New diagnosis

[Kime]

Hey all,
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday - and even though I had my suspicions (my dad has it) I'm still reeling a bit. I booked in the blood test as my vision suddenly went blurry and dammit, if it wasn't diabetes! GP was ... Not great (a story for another time). But I'm looking forward to meeting the nurse next week. Anything I should ask them or expect?

Info on me: I've immediately gone on the Mediterranean Diet plan from Diabetes UK - which I am surprised to find I love. I will start building up my exercises next week. My hba1c is 77 and I've been put on 1000mg of Metaformin. So far no side effects (touch wood). My BMI is 27 and my plan / hope is to lose at least 10kg in three months.

Thanks in advance everyone. It's very reassuring to know I'm not going through this alone!

 

[BobbleHat]

Welcome to the forum! I'm sad that you've needed to find us but glad that you did.

Reeling is a good way to describe the response to a diagnosis (even an expected one).

I'm glad you've found an enjoyable approach to eating - It's a big part of managing our condition I think, working out a way to still enjoy food.

Ask *all* the questions- no such thing as a stupid question here and I hope you find the support here as valuable as I did when arrived here in a state of shock last July.

 

[mashedupmatt]

Hi @Kime and welcome to the forum - please ask any questions you may have as we're all here to help each other and every diabetes diagnosis is a shock, so we all "get it" - glad you have found us

 

[Leadinglights]

A few other meal plans and certainly also some good information in this link. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/. No need for you to get bored with your new way of eating.