you will barely notice it isnt potato or conventional rice. I tend to eat only veg that grow above ground (less carbs) plus a small handful of fruit that has the name 'berry' a couple of times a week. And it the CARBs we must be aware of, not just obvious sugars. You will need to get in the habit of reading labels on food for 'total' carb contents and go for the lowest possible. All fruit/veg have a carb element. and carbs turn to glucose in the body and do our levels no good whatsoever. I found this site useful :
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/foods
Also take a look at the site forums here :
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/
We also have a 'Learning Zone' (above, top of the page, orange tab, sign in separately there for more info).
There is a lot to read, take your time to absorb it all - make your plans, educate yourself. You will see diabetes is a very individual process and how the body react to certain foods, we are all different! Self monitoring at home is a useful tool - more about the meters for that in the links i gave you. Scroll through and pick out things you want more info on there.
Above all - do it slowly, give your body time to adjust otherwise you could create other problems. Any change is a shock, go sensibly with it. Good luck, and come back with any observations/questions, we are here to help you.
