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Hi everyone. Newly diagnosed with type 2.

I have been having treatment for bladder cancer (I am clear at the moment so this is hopefully to prevent a recurrence)i have chemo directly into my bladder once a week. My Urine is checked before each dose for infection and while not looking for gloucose levels my urology nurse happened to notice they looked very high when this happened a week later she advised me to see the gp.

Taking everything in at the moment starting tablets tomorrow morning and have referrals for other checks to come.
Karen
 
Karen hi and a warm welcome. Glad you've found us
 
Urggh Karen - shedloads of people are diagnosed 'by accident' cos they went to the docs for help with something else - so you're not alone. Welcome to the Club that no-one wanted to join!

I obviously don't know how sensitive the test equipment they use for wee testing in a chemo centre is - but when that was the only way to do home testing years ago - they always said glucose didn't spill over into your urine until it was the equivalent of 11 in your blood. And if you didn't have diabetes - your blood glucose would be around 5. In other words, if a wee test shows it at all - you're WELL high.

In any event - you're getting help now from more or less when they first found it. Have they explained that the D means your body can't deal very easily with any carbohydrates now (not only sugar itself) no matter what they happen to be present in, that you eat? And - have they also prescribed a blood testing meter, so you can use it to work out which particular foods your body can and can't deal with now?
 
yep I have a blood testing meter its a wave sense jazz just about to get it out the box and figure it out. I start metformin and gliclazide in the morning. When the nurse tested my blood today at the surgery it was just over 26 not sure what that means but she did say very high
 
Hello and welcome to the forum Kaz. 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum, Kaz66. Sorry to hear you've had to join another club you didn't want to join.
Still, well spotted by that urology nurse, and glad to hear your GP acted quickly, too. Do ask any questions that arise from your appointments.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.
 
26 is on the high side of high - should be around 5 - but go onto the Diabetes UK website itself, and read all the info for the newly diagnosed - plus I assume you're already plodding your way through all the links at the top of the 'Newbies' section, or if not - please do - cos there's all sorts of really useful info in there too.
 
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