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Karen999

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im newly diagnosed HbA1c was 53 then 48 after a month, gp has agreed for me to try exercise and diet for 3 months then see where i am. i've been reading just about everything i can get hold of , my GP said i was prediabetic a year ago but nobody informed me so a little upset. im going from complete anxiety that i'm going to go blind too its ok i've got this. the info on this sight is brilliant, however can i eat carrots and parsnips or not. ?
 
Unfortunately that's not a question any of us can give you a straight answer to

Its carbohydrates we struggle to deal with but we are all totally individual in the amount we can tolerate

Do you test your own BG? As the only way to see which foods effect you we test before eating and then again 2 hours after ideally looking for no more than a rise of 2-3mmol
xx
 
Kaylz said:
Unfortunately that's not a question any of us can give you a straight answer to

Its carbohydrates we struggle to deal with but we are all totally individual in the amount we can tolerate

Do you test your own BG? As the only way to see which foods effect you we test before eating and then again 2 hours after ideally looking for no more than a rise of 2-3mmol
xx
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No i haven't even thought of that yet , is there a machine i can get that doesn't hurt?
 
They all require a sample of blood obtained by using a lancing device.
 
Karen999 said:
No i haven't even thought of that yet , is there a machine i can get that doesn't hurt?
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As @grovesy says all BG meters require you prick your finger with a lancet to obtain a sample, there are gentler lancets and lancing devices available but they can be expensive to self fund, I use the Accu-Chek Fastclix as a lancing device but as I'm Type 1 I get everything on prescription, as for a BG meter they can be costly too but the cheapest to self fund strips for is I think the SD Gluco Navii xx
 
The SD Gluco Navii and the Spirit Healthcare Tee2 are the ones most recommended on the forum for people self funding. The kit with the meter is about £15 but you only get 10 test strips and 10 lancets with it. Additional test strips cost £8 for a pot of 50 for those 2 meters and if you are getting a kit, it is worth getting at least 2 extra pots of test strips and a box of lancets at the same time as you go through the consumables quite quickly when you are testing a lot in the first few weeks.

In general a small portion of carrots or parsnips shouldn't affect your levels too much especially as you are at the lowest end of the diabetic scale with an HbA1c reading of 48, which is the diabetes threshold. It might have been a different situation if your reading was up in the 80s or 90s and probably needing to be much more strict with your diet.
 
I've just bought a GlucoNavii on Amazon as test strips are on offer at 13.98 per 100. I inherited the old one and strips were £22 per 100
 
Boots often have Accu-chek Fast-click and the drums on offer. It is the least painful ones.
 
I am in similar situation have reduced HbA1c from 49 to 44. I bought a meter and levels have all been below pre diabetes levels so far but I am on very low carb diet at the moment. But now I know my BG levels day to day I will then be able to monitor the difference when I start to reintroduce a few carbs to see what I can/can’t eat.
I have the anxieties certainly about eyesight as had a posterior vitreous detachment last year, it has left me with a large floaty thing in my eye which does cause a bit of blurry vision, the ophthalmologist doesn’t think it is connected to diabetes though just because I am short sighted, but still it makes me feel anxious!
 
If you decide to go for a BG meter @Karen999 many forum members have found this ‘test review adjust’ approach to be a useful framework to understand the results and make changes to your menu 🙂

Test, Review, Adjust

Managing blood glucose levels for type 2 diabetes. Learning how to achieve long term control by testing and diet.
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