Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

[Julien FitzGerald]

Was diagnosed, this week, following my latest set of blood tests as being Type 2 Diabetic.

I have been prescribed Metformin 500mgs, One Tablet, Twice a Day and told to adjust my diet. I'm teetotal, so no problems with alcohol (although I do like the occasional glass of red wine with a meal, but only in moderation.

My Diabetes is just the next step in my ever growing list of medical conditions, which included but not limited to:

• Bipolar Affective Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Seasonal Adjustment Disorder
• Osteoarthritis - Right Hip
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - Left Hip, Left Knee, Lower Back, Neck, Left Shoulder.
• Trapped Nerve - Left Elbow
• Congenital Asthma
• Congenital Cataract - Right Eye

Really hope I can get some support and advice from here.

 

[Martin Canty]

Welcome to the group, Julien.... Quite a shock to get the DX but with the right attitude & effort it can be brought under control.... You have come to a great place for advice & support

 

[CathyB]

Welcome Julian, you most certainly will get help and support here. The first step is to read, as much as you can, there is a wealth of experience here so do take your time and read. Remember that as well as the obvious sugars, carbohydrates are the biggest enemy, potatoes, rice, pasta and most bread are the things that will push your blood sugars up so reducing or cutting these out will make a huge difference. My last bit of advice would be to get a testing kit, doctors don’t tend to give us them for type 2 but it’s really important to be able to see what foods you do or don’t tolerate. The code free kit from home health or amazon is reasonable and has the lowest price testing strips. Something that worked well for me was keeping a food diary, testing before my meal and again 2 hours after, if the numbers were more than 2 to 3 higher than before then I adjusted the meal for next time Feel free to ask any questions, everyone is really friendly 😉

 

[SB2015]

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis Julien. There is a lot to take in at the start, but there is plenty of help available on here from people with a lot of experience.

I know that many people with T2 diagnosis have found the book Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker, taking you through things step by step. A lot of people also find it useful to start to test their own BG levels, in order to get information about how different foods and activity impact on their levels. Very often people with T 2 cannot get test strips on prescription so they use a SD Codfree meter, for which the strips are a lot cheaper than for others.

If you have any questions do ask, and remember nothing is considered a silly questions. People are here to help.