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Hello all, I am new here, my husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday, we had our first visit with our diabetic nurse today, got the leaflets and been referred to the hospital dietician.
Our heads are spinning we have been told he has to control it by diet and exercise. The exercise is impossible since he uses a wheelchair due to impaired mobility:( so it will be down to diet where he is concerned.
I have a feeling I will have many questions in the weeks to come and hopefully someone on here will be able to guide me and him🙂
I have bought a book from our doctors surgery called Understanding diabetes by professor Rudy Bilous which is very interesting and informative.
Catch you later.
 
Hi Carob, welcome to the forum🙂 Sorry to hear of your husband's diagnosis. it can be very distressing to learn that you have this condition. As you husband is on 'diet and exercise', modifications to his diet may well bear fruit and help him to keep his blood sugar levels under control - so don't despair. I know that we have members here who also have difficulty exercising but have managed well at achieving good levels = hopefully they will be able to help with any questions you may have.

You've certainly made a good start by finding this place - it is a source of great support for all those affected by diabetes, including yourself as a carer - we have just opened a new section for carers and friends who see a different side to things from those of us with the condition, so do please post any questions that you may have about that aspect in there.

Once again, welcome!
 
Hi Carob sorry to hear of your husbands diagnosis not the news you want to hear , but help is here with us , we will help you every step of the way xx
 
Hi carob,

I've been a Type 2 for more than nine years now and I've recently sorted out my condition and virtually normalised my blood glucose levels largely by cutting back dramatically on the starchy carbohydrates that I eat - i.e. cereals (including porridge), bread, potatoes, pasta and rice etc. I've virtually cut out cereals, bread and potatoes altogether and when I eat rice or pasta I usually eat the low GI options.

I seem to be lucky because I can eat any fruit without any problems. Others tell me that it isn't the same for them. The easiest way to find out what it does to your husband is to test it out using a meter. The same for other foods too!

By the way, I do very little exercise - nothing other than a little walking occasionally - and that hasn't prevented me making a massive improvement to my condition.

Best wishes - John
 
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Hi Carob, welcome to the forum.
 
Thankyou all for the warm welcome, John if you do not mind my asking if you have cut out nearly all bread and cereals what do you eat for breakfast?
My husband eats an awful lot of fruit normally and it is doing his head in to have to cut it down 🙂 Which fruits are higher in sugar and which lower? He is fond of pineapples and has been known to eat nearly a whole large one in a day.
Hopefully once we get to the hospital and see the dietician we will have a clearer idea of what he can eat sensibly without affecting his blood sugar to much.
We are still getting our heads around the fact that this is here to stay and will not fixed with a course of antibiotics🙂
Many thanks again to you all for the warm welcome.
Carob
 
hi !
i am also new to this forum,i have been diagnosed with diabetes 16 years ago.
i need a lot of help.i dont seem to be getting information,i think i have on denial for all those years,but i am coming out of it,and coming to this forum to get maximum information and make sure that my doctor is giving me what i need.
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Carob said:
...........Thankyou all for the warm welcome, John if you do not mind my asking if you have cut out nearly all bread and cereals what do you eat for breakfast?
My husband eats an awful lot of fruit normally and it is doing his head in to have to cut it down 🙂 Which fruits are higher in sugar and which lower? He is fond of pineapples and has been known to eat nearly a whole large one in a day.........................
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Hi again Carob,

Sorry for the delay in replying, I've only just seen your question. These days I have a grilled or sometimes lightly fried breakfast using olive or rapeseed oil. Most often bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms or something like that sometimes with an egg. Cold meats and cheeses is something else I occasionally eat especially when I'm travelling abroad. Yoghurt and berries is good too.

You need to test the fruit out because none of the ones that I've tested do hardly anything to me - e.g. apples, satsumas or clementines, pears, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi etc - even grapes and bananas are OK for me and we sometimes read that those can be problematic. I say try them and test them out. Moreover, even if fruit did shove my blood glucose levels up, I both like fruit and think that it is a very good food for me so I would prefer to eat that form of carbohydrate rather than the starchy carbohydrates mentioned above. I do stress that I do generally eat only small pieces of fruit and spaced out at intervals of at least one hour.

I don't really eat pineapple very often - except the odd slice if I eat gammon steak in a restaurant - however, I certainly wouldn't avoid it and I've have nothing bad to say about pineapple. I'd be very careful if I wanted to eat an whole one - in fact I'd be extremely careful about eating any piece of fruit as big as a pineapple in size - certainly, I'd test after eating it.

