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[bill4marie]

hi everyone I have been newly diagnosed with type 2 and have no experience in how to control this I have had no one able to tell me what I should be eating and how I keep have high blood reading as 10.2 14.6 the highest was 16.4 these are night time readings. The lowest is 8.3 on a morning reading I need help to get or where to find information which could help me (please help)

 

[AlisonM]

Hi Bill, welcome to the forum. We have a number of helpful tools for you to use. Below are a few links to books or blogs you may find useful:

How to lower your blood sugar
The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes, A Personal Journey

These should be enough to get you started, but please don't hesitate to ask us if you have any questions.

 

[AlisonM]

I meant to ask, have they put you on medication?

 

[Mark T]

Welcome to the forum bill4marie 🙂

 

[Ralph-YK]

Hello from a fellow newbie & newbie type 2. I hope I can give you some moral support, we're in this together. I'm on metformin 500 twice a day.
Ask about DESMOND. It's a 6 hour course. While it'll not tell you what to do it'll provide some information on type 2 diabetes. Also you may be able to see a dietician. My area has diabetes one. I've not seen one yet so haven't got an idea what it'll be like. It's worth a go.

 

[cherrypie]

This e-book is useful and will help you understand what you need to do.
http://www.diabetes-without-borders.org/FreeTiger.pdf

 

[Pine Marten]

Hi bill4marie, welcome to the forum 🙂.

Have a look at the links already posted, and don't panic! This is a great place to find out information and get support. It takes a while to get used to having diabetes, but making necessary changes to what you eat, losing weight if you need to, doing regular exercise and so on will help enormously...as will coming on here and picking the brains of the knowledgeable folk on the forums .

Best of luck from another type 2!