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Hello Theresa, Welcome to the forum.

If you're only recently diagnosed then it will be difficult to get to grips with things initially, but with a bit of help you will hopefully.

Apart from a great deal of experience being available to you on this forum, there is much you can do for yourself. The NHS runs several courses (Diabetes X-Pert or DESMOND being two) which are really good ways for you to learn more about the condition. Check it out with your GP or DSN (diabetes specialist nurse) to see if there are any in your area.

Meanwhile have a look around the forum. I'm sure you'll pick up some useful tips.

Andy 🙂
 
Hello Theresa and welcome to the forum. Have a good look around and make yourself at home.

Take a look at this thread

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=10406

it has lots of useful information for the newly diagnosed.

Ask whatever you need to everything may well seem a bit like a fog for you now.

Are there any particular things you would like to ask - when you do it might help if you could say if you are diet controlled or what medications you are taking.
 
Hi Theresa, welcome to the forum 🙂 Don't worry, it can take a little while to get used to things and for things to improve. The good thing is that, now you have a diagnosis, you can learn how best to look after yourself, with the help of your doctor, so that you can improve your health.

Have you been given any tablets to take, or has the doctor or nurse given you any advice to follow? Please ask any questions you may have and we will try our best to help and reassure you. I look forward to hearing more from you 🙂
 
Hi Theresa

Take heart, as others have said it can take a while to get to grips with the condition after diagnosis, but actually it can be better for your body to return steadily towards normal levels than to make abrupt jumps.

Take a look around and ask any questions you have, chances are someone here will have been there before you.

M

PS have you got yourself a Blood Glucose meter? One would be invaluable in checking to see how your body can cope with different foods. Low sugar, high fibre, low GI are good guidelines, but different foods affect people slightly differently. With a meter you'll have an impartial guide to what keeps your levels in a good place.
 
Hi Theresa and welcome to the forum.

It's scary when you first get diagnosed and it does take a while to get your BG (blood glucose levels) sorted. You have found the best place for advice and support here. One thing I would advise in these early days is, take someone along to your appointments with you, as 2 ears are better than one at taking it all in. Failing that, as in my case, take a note book and write down what's said to you .It helps no end to be able to read it back when you get home. Good luck and I look forward to getting to know you better on here. XXXXX
 
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Hi theresa and welcome I joined last week and was recently diagnosed too and am out of control. You will certainly get good advice and support here. I was really nervous when I made my first post last week, but am getting more relaxed now. Already I have learnt alot and hope my diabetic journey will be made alot easier through this. Are you on any meds at all or do manage by diet?
 
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Hello Theresa,
Hope you'll find alot of support on this forum. It'll take a while to get a handle on things so don't beat yourself up too much but do ask as many questions as you have.
All the best,
Catherine
 
Welcome to the forum Theresa 🙂 x
 
theresa77 said:
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Hi Teresa,welcome......i'm fairly new [Jan] and still learning[mainly from here coz my Dr's are pretty much leaving me to it!!] yes it is scary but i'm just starting to calm down a bit at last!
Feel free to chat at any time


Sandy:D
 
hi and a welcome from me tooooooo 🙂
 
Hello! Welcome to the forum x
 
theresa77 said:
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G'day Theresa.

You didn't develop diabetes overnight and you won't get it under control immediately.

This may help, I wrote it with you in mind (click on it): Getting Started
 
hi i new to this site

hi,
i was diagnosed in December with type 2 diabetes, and i am so out of control, and am really struggling to find things to eat, i live on salad and drink water, but my sugars are still over 20 and i also have high colestrol and high blood pressure, i have got nerve damage and balance problems and now have keytones which are on the rise please help :(
 
theresa77 said:
hi,
i was diagnosed in December with type 2 diabetes, and i am so out of control, and am really struggling to find things to eat, i live on salad and drink water, but my sugars are still over 20 and i also have high colestrol and high blood pressure, i have got nerve damage and balance problems and now have keytones which are on the rise please help :(
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Hi Theresa, I moved your post to the thread you started before to save confusion 🙂

Are you on any medication for your diabetes? Have you been given any advice on what you can eat? A lot oof people find the GI or GL diets most suitable for helping to maintain good, steady sugar levels - have a look at these as examples:

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=7719

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=7337

If you can tell us a bit more about your experiences and medications we may be able to help 🙂
 
theresa77 said:
hi,
i was diagnosed in December with type 2 diabetes, and i am so out of control, and am really struggling to find things to eat, i live on salad and drink water, but my sugars are still over 20 and i also have high colestrol and high blood pressure, i have got nerve damage and balance problems and now have keytones which are on the rise please help :(
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What does your doctor advise?

Would you mind providing a log of everything you ate and drank over the past 24 hours? If you can't remember, try keeping a record today.

We aren't doctors, but we do have some experience that may help. Possibly your menu is not the problem and you need a medication or insulin; but until we see what your menu is it's hard to offer suggestions.
 
Alan S said:
What does your doctor advise?

Would you mind providing a log of everything you ate and drank over the past 24 hours? If you can't remember, try keeping a record today.

