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I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This is all a shock and a little confusing.
I am seeing the dietician next Monday and follow up GP appt on Tuesday. I am controlled by tablets and take regular blood sugar readings.
 
Hi snkenyon, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - how did you come to be diagnosed? What tablets are you on, and when do you normally take your readings? It's good that you are able to test, as this is the key to discovering what items in your diet you can tolerate well, and what items you would be wise to exclude, or reduce in portion. Diabetes, as you may know, is all about carbohydrate - bread, rice, potatoes, pasta etc. - as it is this which will have the most immediate and greatest effect on your blood sugar levels. I would suggest having a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S , which is a guide to how to test efficiently, so you can get the best out of those precious strips 🙂

I would also recommend reading Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter and getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker - highly recommended by many of our members.

Being diagnosed with diabetes is not great, but it CAN be controlled well with the right knowledge and application - in fact many people find that the adaptations they make to their diets, and increase in activity levels, actually result in them feeling much happier and healthier than they have done for some time 🙂 High or fluctuating blood sugar levels can affect your mood, so getting things under control can really help to give you a boost.

Please let us know if you have any questions - no question is considered 'silly', so if it is bothering or confusing you, please ask! 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum. When you go to see Dr etc take a note book & pen 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum, hope the appointment goes well, a notebook and pen is always useful 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum snkenyon 🙂
 
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Hi snkenyon, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - how did you come to be diagnosed? What tablets are you on, and when do you normally take your readings? It's good that you are able to test, as this is the key to discovering what items in your diet you can tolerate well, and what items you would be wise to exclude, or reduce in portion. Diabetes, as you may know, is all about carbohydrate - bread, rice, potatoes, pasta etc. - as it is this which will have the most immediate and greatest effect on your blood sugar levels. I would suggest having a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S , which is a guide to how to test efficiently, so you can get the best out of those precious strips 🙂

I would also recommend reading Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter and getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker - highly recommended by many of our members.

Being diagnosed with diabetes is not great, but it CAN be controlled well with the right knowledge and application - in fact many people find that the adaptations they make to their diets, and increase in activity levels, actually result in them feeling much happier and healthier than they have done for some time 🙂 High or fluctuating blood sugar levels can affect your mood, so getting things under control can really help to give you a boost.

Please let us know if you have any questions - no question is considered 'silly', so if it is bothering or confusing you, please ask! 🙂
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Thanks all.

I was diagnosed following a urine test for kidney infection after experiencing back pain. There must have been a high reading in my urine so my blood was tested and it was 20.

I am on metformin once daily with a view to increasing to two at review next Tuesday. Levels seem to be higher after meals.

I take my test with an Accu Chek mobile machine. This helps keep all readings and I also record them on my Diabetes UK App.
 
Are there any support groups in West Lancashire ? If not, how would I go about setting one up ?
 
Welcome snkenyon, sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but great you are able to test.

Any carbs you consume will raise your levels, if you keep a diary of food and your levels, you will get an idea how different foods affect you. Take it a day at a time though as diabetes is complex and not something you can learn quickly.
 
snkenyon said:
Are there any support groups in West Lancashire ? If not, how would I go about setting one up ?
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This page should help:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/How_we_help/Local_support_groups/

If there isn't a group then email the given address and they will send you information about how to set one up 🙂

As you are in West Lancs, you might be interested in coming along to our Manchester Forum Meet:

http://diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=49087

It's just an informal get-together for a chat, a pint and a low-carb pie 🙂
 
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