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Newly Diagnosed
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stephknits
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Hello and welcome - well that is high praise from the gp, we will do our best to live up to it! How did you come to be diagnosed?
I dont feel very well . I had chronic thirst , up in the night at least 5 times guzzling water and peeing , blurry vision and falling asleep 2/3 times a day . I recently had a kidney removed and i thought it might be something to do with that . The doctor dipped my wee and i was on the last block of the sugar test strip . She did blood test and started me on metformin
Martin9
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Here’s a very useful link for those newly diagnosed, I found it helpful when I was reeling at my diagnosis around 2 yrs ago , it’s called Maggie Daveys letter ( link below)
good luck & welcome..
Regards
M.
Ps. You came the the right place, the people here helped me to attain normal HbA1c within 3 months of diagnosis, where it has stayed since...
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good luck & welcome..
Regards
M.
Ps. You came the the right place, the people here helped me to attain normal HbA1c within 3 months of diagnosis, where it has stayed since...
Maggie Davey's letter to newly-diagnosed Type 2s
This disappeared from the original site, but @Alan S has managed to track it down. Rather than risk losing that link I'm posting the text here. I've had to split it over a few posts, as there is a size limit for each post and it wouldn't all fit in one! :) An open letter to the newly-diagnosed...
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Welcome to the forum @SueWho, sorry to hear about your diagnosis (and your kidney!). Glad to hear your GP recommended us, we will try to help 🙂
One of the biggest questions when newly diagnosed is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will be wanting to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and many fruits.
The really tricky thing is that blood glucose responses to food are highly individual, and it can be impossible to say which forms and amounts of carbohydrate will ‘spike’ your BG without checking for yourself. But the good news is that it is possible to check this for yourself and tailor your own ideal way of eating that suits you and your BG levels.
You can use a BG meter, checking before and after meals, and noting what the differences are to identify any carbs that seem to be causing BG ‘spikes’ (large rises after eating). Then experimenting with reducing the amount, or trying different types of carbs to try to reduce BG variation (sometimes just having things at a different time of day makes a difference). Many members have found it helps to approach things systematically, and this blog post provides some helpful hints and tips on how to do that: test-review-adjust
One of the most affordable meters members here have found is from SD, and has been recently updated to the SD Gluco Navii which has test strips at around £8 for 50
When it comes to managing your diabetes, it’s best to make changes to your menu and activity levels gradually - partly because they need to be sustainable long term, but also because very rapid and sudden changes to blood glucose levels can actually cause problems with some parts of the body including eyes and nerves. Living with diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint 😉
Good luck with your own experiments, let us know how you are getting on and keep asking questions.
One of the biggest questions when newly diagnosed is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will be wanting to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and many fruits.
The really tricky thing is that blood glucose responses to food are highly individual, and it can be impossible to say which forms and amounts of carbohydrate will ‘spike’ your BG without checking for yourself. But the good news is that it is possible to check this for yourself and tailor your own ideal way of eating that suits you and your BG levels.
You can use a BG meter, checking before and after meals, and noting what the differences are to identify any carbs that seem to be causing BG ‘spikes’ (large rises after eating). Then experimenting with reducing the amount, or trying different types of carbs to try to reduce BG variation (sometimes just having things at a different time of day makes a difference). Many members have found it helps to approach things systematically, and this blog post provides some helpful hints and tips on how to do that: test-review-adjust
One of the most affordable meters members here have found is from SD, and has been recently updated to the SD Gluco Navii which has test strips at around £8 for 50
When it comes to managing your diabetes, it’s best to make changes to your menu and activity levels gradually - partly because they need to be sustainable long term, but also because very rapid and sudden changes to blood glucose levels can actually cause problems with some parts of the body including eyes and nerves. Living with diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint 😉
Good luck with your own experiments, let us know how you are getting on and keep asking questions.
MrDaibetes
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Welcome to the forum ^^
trophywench
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Welcome from me too.
I reiterate what Mike said - I maintain that there's not much point in any of us, Type 1s included, testing our blood glucose if we don't 'review and adjust' too.
One thing about this forum as you'll soon see for yourself - you can ask us anything on here and we'll answer and very often it helps to have several people answering, in case you aren't certain you understand 100%. Plus of course we're realistic if nothing else - nobody has a clue to begin with and people take different lengths of time to grasp stuff wholly - may even know something for donkeys years which then escapes them or might be just yesterday they were told and they need to ask again - fine! So never be afraid to ASK. Costs nothing either way!
I reiterate what Mike said - I maintain that there's not much point in any of us, Type 1s included, testing our blood glucose if we don't 'review and adjust' too.
One thing about this forum as you'll soon see for yourself - you can ask us anything on here and we'll answer and very often it helps to have several people answering, in case you aren't certain you understand 100%. Plus of course we're realistic if nothing else - nobody has a clue to begin with and people take different lengths of time to grasp stuff wholly - may even know something for donkeys years which then escapes them or might be just yesterday they were told and they need to ask again - fine! So never be afraid to ASK. Costs nothing either way!
SB2015
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Hi @SueWho, like @trophywench and @everydayupsanddowns say, ask all the questions you want, they have put up with my stupid questions for the last month so i can confirm nothing throws them on here
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