new here and head scrambled

[Roskoe]

hi all new here names Roskoe i get pretty muddled up with all the jargon used by folks and diabetes nurse i am due my first yearly app next month. my before dinner mmol is usually no higher than 6.2 and 2 an half hours later usually around 6.8 or 7.1 after i have eaten is this high? what numbers should i be looking for. i am on metformin 4 a day, as the title says my head is scrambled trying to make sense of all this, sorry if posted in wrong section but first post

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Roskoe It’s perfectly normal to feel a bit muddled and overwhelmed at first. Ask anything you want - nothing is too trivial. Everyone here is friendly and helpful 🙂

Here are the targets for Type 2s. It sounds like you’re doing well:

If you have type 2 diabetes​

• before meals: 4 to 7mmol/l
• two hours after meals: less than 8.5mmol/l

 

[Inka]

Here are some useful links:

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/#post-938458

You can also click on the orange Learning Zone tab at the top of this page to get some information.

 

[Roskoe]

thanks for the welcome and links I was paranoid I had to be below 6.5 I feel a bit better now cheers

 

[Inka]

Even people without diabetes don’t stay below 6.5 all the time. They can occasionally go up to the 10s and often around 8 after a meal before coming back down. Your numbers look good 🙂

 

[Roskoe]

cool you have no idea the fretting I'm doing with my first yearly blood tests coming next month will this test be for the 3 month average as I had a wee cheat or 2 over xmas lol or just routine blood work?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Roskoe

Don't worry about feeling overwhelmed - it's very common to feel knocked slightly sideways by a diabetes diagnosis. Be kind to yourself.

Sounds like you are doing really well, and your results seem very stable, with small rises after meals - which is a good thing and suggests your metabolism is able to deal with the carbs in your meals efficiently.

Do feel free to keep asking any questions you have - and don't worry about things being posted in the 'wrong place', the mods can easily move any threads that feel like they might 'fit' or get more responses elsewhere. 🙂

 

[Roskoe]

thanks for replies and advice folks I appreciate it a lot, I'm off to have a better lookie loo through the forum and try and understand all the lingo

 

[Inka]

cool you have no idea the fretting I'm doing with my first yearly blood tests coming next month will this test be for the 3 month average as I had a wee cheat or 2 over xmas lol or just routine blood work?

You could ask. They’ll probably do an HbA1C (the 3 month average), and often do cholesterol and other lipids too, along with kidney and liver function.