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Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with type 2 recently. My reading was 50 and then 48 two weeks later. I’m not on any medication yet, I have to see the diabetes nurse at the gp surgery tomorrow so I’ll know more then, I hope. I’m a bit overwhelmed to be honest, as I naively thought that I’d just have to cut out sweets and cakes, and now I see it’s a pretty serious business! Anyhow, I just thought I’d introduce myself.
Hope you’re all doing well
Sorry you've had to join us but welcome. Cutting out sweets and cakes, except as an occasional treat, is a good start but things like bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and most breakfast cereals are also on the list. However, you are only just over the border into diabetes territory so a few simple dietary tweaks combined with being more active and, if needed, losing some weight should be enough to turn things around. Some have done so from much higher HbA1c numbers than yours, often in 3 figures. Let us know how you get on tomorrow.
Hi @SteffyB and welcome to the forum from me too. Good luck tomorrow, oh, being diabetic is
It is not the end of the world, smaller plates and moderation are what counts as I found out.
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Hello @SteffyB and welcome to the forum.
You are only just over the threshold for type 2, so as long as it is plain ordinary type 2 just evaluating your intake of carbohydrates and making a few changes should be all that it takes.
I might seem a bit blasé about it, but I started off with a much higher HbA1c, 91, and was back in normal numbers in 6 months, so as long as you are prepared to alter what is 'normal' in you eating, there is every hope of remission.
There are no good or bad carbohydrates as far as me and my blood glucose tester can detect, so I'd advise choosing to remove or reduce some high carb foods, the ones most easy to recognise and alter, would keep things simple and straightforward.
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with type 2 recently. My reading was 50 and then 48 two weeks later. I’m not on any medication yet, I have to see the diabetes nurse at the gp surgery tomorrow so I’ll know more then, I hope. I’m a bit overwhelmed to be honest, as I naively thought that I’d just have to cut out sweets and cakes, and now I see it’s a pretty serious business! Anyhow, I just thought I’d introduce myself.
Hope you’re all doing well
Hi SteffyB, It is a very overwhelming experience to go through. Your Diabetics Nurse should be a great support. Cutting down or cutting out the sweets and / or the cakes may reduce your sugar levels sufficiently to not need any medication. But your diabetic team will monitor and guide you. Yes it is a serious business but the support here and from those around you will make it somewhat more manageable. It may be hard to cut out the sugary things but do it gradually and you will reduce the pain. I was diagnosed three months ago and have gone from 126 to 61 in three months. The main thing was the sweets and cakes which I have cut out altogether immediatly overnight! It was hard, but then I was on such high reading. Your task may not be as drastic. Although an overwhelming experience it is just about making changes, mostly minor changes in your case, but use the support you will be given by your diabetic team and here. You will get there and Good Luck.
This link is one I found very useful when diagnosed with an HbA1C of 50mmol/mol. Being determined that I did not want to start medication which my GP was happy with and by adopting a low carb approach as outlined in the link reduced my HbA1C to 42 in 3 months and to below 40 where I am 3 years on by maintaining the new way of eating.
Hi and welcome
You are only just into the diabetic range, and a few tweaks may be all you need to reduce your glucose levels. Plenty of suggestions above. One thing I would suggest at your meeting tomorrow. If they want to put you straight on medication, politely ask if you can try lifestyle (ie diet and if necessary exercise and weight loss) changes. That is what some GP surgeries now suggest for those just in the range. Unfortunately not all!! As long as you can maintain those changes you may not need medication, which unfortunately does come with side effects.
Thank you everyone, your replies have really helped. I will definitely ask if I can try diet and exercise before medication. I’m very grateful that you’ve taken the trouble to help.
Diabetes can come as a real shock, so be kind to yourself, and don’t fall into the blame and stigma potholes that the media and society will scatter your way.
No one sets out to deliberately give themselves diabetes, and two people could have just the same diet and lifestyle, one would get diabetes and the other would be fine.
It’s just that some of us have genes / metabolisms / gut biomes that struggle with the modern western diet (or in my case an immune system that went rogue and ate my insulin-producing cells).
As you are at the low edge of the diabetes zone, you may well find that some relatively modest tweaks (consistently applied) will go a long way to helping rebalance your immune system.
Aim to get to a healthy weight and stay there, cut back on the junk and sweet stuff except for very special occasions, and keep an eye on portion sizes of starchy carbs.
You may well end up feeling fitter, healthier, and more energised than you have in years!
Hope the appointment goes well today - let us know how you get on 🙂
Thanks all, back from seeing the nurse (who was extremely nice and helpful) and I have until September 20th to try and lose weight which will hopefully get my sugars down a bit. She said if they are 48 or less, then I shouldn’t need meds, so low carbs and exercise, here I come!
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