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Have you been given any advice on how to modify your diet ?

We hear of lots of new members who are told to avoid sugar, rather than how to eat low GI carbs and test their blood sugar to see how the food affects them.

It's a slightly hit or miss affair that is different for everyone, hence the poor advice that is often dished out wholesale.

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Vee hi and a warm welcome to this amazing forum x
 
I think right at the beginning I was given some advice such as if you want chocolate have a square after your main meal is ok, and not to bother with diabetic sweets etc. Have plenty of veg (which I hate) and I don't remember anything else.

My cholesterol was a bit high and with medication I have that under control now. My bp has gone from high to ok and I no longer take bp medication.

That's about all I know, I'm afraid. :(
 
MrsP1404 said:
I think right at the beginning I was given some advice such as if you want chocolate have a square after your main meal is ok, and not to bother with diabetic sweets etc. Have plenty of veg (which I hate) and I don't remember anything else.

My cholesterol was a bit high and with medication I have that under control now. My bp has gone from high to ok and I no longer take bp medication.

That's about all I know, I'm afraid. :(
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As you are having a 'new start', it might be a good idea to approach things as though you are newly-diagnosed, in which case I would highly recommend reading Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter, and getting hold of a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker. All these will give you a good start and hopefully a new perspective and motivation to learn how to manage your diabetes well 🙂 Do you know what your most recent HbA1c test result was? Do you have a meter to test with?
 
Welcome to the forum Vee 🙂
 
Thanks for the suggested reading. I will have a look through that.

I don't know what my last reading was from the drs. It was one of those that check your blood sugars from the past six weeks?.

I do have a kit but don't use it as I never know when to or how often to test.

Sorry I'm so useless at this.

Thank you for the welcome Mark 🙂
 
MrsP1404 said:
Thanks for the suggested reading. I will have a look through that.

I don't know what my last reading was from the drs. It was one of those that check your blood sugars from the past six weeks?.

I do have a kit but don't use it as I never know when to or how often to test.

Sorry I'm so useless at this.

Thank you for the welcome Mark 🙂
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The links and the book will get you up to speed. No need to apologise, you will soon pick things up I am sure 🙂 Diabetes is a very complicated condition to manage well and if you haven't received the right kind of guidance in the past then it can be very confusing. A good guide to testing is Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S 🙂
 
hi samade!your story has pretty much mirrored mine.iv been diabetic for 25 years since i were 7 and once i went into adult hood my diabetic control went out the window and no docters seemed to botherd to help me which has resulted in bad diabetic reitinopathy,lots of laser an op for detached reitinor and bleeds behind the reitinor resulting in bad loss of sight.im now only just getting the help i need and also looking forward to getting this all under control....we can do it!!all the very best.😛
 
Hi samade , like you and Shellyboo , very similar story been diabetic since i was 10 (31 years ) omg that long ! was beginning to give up then in june 2010 i went on a DAFNE course followed by a pump in sep 2010 and i now have a HBA1c of 6.9 something i thought id never see , so if you can do your DAFNE course and hopefully things will improve 🙂
 
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