Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic here!

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Welcome to the Forum Simone. I am pre-diabetic and on a prevention programme (no guarantees it will work, but fingers crossed). My understanding from my own reading, research, and the very knowledgeable members of this Forum, is that if you keep the bloods under control then you don't necessarily get complications. It is not nice of the health professionals to scare you like that. By all means explain the importance of keeping bloods under control but complications are not inevitable if the blood sugars are kept under control.

I have found that everyone seems different as to what they can and cannot eat. I for example, can eat porridge (not the packet sort) whereas others can't. Most can eat processed meats like sausages, bacon etc but I don't seem to be able to.

I did wonder when I first read your post whether you are a Type 1 rather than 2 as you seem quite young and also the readings seemed high at diagnosis.
 
stephknits said:
What you need to do is test before you eat and then 2 hours afterwards and look at the difference between the two readings. Let us know what your reading is 2 hours after (and before if you have it)
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My sugars are 15.5 now. Probably shouldn't have had that Chinese food haha. It's made me feel a little bit dizzy and thirsty.
 
Simone rahman said:
My eye sight hasn't been good for about 2 years if I'm being honest. I was suppose to get glasses but didn't. But it's gotten worse the past id say 6/7 months to the extent where I have to squint when walking around so I really do need glasses.

Thank you so much for saying I'm doing good. It's because I'm constantly tracking what I eat but it's nothing I'm not use to as I use to track my food before finding out I had this.

Will I feel if a food spikes me?

Also if I am type 2.. what happens if I go below or over the range?
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I don't feel any different when food spikes me not sure about others. If you are type 2 only on metformin you will not go too low, I never drop lower than 4.5 ( you are aiming for 4-6 before and upto about 8.5 two hours after food - for now though just concentrate on to getting into single figures), only T1 or Insulin dependant T2 can (I think there are some other drugs T2 take that can cause them to go too low but not Metformin).

Your eyesight changes might be normal age related, I needed glasses about age 19 for driving.
 
Simone rahman said:
My sugars are 15.5 now. Probably shouldn't have had that Chinese food haha. It's made me feel a little bit dizzy and thirsty.
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What were you before food?
 
I was 12.2 before food. 15.5 after and I'm 13.5 now. I feel a bit rough this morning. I was sick and I feel a bit dizzy, drowsy and have a bit of a headache
 
Simone your symptoms sound very similar to mine when I was diagnosed type 1. How long is it before your next appointment because I would definitely be wanting to test ketones if it was me. Did they give you any numbers to call if you feel worse?
Meanwhile drink lots of water and try and stay away from the carbs. The thing is if you really are type 1 and need insulin, the symptoms including the hunger won't subside until you hpget it. Are you still losing weight?
 
24th October with the nurse. The doctors said my ketones are fine it's just my blood sugars that differ.

They didn't seem to worry about my weight. I've lost 2 stone since the last time I weighed myself but between now and that time I was execersing and eating well on and off.
 
Simone rahman said:
24th October with the nurse. The doctors said my ketones are fine it's just my blood sugars that differ.

They didn't seem to worry about my weight. I've lost 2 stone since the last time I weighed myself but between now and that time I was execersing and eating well on and off.
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I'm guessing that the lack of ketones might be the reason they didn't think it was type 1 then, but do keep an eye on things, and maybe look at the symptoms of ketosis so you know what to look for.
 
Simone rahman said:
I was 12.2 before food. 15.5 after and I'm 13.5 now.
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While 15.5 is bad, a rise of 3.3 after eating is 'ok'. Of course, that doesn't help with how you feel :(
 
I think because I'm new to this I'm finding it difficult. I live with such foodies and when they're eating yummy things all the time it makes me crave bad foods too. So it's having the control
 
Simone rahman said:
Does anyone else feel depressed or upset when their levels go up? I'm just about to go to bed and they're 14.4
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Yes I think most members of this forum to. The reason is we've joined a forum because we want to find support in taking control of our blood glucose levels so when we feel we are not meeting targets we have failed. Remember though you have personal targets initially en route to getting to "recommended targets".

So when I was in double figures my initial target was single figures and boy did I smile when I went below 10 the first time. However boy do I pout when a poor meal choice sends me up higher!!! I test my BG to find out what I can eat and I've made mistakes along the way but at my blood test on month 3 post dx I was down from 117 to 42 but I had been obsessively strict in getting from double figures to single - I fasted, virtually ditched carbs etc and increased exercise. In the next 6 months (to this month) I eased up a bit and ate more carbs - some worked some didn't, allowed myself a treat (Buneo little chocolate bar a day at 5g of carbs), ate out more and had dessert - I chose high protein starter and main and usually go for ice-cream if its a good quality one not cheap frozen crap or a vegan cake which does not spike my BG usually. I know I could do better with reducing with my diet but I'm happy and my DN was very happy with my latest results (up to 43) considering how much I relaxed my strict diet and stopped obsessing over food. I drink wine - zero carbs. I'm not a soft drinks person so if I'm not drinking wine it's water. Cheers me up no end.

