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[geeljay]

I just had my "Annual Review", and was left a message to call my GP surgery to discuss results. Absolute shock, to be told I need to arrange to see the Diabetes nurse, as I have just tipped the scale of sugar levels to type 2 diabetes. I have yet to see the nurse, so am wrestling with 'what to do' to begin restoring my previous state, change of diet and hopefully put my diabetes into a state of 'reverse'. I don't drink apart from an odd glass of wine with a meal, can enjoy my Cornflakes without sugar and am not usually a 'snacker'.Love oranges and most fruit, so I shall read your threads with interest.

 

[SueEK]

Hello geeljay and welcome to the forum. Indeed it is a shock to us all when we are diagnosed and suddenly realise we really only know the ‘no/low sugar’ idea of diabetes. You will get lots of advice and support from everyone here but basically it is carbs that you need to keep low. Carbs, particularly potatoes, pasta, rice and bread turn into sugar in the body and so you will need to really cut down in these. Obviously it depends on how high your blood glucose numbers are and how they affect your body as we are all different. What one person can eat, another can’t which is why a lot of us have a meter to test before and 2 hours after a meal to see how we react, that way we get a good idea of what to avoid. It is very early days for you so don’t panic or suddenly stop eating everything that you think is bad for you. Have a good look through the site to get an idea of things and then ask lots of questions. I would suggest however that you look at your fruit intake as fruit has a lot of natural sugars in, berries are better than oranges for example. Cereal also has a high number of carbs in, having said that I can tolerate a small bowl of cornflakes but others can’t go near them.
My diagnosis sent me into a whirl and I struggled to begin with but it is surprising how you quickly learn and the forum has been extremely helpful to me so take advantage of us all.
Hopefully if you are just over the borderline you can quickly turn things around and get a good control of your diabetes. Enough blabber from me, others will be along to offer support and advice and good luck.

 

[KARNAK]

Hi @geeljay welcome to the forum.🙂 Quite a lot to take onboard at first, read as much as you can without becoming overwhelmed, its not something you can ignore but perfectly manageable. Start reading the back of the packets of food you buy, ignore the sugars just the carbohydrates take preference, just sugar in disguise. Remember we are all different as @SueEK says what suits one may not suit another, cornflakes and milk no way for me but bacon & eggs great. Stick with the forum a finer bunch you will not find, ask any question as often as you like.

 

[Drummer]

Ah - cornflakes are 84 percent carbs by weight, not a good choice, oranges and most fruit war high in fructose - a sugar.
A lot of 'healthy' foods are bad news for those who cannot cope with carbohydrates.

 

[CathyB]

Hi and welcome! The others have covered it all so I’ll just say hello