Newley Diagnosed

[JueB]

Hi @JueB, i'm pretty new to this too and like you it took about 2 months earlier this year for them to decide/find what type i am. so i was - and still am - on Insulin which brought my blood sugar down from 20/21 to about 9 or 10. once they diagnosed type 2 i was also put on Metformin which has brought it down further to between 6 and 8. but this is also hand-in-hand with a low carb diet. i now eat 90g of carbs per day split into 3 meals of 30g each.
i am one of those people who can't have porridge as it causes my blood sugar to spike and stay pretty high for a few hours. Potatoes, Bread, rice and pasta have the same effect which is annoying as those were all my favourite foods. it's taken a lot of changes and a lot of poring over nutrition labels to get the blood sugar t these levels but if i can do it you can too.
Hopefully the test results won't take too long and you can then start planning for the future but in the meantime ask anything you want and someone will always be here to answer

Thanks so much , its such a lot to take in at the moment . I’m sure I’ll get to grips with everything in time .

 

[Drummer]

As your diet includes starches at every meal and your blood glucose levels rise all day, even with the insulin, perhaps swapping some of the porridge bread and potatoes for lower carb options, going slowly and carefully might allow you to get down to safer levels until there is more help available.

 

[Inka]

@Drummer I don’t think @JueB has any insulin. She said earlier that she’s taking Metformin. I suggested insulin because of the possibility that she’s Type 1 and has weight loss and ketones. I’m sorry if my comment caused any confusion.

 

[JueB]

@Drummer I don’t think @JueB has any insulin. She said earlier that she’s taking Metformin. I suggested insulin because of the possibility that she’s Type 1 and has weight loss and ketones. I’m sorry if my comment caused any confusion.

No , I am not on insulI just Metformin. They have increased my dose to two tablets a day , been feeling a bit nauseous today , not sure if it’s the meds or not .

 

[Drummer]

Ah - I seem to have been easily confused yesterday - after a night of poor sleep and nightmares - the one about the garlic cake was particularly puzzling but most alarming which is probably why it is so late now.
Metformin gave me very unfortunate side effects, just one tablet a day caused much distress. Luckily eating low carb meant I did not need medication.