I went to Rome for a week and was worried about all the carbs but so much walking, the heat and finding good home cooked Italian lasagne and even the odd slice of pizza and small ice-cream I had amongst the best BG results I've ever had - literally mid 5s day all week, no spikes. Oh I forgot , so much exercise I could even have a lovely patisserie cream pastry for breakfast each day.

So try not to be too harsh on yourself, it's very early days. I used to despair at my 15s, 14s, 12s etc. but that first 9 was so worth the wait! Took me a few weeks but I got there. I had amazing support off this forum and they were right, it's not a 100m race, it's a marathon so pace yourself and you will get there.

Anyway I'm back to my glass of red wine which I had with a small helping of real potato crisps (I was 5.4 after dinner so deserved a treat) and a piece of cheese!
 
Simone - I was 22 when I was diagnosed Type 1. I was drinking (I mean liquid, mainly water at the time, not in the alcohol sense) and weeing for England. I wouldn't be in the slightest surprised if you are really Type 1 cos 22 is still very young.
 
trophywench said:
Simone - I was 22 when I was diagnosed Type 1. I was drinking (I mean liquid, mainly water at the time, not in the alcohol sense) and weeing for England. I wouldn't be in the slightest surprised if you are really Type 1 cos 22 is still very young.
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Damn at 22 it should have been cocktails and snakebite!!!:D
 
Well at 22 nobody including me had even heard of a snakebite in terms of a cocktail - and we were considered 'forward' drinking a G&T.

However being as it was tap water in a pint glass (and being just as thirsty as I put the glass down as when I picked it up) I'd have been dead of cirrhosis before the diabetes got me, had it been alcohol !

Plus - now as then - no way Pedro could I afford it in those quantities!

(Edit - I typed the word 'hirsty' instead of 'thirsty' - and didn't get any indication of a typo!)
 
trophywench said:
Well at 22 nobody including me had even heard of a snakebite in terms of a cocktail - and we were considered 'forward' drinking a G&T.

However being as it was tap water in a pint glass (and being just as thirsty as I put the glass down as when I picked it up) I'd have been dead of cirrhosis before the diabetes got me, had it been alcohol !

Plus - now as then - no way Pedro could I afford it in those quantities!

(Edit - I typed the word 'hirsty' instead of 'thirsty' - and didn't get any indication of a typo!)
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Snakebite was the cheap pint to get you drunk - 1/2 cider 1/2 lager. Absolutely disgusting and unless you enjoyed being sick to sober up it wasn't for you . Cocktails had sexier names like "sex on the beach" or "up against the wall"!!!

It was my extreme thirst and my constant up to the toilet at night that made my daughter send me to the GP for a check for diabetes last year. I have always drunk a lot of water - I was one of them odd children who loved tap water over squash, pop and tea (never drunk coffee or any other hot drink in my life) but this thirst was to the next level. Instead of my normal glass of water when I woke at night I wanted juice to quench my thirst so would come down to the fridge in the middle of the night.
 
Simone rahman said:
Has anyone ever tried a pure plant based diet? And has it worked?
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My daughter is plant based as she's vegan and wants me to go the same way. What I struggle eith though is it's quite a high carb diet with lots of rice, pasta, root veg and beans. I do eat about 4 vegan meals a week so tofu curry, veg mince chilli, shepherdless pie and all very good for my BG. I also can eat Swedish glase soya ice cream (seriously good) and vegan desserts often kinder to my BG. She's now concentrating on getting me to ditch dairy but I would love to hear from anyone successfully controlling their BG with a vegan diet
 
Well I struggle with dairy as I love the stuff BUT I've been researching and there are a lot of like alternatives. I'm worried because I know I don't like almond milk or like nutty milks and I don't know if I like soy. I don't really drink a lot of milk only for cereal or eat a lot of meat. But I love cheese so that's what I want to find more vegan alternatives for it
 
If you go on eating bread chips and rice then your numbers are going to be high and there are consequences.
You don't need to worry about fats as they do not impact blood glucose or insulin, but carbs will raise your blood glucose levels - if you are type two or type one the more carbs you eat the more insulin is required.
 
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