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I have just been diagnosed with type 2. has anybody had symptoms of feeling extremely tired dizziness and headaches. any advice would be grateful.
 
Welcome to the site, I'm so sorry as I've no advice but have had symptoms you describe. I believe that this forum will be invaluable to us, and lots more....I'm reading, looking around and am settling in. Hope you find all you need here!
 
Jolly-Jessie said:
Welcome to the site, I'm so sorry as I've no advice but have had symptoms you describe. I believe that this forum will be invaluable to us, and lots more....I'm reading, looking around and am settling in. Hope you find all you need here!
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Not on my own then . I'm looking around as well.
 
Welcome Woody ! That is a common problem when your bg is on the high side. Have you got a test meter ?
 
Hello to Woody.
 
Hi @woody and @Jolly-Jessie welcome to the forum.
Those symptoms are usual when your BG (blood glucose) is too high. as your levels drop to nearer normal levels you will start to feel better.

I know your reading around this site which is good but don't forget to ask questions too that way you'll get answers a lot quicker than searching.

Fortunately once you have the right info to change your diet to a more suitable one and if you can do some exersize diabetes is a condition that can be well controlled.

It would be a great help to you both if you tested your own BG regularly so you can see how carbohydrates (yes carbohydrates) affect you , sugar is just another carb, if your gp won't provide one, sadly many don't, many here buy the SD Codefree meter it's a good no nonsense meter which has the cheapest test strips we know of around £7 for £50 it's available from Homehealth, we use the mmol/measurement in the uk, you're entitled to claim vat relief.

http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/
There are a lot of useful links on the pinned thread called * Useful links for people new to diabetes* which is at the top of the newbies forum
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/
Scroll down to the T2 section.
Read all the links and I suggest getting the book
Diabetes the first year by Gretchen Becker, she is diabetic and goes month by month of her first year after diagnosis.

I look forward to seeing you both around here.
 
Ljc said:
Hi @woody and @Jolly-Jessie welcome to the forum.
Those symptoms are usual when your BG (blood glucose) is too high. as your levels drop to nearer normal levels you will start to feel better.

I know your reading around this site which is good but don't forget to ask questions too that way you'll get answers a lot quicker than searching.

Fortunately once you have the right info to change your diet to a more suitable one and if you can do some exersize diabetes is a condition that can be well controlled.

It would be a great help to you both if you tested your own BG regularly so you can see how carbohydrates (yes carbohydrates) affect you , sugar is just another carb, if your gp won't provide one, sadly many don't, many here buy the SD Codefree meter it's a good no nonsense meter which has the cheapest test strips we know of around £7 for £50 it's available from Homehealth, we use the mmol/measurement in the uk, you're entitled to claim vat relief.

http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/
There are a lot of useful links on the pinned thread called * Useful links for people new to diabetes* which is at the top of the newbies forum
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/
Scroll down to the T2 section.
Read all the links and I suggest getting the book
Diabetes the first year by Gretchen Becker, she is diabetic and goes month by month of her first year after diagnosis.

I look forward to seeing you both around here.
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Good evening woody
A warm welcome to the forum
 
Testing myself 3 times a day. Bg up and down just finding out what is OK and whats not thanks
 
woody said:
Testing myself 3 times a day. Bg up and down just finding out what is OK and whats not thanks
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When are you testing.
 
Welcome to the gang @woody.
 
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