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I have been a diabetic since 2010 but have tried to cope on my own. I have not really any help from my nurse or doctor as they do not have the time. I keep being told different things I can and not eat. My diabetes is now gone so high and I feel I just get told of and no support. My doctor to get help here.


Confused .com that is me.
 
Hi Karen, welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear you’re not getting the proper advise and support you should. However your gp may well have done you a big favour by telling you to come here. The people here have helped me an awful lot, give us a chance and we will do our best to help you and give cyber support.
As for blaming you , well that’s bad (you won’t get any of that here ! )
What do they expect to happen when they give you conflicting advise,
Can you give us an idea of this.

Feel free to ask as many questions as you need ok.

A little more info would be helpful, what diabetic medications if any are you on.
Do you test your own BG ( blood glucose) levels

An idea of your usual meals and snacks would help too.

On here Most of us who have T2 have found that reducing our carbohydrate intake helps us reduce our BG levels, exersize if you’re able will help too. Many of our members who have T1 do as well.

I’m guessing you have been given the standard advise given to many of us , that dreadful *eatwell plate* or whatever it’s called nowadays. It may (emphasis on may) be ok for non diabetics but it’s not for us.
Honestly we do eat good tasty food.

I know you’re not new to diabetes, but I think you’ll find the threads , books etc on this forum helpful .
Their is lots of info there so do take your time.
Scroll down to the T2 section
useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes
I suggest you start with
Jennifer’s advise.
Test review adjust by Alan S
Their is a link there to a book that is often recommended on here
Type two diabetes the first year by Gretchen Becker.
Then read the rest.

I look forward to seeing you around here.
 
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Thank you for your support I do not feel alone anymore. I'm on metformin 500mg and Gilciazide 30mg just started taken also I'm on ramipril and omerprazole., Atorvastin, Zapain for my hands as my diabetes has made them painful i have diabetic neuropathy. I do test my blood.
 
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Karen, can you give us some idea of the kind of levels you're getting and what sort of things you eat. No judgements, it will just help us to know where to pitch the advice.
 
My levels are between 12 to 22. I eat normal things such as curry and rice, pie mash and two veg. Salad with ham and eggs for dinner bowl of cereal or toast and jam for breakfast and sandwiches for tea or crackers and pate or cheese.
 
Between us We could open a chemist lol.
Sorry to have given you so much homework :D , personally I feel it’s not only important to give a new person to the site a warm welcome but s bit of info too.

It’s good to hear you test as Gliclazide can cause hypo’s (low BG ) they never did when I was on them.
 
Welcome to the site Karen from a fellow T2.
I'd suggest testing just before and 1-2 hours after eating. This will show you the effect of any food and any changes you make. The first thing I'd look at is your breakfast. Keep a food diary along with a record of your levels. After a couple of weeks you hopefully will see a pattern.
 
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karen Fitch said:
My levels are between 12 to 22. I eat normal things such as curry and rice, pie mash and two veg. Salad with ham and eggs for dinner bowl of cereal or toast and jam for breakfast and sandwiches for tea or crackers and pate or cheese.
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It sounds like you'd had very little advice about managing your carbohydrate intake Karen. Ideally you'd be no more than 7 on waking and go up to no more than 8.5 two hours after eating. However it will take a while to get down to those levels. Testing 1 hr after eating is really too soon as you're bound to have peaked then.
It's the rice, mash, potatoes and cereal that will be pushing up your levels because they are all carbs. You need more protein, fats and vegetables in your diet.

Others will suggest appropriate recipe books I'm sure. Good luck.
 
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karen Fitch said:
My levels are between 12 to 22. I eat normal things such as curry and rice, pie mash and two veg. Salad with ham and eggs for dinner bowl of cereal or toast and jam for breakfast and sandwiches for tea or crackers and pate or cheese.
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I’m pleased that you are not feeling so alone now.
As your beginning to find out, this is a nice site with a good bunch of people who really get it.

Ok I can see we have a little bit of work to do here:D.
The Ham and eggs Is good as is cheese, salad depending on what you have is ok too, my salads used to have lots of things like potato salad, coronation chicken etc .

Ok here goes, it’s best to cut down or find substitutes that you like for these fast acting carbohydrates as we turn them into glucose (fuel) quickly.
Potatoes esp mash, rice, pasta, bread esp white and things made with flour, sugar, cereals, fruit juice, we often have problems with fruit too .
Now I can hea you thinking OMG what can I eat.
Here’s a brief guide as their is loads more we can eat and some of them will supprise you.
Veg that grows above ground, meat, high meat content sausages and burgers, eggs cooked anyway you like , butter, cream, mushrooms, some nuts are low carbohydrate too, cheese, sweeteners. Burgen linseed and Soya bread or a high protein bread , some people can get away with wholemeal bread,
Peanut butter , you’ve no need to throw away your frying pan, if you’d like a fried brekkie, just leave off the hash browns and only have a small portion of baked beans.


We call this diet LCHF low carbohydrate high fat, try not to worry about the high fat bit, it’s reall just normal amounts of healthy fats.
By testing as described in Test review adjust, you will find what works well for you as we are all different in how our body copes with the various foods.
 
Welcome Karen ! Please keep at it ! One of the things to remind you is "Its tough at the top". We are all in the same boat here. A very supportive bunch.
 
Welcome @karen Fitch and well done on finding this helpful, friendly forum. I have learned more here than from any doctor or nurse, I hope you will find it useful too.

My BG levels came tumbling down by following the LCHF (low carb high fat) WOE (way of eating) you will see those abbreviations used a lot on here. We are all different and testing your BG before and then 2 hours after food will tell you what spikes your BG. In general it means moving away from high carb foods like sweet stuff, breakfast cereals, potatoes, bread, rice and pasta. There are substitutes you can use, for example cauliflower rice instead of rice. More supermarkets are stocking this now and I actually prefer the taste. Also cauliflower mash with high meat content sausages is lovely. In fact cauliflower is my new best friend haha.

Have a good look round the different sections of this forum and shout out if you need any advice. Good luck!
 
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