Newbie on board!

[Joaniebobs]

Hi everyone, I'm a Newbie. I have just been diagnosed this week as having Type 2 diabetes. It's a whole new ball game isn't it? Firstly having to get my head around it. I've already lost a stone in weight (3 1/2 more to go!!). I accumulated nearly 5 stone over the last 3 year's due to a major emergency operation on my colon in 2021. This was during the pandemic, so what with the operation and back problems plus the added weight. I became less mobile. I was already borderline pre-diabetic then. So when my blood sugars shot up from 42 to 76 a couple of months ago. My Nurse Practitioner then saw me last Tuesday 30th April after two months and another blood sugar test. Oh I'd been so good, I lost a stone. In fact for the past two months I've been acting like I was already diabetic, cutting out carbs, sugary foods, although I'm more of a savoury person. Reading every conceivable label on packets and cans etc. Alas, when I went back to see Rachel my Nurse Practitioner (lovely lady). My blood sugars had shot up to 87 from 76! I couldn't believe it! I'd been so good, losing a stone in weight, cutting down on all things Carbs and sugars, fats, salts. She said that my pancreas wasn't working so good. I said does this mean that I am officially a Type 2 Diabetic. She said, Sorry but yes! So here I am folk's. Ive joined you guys! I have every intention of going into reversal. Just got to lose 3 and 1/2 stones more and at 75 year's young I'm going to continue to go down. Sorry it's a long intro.. Thanks for reading and allowing me to reach out! ❤

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi everyone, I'm a Newbie. I have just been diagnosed this week as having Type 2 diabetes. It's a whole new ball game isn't it? Firstly having to get my head around it. I've already lost a stone in weight (3 1/2 more to go!!). I accumulated nearly 5 stone over the last 3 year's due to a major emergency operation on my colon in 2021. This was during the pandemic, so what with the operation and back problems plus the added weight. I became less mobile. I was already borderline pre-diabetic then. So when my blood sugars shot up from 42 to 76 a couple of months ago. My Nurse Practitioner then saw me last Tuesday 30th April after two months and another blood sugar test. Oh I'd been so good, I lost a stone. In fact for the past two months I've been acting like I was already diabetic, cutting out carbs, sugary foods, although I'm more of a savoury person. Reading every conceivable label on packets and cans etc. Alas, when I went back to see Rachel my Nurse Practitioner (lovely lady). My blood sugars had shot up to 87 from 76! I couldn't believe it! I'd been so good, losing a stone in weight, cutting down on all things Carbs and sugars, fats, salts. She said that my pancreas wasn't working so good. I said does this mean that I am officially a Type 2 Diabetic. She said, Sorry but yes! So here I am folk's. Ive joined you guys! I have every intention of going into reversal. Just got to lose 3 and 1/2 stones more and at 75 year's young I'm going to continue to go down. Sorry it's a long intro.. Thanks for reading and allowing me to reach out! ❤

Welcome to the forum, that must have been very disappointing when you felt you had been making every effort. A few things come to mind in that you may be underestimating your portions so it is a good idea to weight things initially as some things are deceiving, you may not think that some food are high carb when they are, There may be some specific foods which are giving the problem rather than your overall diet. The other reason may be the effect of your surgery has affected the ability of your pancreas to produce insulin.
Having a blood glucose monitor so you can test the effect of your meals may help you eliminate any problem foods, people test before they eat and after 2 hours aiming at no more than a 2-3mmol/l increase.
Have you been offered any medication at this stage as that may affect what is a suitable dietary approach.
Assuming none of just metformin then have a look at this link for some ideas. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
The threshold for diagnosis is anything over 47mmol/mol so you are well into the zone.

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Joaniebobs 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear your levels had continued to rise despite all the positive changes you had made, and the weight you had lost @Joaniebobs

Don’t lose heart - keep plugging away. Sometimes diabetes behaves a bit like an oil tanker… it takes a while for it to gradually change direction!

If you would like a good overview of T2 diabetes, to add to the knowledge you’ve already picked up, you might want to register for an account with the Learning Zone (the orange tab in the main menu) which is packed full of informative bite-sized modules. Additionally, for a more personal take, you could work through Maggie Davey’s Letter to the Newly Diagnosed an account of one woman’s journey from diagnosis, and what she wishes she had been told.