Hello my name is Susan

[susan jane]

I was hoping that I could get some help here but I cant spell two well so after failing to get on here very quickly I don't give out much hope really my eyes are not to good and I am 70 I went to see my DRs after having a problem getting help I was told by letter that I was a diabetic the nurse rang me and told me she would get back and explained things well that was 6months ago to visits two hospital with chest pains later and I tried to speak to my G p who promply told me sorry but we have six hundred diabetics on our list and we only have a nurse once a week don.t give much hope for me does it my feet are not to good and my fingers are getting needles at the ends of them now I no that every were is busy but I am one of those 600 don't I count I would like to no what my blood count is and I don't no nothing just saying that leaving me in limbo and I don't no nothing about diet our what to eat to bring it down all he did was plunk a book in my hand and said read this I can't make head nor tails of it

 

[Drummer]

If you are a plain ordinary type two like me, then the trick is to cut out the high carb foods considered healthy and eat meat, seafood, eggs, cheese and other dairy but avoid anything low fat, and you should be find.
There are more interesting variants of diabetes, but with any luck low carb will be all you need.
It is pretty simple to put that over I would have thought, but we seem to have to sort ourselves out.
I will be 70 myself in a few weeks and the low carb way of eating seems to be the one I need.
There is a lot of information on the forum, but do ask questions if something isn't clear.

 

[Vonny]

Hi @susan jane and welcome to the forum 🙂 Seems like you have had bad luck in the post code lottery of GP surgeries.

The doctor should be able to tell you what your blood reading was. If you phone the surgery and ask for the results of your last hba1c test, they should tell you. If you let us know what that is someone will be able to tell you if you are just over the diabetic range or higher.

Like @Drummer says, the best thing to do diet-wise is to significantly reduce your carbs. I cut out potatoes, rice, pasta and bread when I was diagnosed and have gone back to below diabetic levels, although I am also still on a small amount of medication. Take a look on the thread "What did you eat yesterday", there are some really interesting ideas. Cutting down carbs seems a huge milestone, and I never thought I'd do it. The fact that I managed shows it is possible!

Best of luck and please come back with any other questions.

 

[Cherrelle DUK]

I was hoping that I could get some help here but I cant spell two well so after failing to get on here very quickly I don't give out much hope really my eyes are not to good and I am 70 I went to see my DRs after having a problem getting help I was told by letter that I was a diabetic the nurse rang me and told me she would get back and explained things well that was 6months ago to visits two hospital with chest pains later and I tried to speak to my G p who promply told me sorry but we have six hundred diabetics on our list and we only have a nurse once a week don.t give much hope for me does it my feet are not to good and my fingers are getting needles at the ends of them now I no that every were is busy but I am one of those 600 don't I count I would like to no what my blood count is and I don't no nothing just saying that leaving me in limbo and I don't no nothing about diet our what to eat to bring it down all he did was plunk a book in my hand and said read this I can't make head nor tails of it

Hi Susan,

Sending you a warm welcome to the forum! So sorry to hear that you've not had the support you need from your GP. You've had some great advice above so I just wanted to suggest that it might be worth getting in touch with our helpline.

They're a really friendly team and will be able to explain things to you and answer any questions that you may have. You can reach them on 0345 123 2399, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.

 

[SB2015]

Welcome to the forum @susan jane

A good starting opint for anyone with Diabetes is to just find out how many carbohydrates you are eating at any meal. All of these will be converted into glucose once inside us. Having Diabetes means that we are not able to use all of this that is in our blood and so our glucose levels rise above the normal range (between 4 and 7)

The carbohydrates Information is on packets for food stuff, and sometimes takes a bit of calculating. There is also Googling ‘carbs in .....’ which I find works well.

Very pleased that you have found us and I hope that you can tap into some useful information.
Do feel free to ask any questions that you have. Nothing is considered silly on here. Just ask.