We aren't doctors, but we do have some experience that may help. Possibly your menu is not the problem and you need a medication or insulin; but until we see what your menu is it's hard to offer suggestions.
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Hi Alan and all the other friends i hope will be in the future
Firstly i dont have a very good repore with my doctor so i see him as little as i can, i am in the prosses of changing to another in the same practice but cant see him untill they recieve my request in writing, which i have done .
I have been keeping a log from the day i was diagnosed, and for the first week or so i was living on lettice and cucumber and diet lemonade, and water and a few cups of coffee, my weight started todrop off me very quickly because as i yhought, because of going to the gym and cycleing although i was told to do more as i was overweight. i was always very tired and would often sleep for long periods of time in the day because i felt very sick and my (head felt very heavy)
About September 2010 i got an infection and my doctor gave my some antibiotics and said i would be fine although i felt as if he was not really interested in what i had to say, i told him i was drinking all the time and weeing more and was tired most of the time, so i took the tablets and went back a couple of weeks later when i felt no better only to be given more, this went on till i could not get out of bed and he was called out to see me only to be give steriods, and more antibiotics and said he thought my Asthma was to blame so made me go to the clinic, i had never felt so ill before and knew something was wrong, when i got to the clinc, my friend had to help me in as i could not walk properly i was so short of breath, i thought i was dieing, when the nurse saw me a doctor was called who prmptly took my blood pressure which was high and the i was in hospital my blood sugars were 31 and on the heart ward for a week, i was totaly out of it for 5 days, then i was moved on to a chest ward and it was there i was diagnosed, since then my sugars have not been below 20 and are as high as 31, with a colesrial level of 8.7and very high blood pressure, and my keytones are .9, i now have nerve damage in my feet( i am also waiting for a referal from my doctor to see a foot doctor) and an inbalance problem ( acting drunk all the time) and i dont drink
The hospital the put me on
IBUPROFEN 400mg 3 times a day
METFORMIN 500mg 4 daily
GLIMEPIRIDE 2mg 3 daily
OMEPRAZOLE 20 mg 1 daily
AMLODIPINE 5mg 1 daily
RAMIPRIL 5mg 1 daily
ASPRIN 75MG I DAILY
CO-CODAMOL 30mg/500mg to be taken when needed
simvastatyn but came home without them so orderd them from doctor ( 2 weeks ago) i got them yesterday 6th april

My diet consists of the following for the last 24 hours
wedensday 6th april 5.20pm Baked spud with cottage cheese
7pm sugar 22.9
11pm " 27.2
dinking only water
thursday7th april 1am " HI
8am " 21.3
8am half slice brown toast
1.50pm sugars HI
5pm lettice tomatoes and baked spud plain)
9pm sugars hi
and still drinking water only

i do hope you understand all this info and hope that you can help i am not coping and feel very alone, my partner left me because he couldnt cope, my dog was pinched out of the garden.
so not having any light to see my way through this is very depressing
thankyou Theresa wilson
 
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Hi Theresa and welcome to the forum.

It's scary when you first get diagnosed and it does take a while to get your BG (blood glucose levels) sorted. You have found the best place for advice and support here. One thing I would advise in these early days is, take someone along to your appointments with you, as 2 ears are better than one at taking it all in. Failing that, as in my case, take a note book and write down what's said to you .It helps no end to be able to read it back when you get home. Good luck and I look forward to getting to know you better on here. XXXXX
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i do forget things now i fear more than ever, people places names ect
 
Hi sweetheart. Oh dear, you are having a bad time of it aren't you? I'm sending you lots of hugs right now.

I think you are doing the right thing in changing your GP as your present one sounds like a pillock. You are on quite a lot of meds to still be having BG's that high, and you're not eating much so in my opinion you may need to be given something else. Insulin maybe, or Byetta which is another drug you inject.

I do notice though that you are not on many meds for your BP. If it's still high that could be making you feel worse and you may need more meds to help with that. Look at the list in my sig as the last 6 are BP meds. I was under the Hypertension consultant at the hospital for months coming up with that concoction.

I've recently been having BG's like yours and have had to 'show off' to get the help I need, so I do know how you feel. ( I'll bump up a couple of threads of mine so you can read them for yourself. Read the replies I got as I'm sure these will help you as much as they helped me.

Please try and speak to someone tomorrow. You shouldn't be left feeling as you do, and with BG's like that. Try your GP or the Practice Nurse if you have one. Or phone the hospital and ask to be put through to the Diabetic Nurse for advice. Remember this is not your fault and is your health care teams duty to give you what you need to help make you feel better and get your BG's down to an acceptable level. Take care and keep in touch. XXXXX
 
Hi Theresa,

From my experience, I don't think you have a very balanced diet if your 24hr diet list is any indication.

It may be that you need to reconsider baked potatoes for a start. It could very easily be those causing your high readings. You may need to consider alternatives (e.g. new potatoes are considered to be better and the portion size is easier to control - I usually have only 2 or 3 small ones for a meal).

It seems to me that your are simply not eating enough as well! Daft as this may sound, if you're trying to lose weight it is not a good idea to cut the calories too much. In those circumstances the body goes into a 'starvation mode' and actually makes it much harder to shift those pounds. The initial weight loss you mentioned is highly likely to just be due to water loss because you were using up the fast release energy stores that the body has (or something like that!).

Also, eating three regular meals each day (breakfast, lunch and tea) is a more sustainable approach. It is also healthier for you because you can spread the inclusion of any carbohydrate rather than loading it into a single meal like you seem to be doing. It will also mean that you have a better input of energy throughout the day and that will mean you shouldn't have such a problem of feeling 'out of it' that you describe (although having continued high bg levels will also be a contributing factor).

Finally, it sounds like you need to see a really good dietician (and one who understands diabetes!).

Good Luck and I hope things improve for you soon,

Andy 🙂

p.s. And I really recommend those courses I mentioned before (XPert specifically - I went on that one very soon after my diagnosis)
 
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