SantaHolly
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I am new to all of this and I am hoping tthat I can learn a lot to help me through this maze!😱
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Hi everyone
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Maze of what?
All you need to know as a type two - if you are lucky - is that we have problems with carbohydrates, sugars and starches.
By not eating the dense carb foods we often end up normal, but a glucose testing meter - there are cheap to run ones available, I use a Tee 2 from spirit healthcare, can help show you how much you can cope with - it can vary a lot so you need to see your own reaction.
You might have been prescribed various tablets or treatments from the start, but don't worry if you have unpleasant side effects - there are alternatives, and it is not a death sentence if you can't face taking them. I should confess that about 3 years ago I just threw mine away - I had no life. I was pretty ticked of to realise I never needed them in the first place - but some people take them no problem and are sure they help - we are all different. It's the only thing we have in common.
All you need to know as a type two - if you are lucky - is that we have problems with carbohydrates, sugars and starches.
By not eating the dense carb foods we often end up normal, but a glucose testing meter - there are cheap to run ones available, I use a Tee 2 from spirit healthcare, can help show you how much you can cope with - it can vary a lot so you need to see your own reaction.
You might have been prescribed various tablets or treatments from the start, but don't worry if you have unpleasant side effects - there are alternatives, and it is not a death sentence if you can't face taking them. I should confess that about 3 years ago I just threw mine away - I had no life. I was pretty ticked of to realise I never needed them in the first place - but some people take them no problem and are sure they help - we are all different. It's the only thing we have in common.
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Welcome to the forum @SantaHolly
Diabetes can feel a bit overwhelming and befuddling to begin with, and there can seem to be lots of confusing and conflicting information. But you will find your feet in no time, and importantly - you will begin to find your own unique diabetes experience. Diabetes is very individual (sometimes frustratingly so!) and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ so while some general principles seem to apply to many, the details of how your body responds to food, hormones, stress and all sorts of other factors you will learn for yourself.
If you’ve not found it already, many new members here find Maggie Davey’s letter a useful overview of T2 diabetes
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
Good luck, and let us know how you are getting on.
Diabetes can feel a bit overwhelming and befuddling to begin with, and there can seem to be lots of confusing and conflicting information. But you will find your feet in no time, and importantly - you will begin to find your own unique diabetes experience. Diabetes is very individual (sometimes frustratingly so!) and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ so while some general principles seem to apply to many, the details of how your body responds to food, hormones, stress and all sorts of other factors you will learn for yourself.
If you’ve not found it already, many new members here find Maggie Davey’s letter a useful overview of T2 diabetes
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
Good luck, and let us know how you are getting on.
Hi SantaHolly, welcome to the forum! There is so much information here that can help you choose the right path for you, best advice is to take time to read what you can, then come back and ask questions. Working out what foods work best for me, I kept a food diary and tracked my bg reading with my meals, it made it so much easier to see what i needed to tweak, cut out completely or just enjoy 😛
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