Here are some of my recent testings on different fruits:

6.7 - Before eating
Grapes - 125g
5.9 - 30 mins after finishing eating
6.8 - one hour after finishing eating
5.5 - 90 mins after finishing eating

4.7 - Before eating
Apple - 225g - i.e. large
6.8 - one hour after finishing eating

Figs - 100g - four small figs
5.8 - one hour after finishing eating

5.4 - Before eating
Satsuma - 80g - i.e. small
5.1 - one hour after finishing eating

4.6 - Before eating
Apple - 125g - i.e. small/medium
5.5 - one hour after finishing eating

Satsuma - 80g - i.e. small
5.7 - one hour after finishing eating

Apple - 150g - i.e. medium
4.9 - one hour after finishing eating

Satsuma - 80g - i.e. small
4.6 - one hour after finishing eating

Apple - 190g - i.e. large
3.6 - one hour after finishing eating

Satsuma - 80g - i.e. small
3.8 - one hour after finishing eating

3.9 - before eating
Apple - 360g - i.e. absolutely massive - possibly the biggest apple I have ever eaten
6.6 - one hour after finishing eating

Banana - 100g - i.e. small
5.1 - one hour after finishing eating

Quite remarkable results it would seem compared with what I read about how fruit affects others.

I hope that you will find that useful.

Best wishes - John
 
slim said:
can anyone guide me,my GP tod me that i have protein leaking in the urine because of my high diabetes.what should i do?
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Hi Slim - Welcome to the forum!

Sorry to hear about your problems. You'll get a lot of good advice on these diabetes forums - stick around and ask questions.

Sounds as though you need to get your blood glucose levels down.

The advice you will be given depends on your condition and medication - tell us a little bit about that.

However, in general, it's the sugars that you need to cut out or cut back on. I expect that you will know to cut out the simple sugary foods already. What you may not know is that starchy carbohydrates - e.g. cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta and rice - are very important too because they turn into sugar almost as soon as they enter your body. Cutting back on those food types usually leads to a big reduction in blood glucose levels - and very quickly too.

As I said above - stick around and ask away!

Best wishes - John
 
Hello Carob and thank you for posting your message on my thread.

Having been diagnosed myself this week i can sympathize with your hubby as it is so daunting at the moment. I feel we've both done the right thing and joined this forum as it has been so informative to get ideas about all aspects of Diabetes. Your hubby sounds as if he's in safe hands......i haven't had any referrals yet but will give it another couple of weeks before i go back to the Gp. He has stated i've been put on the register so should get contacted by our practice nurses soon.

Best wishes to you both and just keep giving him te love and support he needs

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Many thanks John, I did find it very useful indeed, hopefully myhusband will be the same as you and able to carry on with the fruit he enjoys.
Carob
 
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Hello Carob and thank you for posting your message on my thread.

Having been diagnosed myself this week i can sympathize with your hubby as it is so daunting at the moment. I feel we've both done the right thing and joined this forum as it has been so informative to get ideas about all aspects of Diabetes. Your hubby sounds as if he's in safe hands......i haven't had any referrals yet but will give it another couple of weeks before i go back to the Gp. He has stated i've been put on the register so should get contacted by our practice nurses soon.

Best wishes to you both and just keep giving him te love and support he needs

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Hi Choccy and thanks for the good wishes, we are taking one day at a time and trying to keep sugary things to a minimum, carbohydrates to a minimum and upping the vegetable portions of meals. My head spins sometimes trying to make sense of what is good and what is bad.
Carob
 
slim said:
hi !
i am also new to this forum,i have been diagnosed with diabetes 16 years ago.
i need a lot of help.i dont seem to be getting information,i think i have on denial for all those years,but i am coming out of it,and coming to this forum to get maximum information and make sure that my doctor is giving me what i need.
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welcome carob ...
also welcome slim ...slim it might be good to post in newbie section so you dont get lost .... this subject has been discussed before so im sure your questions will get answered ....if not Northe could you move this post xxx ta
 
Carob said:
Many thanks John, I did find it very useful indeed, hopefully myhusband will be the same as you and able to carry on with the fruit he enjoys.
Carob
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Good Carob - i'm pleased that you did.

I for one will be very interested to hear how he gets on with fruit. Please keep us all informed.

Good luck - John
 
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