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[Spanner4389]

My wife and I are both type two diabetics, she is blind and I have had a stroke, she has various other conditions which leaves her short of breath and dizzy most of the time, I have problems with walking for any distance and with my stability. We have problems with what we can eat and cannot eat, it seems that what we like is not allowed, I am an exchef but find following recipes has become too difficult me now. We use Oakfarm foods but all they offer is reduced sugar recipes will this be enough.

As you may notice although our local health practice tries to help, my wife was just in hospital and they offered an assistance package of 4 visits a day by district nurses to ensure that she is OK and taking her medicines when it came to discharge the package was withdrawn, not enough nurses so we were left to our own devices. As long as she remembers what should be done when and tells me I can do it, so we are coping.

That's enough of a moan for now. Thanks for reading. I should have said I am 76 years, my wife is 73 BfN

 

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My wife and I are both type two diabetics, she is blind and I have had a stroke, she has various other conditions which leaves her short of breath and dizzy most of the time, I have problems with walking for any distance and with my stability. We have problems with what we can eat and cannot eat, it seems that what we like is not allowed, I am an exchef but find following recipes has become too difficult me now. We use Oakfarm foods but all they offer is reduced sugar recipes will this be enough.

As you may notice although our local health practice tries to help, my wife was just in hospital and they offered an assistance package of 4 visits a day by district nurses to ensure that she is OK and taking her medicines when it came to discharge the package was withdrawn, not enough nurses so we were left to our own devices. As long as she remembers what should be done when and tells me I can do it, so we are coping.

That's enough of a moan for now. Thanks for reading. I should have said I am 76 years, my wife is 73 BfN

Welcome to the forum, home support does seem to be difficult to get unless you are prepared and able to pay for it
Wiltshire Farm Foods is another company that does meals that are delivered. They have a good range of foods and do have the nutritional information on their web site. Some meals are high carb but you will probably find quite a few which would be suitable.
Many supermarkets will have some ready meals which are also not too bad, the ones to be careful of are ones with potato, rice or pasta.
Having cooked meat, cheese or tinned fish which you can have with salad and coleslaw. Boiled eggs, yoghurts are good options. Keeping frozen veg and berries which can be added to other meals.
The Oakhouse foods you mention do seem a bit high carb but if you are selective you may find some of those are OK. They do seem quite pricy.
It would only be if you are trying to have a pretty low carbohydrate regime that some of the meals would be way too much.

It really does depend on what medication you are on as to how much you need to be watching your carbohydrate intake.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Spanner4389

Sorry to hear how difficult you are finding things.

Have you got any mobility aids to help steady you when moving about? Like those tri-walkers and similar?

Are you and your wife taking medication to help with your diabetes management?

What sorts of things do you like? And which have you been told aren’t so helpful for your diabetes?

Sugar (both natural and added) is only part of the picture with diabetes. Total carbohydrate content is usually a more helpful measure of a meals likely impact on your glucose levels. Do Oakfarm foods provide breakdowns and nutritional information for the meals you have to choose from?

If you think it would be helpful you could call the Diabetes UK helpline and speak to one of our advisors. The number is at the top of every forum page, and the Helpline is open 9-6 Mon-Fri.