just been diagnosed Type 2

[tiamaria13354]

Hi i was diagnosed 8 weeks ago as type 2, all my DR sed was diet and dont eat cake!!! no info wot so ever, had to find out myself

 

[Northerner]

Hi tiamaria, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis and the lack of information you have been provided with - it really is not good enough and the doctor/nurse should be ashamed!

I would recommend a bit of reading to put you in the picture. Start off with Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter, then get yourself a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker - highly recommended by many of our members 🙂

Diabetes is all about carbohydrates, not just cake or sweet things, but bread, potatoes, rice, pasta etc. so it's worth starting a food diary so you can get a feel for how much you are consuming currently, and then look for ways of perhaps replacing things with more diabetes-friendly alternatives, or reducing portion sizes. You can have a healthy diet but retain a great deal of flexibility. The trick is to learn what foods you can tolerate well, and what you need to avoid - for this you will need a blood glucose meter - has your GP/nurse provided one, with a supply of strips? It is really essential in the early days so you can discover what works for you. Many doctors refuse to provide the strips, chiefly because they are expensive, but it is the only way you will know for sure that you are getting things under control.

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have - there are lots of friendly and experienced people here who will be happy to help! 🙂

p.s. I moved your post to its own thread so it wouldn't get lost in the other one 🙂

 

[tiamaria13354]

i didn't realise you could get testing machine from the Drs, thought you had to buy them yourself. i didn't no you had to test yourself regular either. ive just joined a 6 week Diabetic group so should be getting more info soon. ive also been given free weight-watchers vouchers to help with the weight.

 

[Northerner]

i didn't realise you could get testing machine from the Drs, thought you had to buy them yourself. i didn't no you had to test yourself regular either. ive just joined a 6 week Diabetic group so should be getting more info soon. ive also been given free weight-watchers vouchers to help with the weight.

Good news about the vouchers, I hope that you achieve the weight loss you are hoping for 🙂 Regarding testing - doctors are often reluctant to give them out largely due to the expense of the strips and a lot of people do end up having to fund them themselves This is Diabetes UK's position statement on self-monitoring. They also have an advocacy pack to help persuade reluctant nurses and GPs.

If you do have to fund yourself then the SD Codefree Meter has test strips that are only ?6.99 for 50, most others are considerably more. Finally (!) regarding testing, it is useful to read Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S .

I think that lot should keep you going for a bit! 🙂

 

[slipper]

Hi tiamaria, welcome to the forum and good luck with the weight loss. Try and get your nurse or GP to give a meter and some testing strips, it is really a great help and you will find out what foods you can eat and what not.

I had some trouble getting the testing strips, but no problem getting a meter. I think the Drs get them free so we will use that companies strips. I did buy some strips in addition to those from the GP/Nurse, but they are expensive. Good luck.

 

[Mark T]

Welcome to the forum tiamaria13354 🙂

 

[thelis]

Hi there and welcome to the Forum. Good luck with the weight loss. If you have any good tips to lose weight I'd love to know about them.