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trophywench
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I'd suggest you read all the things on the forum for newly diagnosed T2 cos advice has changed a lot since you were.
Thanks - I will do it's quite overwhelming but great to know that there's a whole community to help and support each other
Hi @Jan 2020 - welcome to the forum, nice to have you here. I guess that's the trouble with T2 its a progressive disease, moves at a snails pace!.
Long term im pretty sure i will decline in numbers and eventually have to be put on something to support it. Hey ho such is life. My mother managed well for a while with diet, then tablets for another 20 years! So she did ok. Passed away last year aged 88 - tough old bird she was LOL.
I suppose the important thing is just try to keep positive, educate yourself on the meds/reactions to it etc, stay in guidelines with levels as best you can, eat well, exercise - the list goes on haha! But im sure you are aware of all this already. You've been doing it for 19 years (well done on that btw).
Best of luck and if you have any questions, no matter what they are, just ask. Someone will be along to help you im sure.
Long term im pretty sure i will decline in numbers and eventually have to be put on something to support it. Hey ho such is life. My mother managed well for a while with diet, then tablets for another 20 years! So she did ok. Passed away last year aged 88 - tough old bird she was LOL.
I suppose the important thing is just try to keep positive, educate yourself on the meds/reactions to it etc, stay in guidelines with levels as best you can, eat well, exercise - the list goes on haha! But im sure you are aware of all this already. You've been doing it for 19 years (well done on that btw).
Best of luck and if you have any questions, no matter what they are, just ask. Someone will be along to help you im sure.
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Welcome to the forum @Jan 2020
Look forward to hearing more of your story over the coming weeks! Well done on successfully navigating the last 19 years. That’s quite an achievement! But diabetes does love to move the goalposts occasionally, and sometimes we need a little more support to keep BG in range.
Do you know what your most recent HbA1c was? And which medications they are considering?
Do you check your BG with a meter. Members here find that checking BG before a meal, and then 2 hours afterwards helps them tailor what they are eating to suit their BG (with or without meds).
This blog post give a good framework for this approach https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html
Let is know how you get on when your meds start. We have lots of friendly folks some of whom will almost certainly taking the same medications 🙂
Look forward to hearing more of your story over the coming weeks! Well done on successfully navigating the last 19 years. That’s quite an achievement! But diabetes does love to move the goalposts occasionally, and sometimes we need a little more support to keep BG in range.
Do you know what your most recent HbA1c was? And which medications they are considering?
Do you check your BG with a meter. Members here find that checking BG before a meal, and then 2 hours afterwards helps them tailor what they are eating to suit their BG (with or without meds).
This blog post give a good framework for this approach https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html
Let is know how you get on when your meds start. We have lots of friendly folks some of whom will almost certainly taking the same medications 🙂
Hi and thanks! I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (insulin dependent) never went back to normal.
I took part in a VCL diet study with professor Taylor in Newcastle about 8 years ago. Lostt about 32kg in weight and in healthy range but still registered I diabetic.
Last HbA1c was 58 with previous of 53. Advised that now is the time to start on Metformin as better to do this while levels are raised but still relatively low.
Today is day one of 1x 500mg for a week before moving on to 2 doses a day.. is this pretty standard?
Great to see such a network of people who have been there and living it!
I took part in a VCL diet study with professor Taylor in Newcastle about 8 years ago. Lostt about 32kg in weight and in healthy range but still registered I diabetic.
Last HbA1c was 58 with previous of 53. Advised that now is the time to start on Metformin as better to do this while levels are raised but still relatively low.
Today is day one of 1x 500mg for a week before moving on to 2 doses a day.. is this pretty standard?
Great to see such a network of people who have been there and living it!
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Are they still following up from Newcastle.
Not that I am aware. They did offer for me to participate in a weight management programme shortly afterwards but I declined due to life commitments. Although now I wish I did. My Mediterranean style diet kind of went out the window.
The study was a VLC diet.. 3 x 200 cal meal supplements and then 200g of non starchy vegetables. After the 12 weeks of this it was a low Mediterranean diet with lots of fish and vegetables.. we are not talking pasta and garlic bread although that would be fab if I could have
grovesy
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I just wondered as they don't seem to have any data for that I was aware of.
Hi Jan2020, Although many people have done the Newcastle diet (Prof Taylor approach), or the equivalent real-food version (Dr Michael Mosely's 'Blood Sugar' diet), there are also many you took the Low Carb approach of (Dr David Unwin - proven T2 Diabetes remission rate of 50% though Virta in the USA are claiming 60% but with more patient support).
The great thing about Low Carb is that you can choose either to eat more Protein or to eat more Fat, or both provided it is 'real food' and you keep the carbs low. It is a 'Way Of Eating' so no calorie counting, no starvation so it is good for the long term.
The problem with some 'Mediterranean' ways of eating (there are more of them than there are Mediterranean countries) is that some veg are quite high in carbs, as are most fruits with the notable exception of berries (Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry - even Blueberries aren't too bad in small quantities).
The great thing about Low Carb is that you can choose either to eat more Protein or to eat more Fat, or both provided it is 'real food' and you keep the carbs low. It is a 'Way Of Eating' so no calorie counting, no starvation so it is good for the long term.
The problem with some 'Mediterranean' ways of eating (there are more of them than there are Mediterranean countries) is that some veg are quite high in carbs, as are most fruits with the notable exception of berries (Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry - even Blueberries aren't too bad in small quantities).
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