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Hi everyone, my name is Sharon, I’m new to the site today.

I was told 20 years ago that I was prediabetc. For 10 years I had a yearly GTT. Then my GP told me that I no longer needed them.

Now I am going through the process of diagnosis after my optician found a small haemorrhage in the macular of my left eye during a routine sight test a couple of weeks ago, I also have some distortion in the vision of that eye.

He asked my GP to investigate. My HBA1C was 49 so my GP has asked me to repeat it in 1 month.

To say I am more than a little anxious would be an understatement 🙄

I also have Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia.

I am looking forward to gathering a little knowledge and making new friends here
 
Welcome to the forum @SharonH61

Glad you have found us, but sorry to hear it was a problem with your eyes that brought you here.

Your 49mmol/L is only must over the bordeline for a T2 diagnosis, so while it suggests your body is struggling a little with metabolising carbs, it also could well be the case that making some changes to your meal plan could well allow your body to deal with your food more effectively.

When it comes to managing your diabetes, it’s best to make changes to your menu and activity levels gradually - partly because they need to be sustainable long term, but also because very rapid and sudden changes to blood glucose levels are harder on the fine blood vessels, and changing things more gently will give your body time to adapt.

One of the biggest questions at the beginning is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will be wanting to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, bread, pastry, grains, potatoes, cereals and many fruits.

The snag is that individual reactions to carbohydrates can vary hugely depending on your genetic make up and gut biome, so it can be impossible for anyone to give you a list of ‘safe’ foods.

It can help to keep a brutally honest food dairy in the early weeks, noting down everything you are eating and snacking on. If possible try to calculate or estimate the amount of carbohydrate in things, as it is the carbs that your body is struggling with.

This might give you some pointers of meals and choices where you can easily cut out some carbs, and where you may need a bit of a rethink.

There are lots of friendly folks here who can give you pointers and ideas, so just ask away!

Good luck, and let us know how you are getting on.
 
Welcome to the forum @SharonH61

Mike has given you lots of useful tips, so I will just encourage you to have a good read of the threads on here and also to ask any questions that you have. Nothing is considered silly on here and there is plenty of useful ideas from people who are successfully managing their D day by day.
 
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