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Hi Bob and welcome.
I wonder if being laid up with your knee has tipped things with your Blood Glucose levels. Being inactive, when you were clearly very active before that judging my your previous jobs.
How did your diagnosis come about? Routine blood test or were you symptomatic?
I am assuming they did a preop assessment before your knee surgery so I would have expected that to highlight elevated BG levels at that time, but that was 10 weeks ago and you say that you were only diagnosed 2 weeks ago, so would be interesting to know what your pre op HbA1c result was. I assume they do it as routine and not just for diabetics.
Do you know what your HbA1c result was at diagnosis? It is usually a number in excess of 47 if you have a formal diagnosis.
Have they prescribed you any medication or are you trying lifestyle changes first? If so, what if any dietary advice have you been given?
Please feel free to ask any questions that you have. There is a huge amount to get to grips with initially and it can be pretty overwhelming and what seems like lots of contradictory advice, particularly on diet, so do ask anything you don't understand.
I wonder if being laid up with your knee has tipped things with your Blood Glucose levels. Being inactive, when you were clearly very active before that judging my your previous jobs.
How did your diagnosis come about? Routine blood test or were you symptomatic?
I am assuming they did a preop assessment before your knee surgery so I would have expected that to highlight elevated BG levels at that time, but that was 10 weeks ago and you say that you were only diagnosed 2 weeks ago, so would be interesting to know what your pre op HbA1c result was. I assume they do it as routine and not just for diabetics.
Do you know what your HbA1c result was at diagnosis? It is usually a number in excess of 47 if you have a formal diagnosis.
Have they prescribed you any medication or are you trying lifestyle changes first? If so, what if any dietary advice have you been given?
Please feel free to ask any questions that you have. There is a huge amount to get to grips with initially and it can be pretty overwhelming and what seems like lots of contradictory advice, particularly on diet, so do ask anything you don't understand.
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Hi and thank you , I had been borderline type 2 for a number of years , when my knee was to bad to carry on being a postman my doctor signed me off work in November,I was referred to the knee specialist in 2020 so was on the list from then , my doctor got me to see the surgeon and we decided enough was enough and put me on the urgent op list which came through in June , my blood sugar was 50 when I was tested and not hing active as I was tipped over to type 2 . Saw the diabetic nurse yesterday and learnt a few things , still very new to this .
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Ok you are only just over the threshold so making some dietary changes will be important, I started at 50mmol/mol and by adopting the principals in the link reduced it back to normal in 3 months. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
It is a low carb approach which is suggested as being no more than 130g carbs (not just sugar) per day, it is not NO carbs.
The link has some good explanation and some ideas for meals.
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Sorry to hear about your diagnosis with T2 @Bob1382
Hopefully once you’ve cut right back on sugary things, a few tweaks to your current menu to reduce portion-size of starchy carbs will help your metabolism to bring your glucose levels back into range.
Alongside the reduction in your activity, the recovery from surgery itself has probably increased your BG somewhat. Illness and injury tend to increase BG levels, so as your recovery continues, and you begin to be a little more active again, that should really help too.
Welcome to the forum!
Hopefully once you’ve cut right back on sugary things, a few tweaks to your current menu to reduce portion-size of starchy carbs will help your metabolism to bring your glucose levels back into range.
Alongside the reduction in your activity, the recovery from surgery itself has probably increased your BG somewhat. Illness and injury tend to increase BG levels, so as your recovery continues, and you begin to be a little more active again, that should really help too.
Welcome to the forum!
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