Hi my name is Ken

[Kenaldo4817]

Thanks Colin

Thanks Colin I’m still trying to get my head around it all, I feel totally let down by my GP practice. I have raised a complaint and hope to hear from practice manager sometime next week. I know I have to be positive and move forward which I am doing. It’s nice that I have found a good forum to get advice and listen to other people’s stories.

 

[Kenaldo4817]

You asked about fruit. I was told a portion size is 80 gm and to restrict it to one or two a day. I have found berries best for me, so I get frozen ones and measure out the portion. Some fruits are surprisingly high in carbs - apples and bananas for instance - but the Cals and Carbs book will tell you. Another thing I did was join a website that measures the cals, carbs, sugars, proteins etc of thousands of foods and keeps a running total by meal, day and week, so I know exactly where I am. Best wishes

Hi Felina. Thanks for your advice, I think I’m going to struggle with all this measuring stuff, I am currently eating plenty of nuts almonds, Brazil’s, walnuts etc. I’ve gone on healthy diets in the past and managed to lose a couple of stone this was more for vanity than health. I am determined to find the best regime for me to follow, and hopefully can improve my current situation.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Kenaldo4817

Sorry to hear about your rather shock diagnosis. Hope you can begin to build trust with your surgery again - it can be very helpful to have the support of your GP/nurse to field questions and consider different options

You’ve had some good suggestions here so far. Keep us posted with your progress 🙂

 

[Kenaldo4817]

Hi. Thanks for your,response, I went to see practice nurse yesterday she took a urine sample, blood pressure, and told me to make an appointment in May for more blood tests. I was also given some literature about diabetes UK, but no diet advice on what foods to eat and avoid. I will probably get more advice on this forum.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I was also given some literature about diabetes UK, but no diet advice on what foods to eat and avoid. I will probably get more advice on this forum.

Food is a perennial question for newcomers here, of course... and while there are some obvious things that apply to pretty much everyone (cutting out on biscuits, sweets, chocolate and sweet / sugary foods plus minimising highly processed stuff) what can one as more of a surprise is that foods which are often marketed as ‘healthy choices’ can be anything but, depending on a number of inscrutable and highly individual factors, including the particular characteristics of your own unique diabetes, metabolism and gut biome.

So living with diabetes becomes something of a ‘food experiment’. Keeping a food diary can be very helpful, but the biggest help comes from getting hold of a BG meter and being able to test before and after eating different foods to work out the amounts and types of carbohydrates that suit your BG best. All carbohydrate (not just sugar) can have a significant impact on blood glucose, so it’s a matter of eating the types that suit your body best, and in amounts that your metabolism can cope with without a big spike in BG levels.

Alan S’s Test Review Adjust (https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html) is a helpful framework to help you work this out for yourself. If your surgery are reluctant to prescribe a BG meter choices like the Caresens or SD Codefree have much more affordable strips for self funding.

 

[Wirrallass]

Ken, just wanted to say you made the right choice to join this forum as you'll receive all the support & advice you need. We'll take care of you and accompany you on your Diabetes journey. Even when you get a handle on your Diabetes we'll still be here.

Have a read of: Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker ~ and the sooner you order a copy of the CARB & CAL COUNTER the better. It's a Diabetics bible 🙂

Also, ask your Nurse or GP if you can be referred to an Xpert Diabetes Education Programme if there is one in your area. (See link below) The Programmes are all led by qualified health professionals. You can take someone with you for moral support if you want. I attended a six week course 1 x 4hrs per week and glad I did.
Take care
WL
Edited to add:~ www.xperthealth.org.uk.

 

[Neens]

Hi Ken, sorry that it has been such a traumatic start. This is a great place - lots of advice and support. I am only 8 weeks in - so still learning lots about Low Carb and T2 management. I used to be a fruit beast and worked out that I ate over 50g carbs of fruit most days on top of everything else. This is too much sugar for sure, natural or not. Berries are good and another option is to buy fun size fruit which will be lower carbs because the portion is smaller. The 5 a day thing is fruit & veg and as a diabetic most of that should be vegetable (especially good are the greens and most things grown above ground) - lots of great responses and info. sent your way on this thread. Small steps, it is easy to suffer overwhelm initially and for sometime after.

My DN (Diabetic Nurse) told me to have 1 fruit a day and the other 4 to be veg. I can only manage half an apple or a very small one and bananas for me are a sometimes treat now and have to be small. It depends on you and your body we all have different glucose tolerances. Be guided by your professional team and trust good advice on the DUK website and anything published by NHS.

 

[Kenaldo4817]

Ken, just wanted to say you made the right choice to join this forum as you'll receive all the support & advice you need. We'll take care of you and accompany you on your Diabetes journey. Even when you get a handle on your Diabetes we'll still be here.

Have a read of: Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker ~ and the sooner you order a copy of the CARB & CAL COUNTER the better. It's a Diabetics bible 🙂

Also, ask your Nurse or GP if you can be referred to an Xpert Diabetes Education Programme if there is one in your area. (See link below) The Programmes are all led by qualified health professionals. You can take someone with you for moral support if you want. I attended a six week course 1 x 4hrs per week and glad I did.
Take care
WL
Edited to add:~ www.xperthealth.org.uk.

Thanks Wirralass. I have found some local diabetic classes near to were I live, which I will be getting in touch with very soon. My head is full of information at the moment I’m trying to decipher it all. First time I have been involved with any sort of forum, there’s a lot of nice people on here. Are you from the Wirral I was born and bred there now live over the water. Thanks