Diagnosed with T2 4 days ago - very overwhelmed

[Diastard]

It sound like you have cracked it and found a regime which is sustainable for you. That is the most important thing rather than a bull in a china shop approach which can easily lead to being in a worse situation. Well done, as they say gently, gently, does it.

I actually owe a lot of thanks to what I've managed to learn from these very forums.

 

[Smorg14]

You look to have made some good changes but there is no need to avoid fat so you can still use butter and full fat yoghurt is less carbs than low fat. By using hummus rather than the butter your are adding carbs to something which is already quite high carb so mayonnaise (not light ) or guacamole would make your sandwich lower carb. Many people substitute rice for cauliflower rice or spiralised courgette instead of pasta although there are some low carb pastas made from edamame bean or black bean.
Fruit is always tricky as people react very differently but berries are usually tolerated well but bananas are a no go area for many people.
Keeping a food diary is helpful to show you what carbs you are having and helping to see where you can make some savings.
The book Carbs and Cals is a good resource for giving you the carb value of many foods and of course you can Google it but you need to know the total carbohydrate value. Also a digital kitchen scale is invaluable.
It is early days yet so just take things slowly and make some gradual changes.

As usual @Leadinglights offers excellent food advice. Most cereals, including Weetabix are high in carbs, so I tend to go for a grilled breakfast like bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and poached egg - occasionally a small slice of wholegrain bread, or 80gm berries and full fat Greek yogurt. Lunch is usually home made soup (you don't know what goes into the shop bought ones), or a salad with protein and a light dressing (no made up shop salads like potato salad or coleslaw). But an open sandwich with lots of salad vegetables (just one slice) would be fine.

I don't have any spread if I have something wet, like tomato, egg, or a few baked beans (reduced sugar and salt) on the bread. I have to totally avoid rice and pasta, but occasionally have 2 small new potatoes plus I have a lot of cauliflower or roasted squash or sweet potato as a potato substitute. I mainly stick to berries or melon, as apples, pears and bananas are lethal for me. I keep digital scales and a clear bowl on my kitchen top, so I can weigh my portions easily - no guessing. Also I record everything on an app, so I know my carbs by meal and by day. It's less fuss than pen and paper, and you can take it round the supermarket!

Todays menu was fairly typical: grilled bacon, mushrooms, poached egg and a small slice of bread; mackerel salad; grilled pork chop with roasted Mediterranean veggies; 80 gm plums with a dessertspoon of full fat Greek yogurt. With my daily milk, it came to 90gm carbs. Tomorrow is my 10am Aquafit class, so I'll have a lighter breakfast, of an egg on small toast, then home made chickestrone soup (minestrone but with chicken instead of pasta) for lunch. I've got a fresh tuna steak which I'll probably have with cauliflower and mixed green veggies.

I hope these posts have given you some ideas but there is a section on the forum for food and recipes as well.

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[Smorg14]

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So this morning after giving my first readings to the diabetic nurse, for the past days since last Thursday, she said the gliclazide does not appear to be working as my sugar levels are too high and they want to put me on insulin immediately. They are getting the pharmacy to deliver a kit because I don't feel well enough to go out, I've just moved to this town and don't really know anyone who can help. I said I was overwhelmed at all of this and wasn't taking the information in, she is going to try to get a district nurse round to show me how to do the first injection. Honestly I am in turmoil. I'm still feeling sick from the gliclazide I took this morning, I can barely eat anything. I tried scrambled egg this morning with a slice of toast but left most of it. I'll try some yoguert and berries for lunch. Can it make your sugar levels high if your not eating enough?

 

[Diastard]

Hi @Smorg14,
I do remember the time before I started work on my blood sugar, I saw a couple of very high finger prick numbers, I think I saw 19 or thereabouts.

I wonder how active you are? Do you get a chance to exercise at all? One of my big problems was my sedentary job spending all day looking at computer screens and poking keyboards - like right now! Oops! .

Information about yourself is a very useful tool. Try a BG measurement, then do 10 or 15 minutes of moderate exercise - like a brisk walk. Wait 10 or 15 minutes after you finished walking and then measure again.
Compare this to two measurements 30 minutes apart at the same time of day without the exercise.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Are you being checked for GAD antibodies or cPeptide to confirm your T2 diagnosis?

Did you unintentionally lose weight before your diagnosis? Did your symptoms come on fairly rapidly?

Just feels like if the nurse thinks gliclazide isn’t working at all, it makes me wonder how much insulin production you may have remaining? And whether you might have either T1 or LADA?