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Drummer
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First - DON'T PANIC
If you are an ordinary type 2 then reducing the amount of carbohydrate you eat will resolve most problems, some you might not even know about yet.
I was told I had background retinopathy at the first eye check. By the second all was normal.
My weight reduced and my waist shrank without effort, my clothes began to slide south unexpectedly.
By the second test I was no longer diabetic, at 6 months I was in normal numbers, just, and have pretty much stayed there ever since.
We do go against modern advice on diet, but the problem does seem to be the modern advice on diet.
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I really want to get this under control through diet.
Leadinglights
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If you are being given the opportunity to make some dietary changes then I surmise your HbA1C is not desperately high in which case it should be very possible.
Many find a low carbohydrate approach successful, I found following the principals in the link was easy and is now my new way of eating, there are plenty of foods you can eat and still stay within the suggested no more than 130g per day total carbs not just sugar.
Freshwell Low Carb Project - Home
lowcarbfreshwell.com
Ciara DUK
Supporter Care Advisor
Hi @JaneE , and welcome to the forum 🙂
It's perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed when you're newly diagnosed. As the others who've chimed in are proving, the forum is such a lovely community of those with lived experience, and we're always happy to help (we would invite you to ask, ask, ask away with any questions you may have!)
At the risk of providing yet more information, but in the hope that you may choose to take a look in your own time, there's a few resources below you might find beneficial to look at, when you feel up to it!
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Our forum thread on food and recipes, should you not have seen this yet and wish to take a look - https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/
We do have a wealth of resources around diet and eating well on our website too, should you wish to take a look - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/eating-with-diabetes.
Our online shop has free information booklets which can be a nice starting point, and good to refer back to - the 'Eating Well' guide could be worth a read - https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/products/eating-well-with-diabetes
There's also our handy 'Learning Zone' platform with video and interactive resources, which some people have found really helpful for bite-sized chunks of information about living with diabetes.
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Things will get easier, and it's encouraging to hear you're already thinking about diet and ways to help manage your diabetes. Please feel welcome to check back in with us, and update us on how you're doing 🙂
It's perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed when you're newly diagnosed. As the others who've chimed in are proving, the forum is such a lovely community of those with lived experience, and we're always happy to help (we would invite you to ask, ask, ask away with any questions you may have!)
At the risk of providing yet more information, but in the hope that you may choose to take a look in your own time, there's a few resources below you might find beneficial to look at, when you feel up to it!
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Our forum thread on food and recipes, should you not have seen this yet and wish to take a look - https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/
We do have a wealth of resources around diet and eating well on our website too, should you wish to take a look - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/eating-with-diabetes.
Our online shop has free information booklets which can be a nice starting point, and good to refer back to - the 'Eating Well' guide could be worth a read - https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/products/eating-well-with-diabetes
There's also our handy 'Learning Zone' platform with video and interactive resources, which some people have found really helpful for bite-sized chunks of information about living with diabetes.
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Things will get easier, and it's encouraging to hear you're already thinking about diet and ways to help manage your diabetes. Please feel welcome to check back in with us, and update us on how you're doing 🙂
Drummer
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I had a blood test recently and got the results just after I wrote yesterday. My HbA1c was 43, so still just above the top end of normal, and at the age of 72 that isn't looking too bad a result.
Were you told your HbA1c level?
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Welcome to the forum!
We have lots of folks here finding their own way through the maze of options, to find a set of strategies and approaches that work for them. We have literally centuries of lived diabetes experience on the forum, and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach, so keep asking questions and treat yourself like a science experiment to find a system that works for you as an individual. 🙂
Hi, apologies for the delay in reply. Yes. My level is 56
Thank you
Drummer
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Oh, you've been told early on - so if you make some changes to what you eat you could well be back in normal numbers by Christmas - if you are an ordinary type two, which is quite likely, but some do find they are something more exotic.
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I will, thank you!
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