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I was informed over the phone out of the blue that I had type 2 diabetes and to see the nurse at my surgery which I did. She informed me that I had been pre diabetic for a very long time. Surely I should have been told of being pre diabetic before? Or is this normal not to be told? I am over weight by 10 lbs and more than a little bewildered. Also I have not been given any medication. Not sure what I should do. My excercise is restricted due to arthritis.
 
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Hello May

Yes - you should have been told the results of any blood tests you might have had for anything at all and for this particular one, advised how you might be able to prevent yourself sliding over into the diabetes diagnosis, if the previous tests have been during recent years.

I would hope right now, the nurse has explained the things to cut back on - not simply sugar and sweet things - but any fast acting carbohydrate foods. So that's first the highly processed ones like sugar itself, and flour so that includes things with flour in it like bread, cake, biscuits, pasta, plus any type of rice.

You don't have to instantly cut everything like that out completely, but just cut down on them and see if that's enough.

When have they said they'll do your next blood test to check whether the changes have worked?
 
I have a review in Jan 2019. I do not take sugar or eat cakes or biscuits etc. I do not have dairy, have cut down on bread, but I have done this for a long time years now. Did not know about the pasta or rice, I usually have brown rice and brown pasta. I have no idea what my blood tests results were or what levels they should be. I was never told there was a problem. 2008 I had a glucose intollerance test, but I was told it was ok just to make sure to have fasting blood tests. At no time was diabetes mentioned. So not happy. Only told last month.
 
Hi May welcome to the forum glad to have you onboard 🙂. Yeees someone is lacking in giving you advice but now you have that diagnosis its time to take control. Plenty of Type 2`s will be along to give you the benefit of their own experience, as a Type1 the regime is slightly different but we can all manage our condition with the right advice, take care.
 
If you are eating bread, rice and pasta then cutting those out would probably be all that is necessary - they are such carb dense foods that few people who are tending to being unable to cope with carbs should eat them.
You should have been told your test results - I'd be asking if there is anything else that you have not been told, in a very pointed manner.
You don't really need to worry about being slightly overweight, as eating low carb tends to correct that - and some people report that by eliminating grains their aches and pains reduce quite rapidly - I certainly have benefited every time I cut them out and always argued with the doctors who insisted that I should eat grains - only to be told that I was deluded.
 
Hello May and welcome to forum
 
Welcome May:D

White flour is my bete noir. One slice of toast sent me zooming from 6.something to 10.1 this morning.
 
I am trying to cut out bread altogether. Just annoyed that I have never been informed that I was pre diabetic so I could possibly done something about it.
 
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I can understand your anger but at least you can work out your new eating habits although it sounds like you are nearly there. Good luck.🙂
 
Informing people of pre-diabetes I believe is a recent thing. Mine was picked up on medical research and my GP was alerted. I was told a couple of years ago and, at that time, they said that they had now started picking it up but previously would not have worried about readings of 42/43. Got lots of advice here and went on a diabetes prevention course. Had four normal results 33, 35,37,35 but GP decided to re-check a few months later to ensure still on track and I had gone up again to 42. Not sure why but am battling on trying to get it back down. .
 
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Informing people of pre-diabetes I believe is a recent thing. Mine was picked up on medical research and my GP was alerted. I was told a couple of years ago and, at that time, they said that they had now started picking it up but previously would not have worried about readings of 42/43. Got lots of advice here and went on a diabetes prevention course. Had four normal results 33, 35,37,35 but GP decided to re-check a few months later to ensure still on track and I had gone up again to 42. Not sure why but am battling on trying to get it back down. .
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I was informed I had Impaired Glucose Tolerance(now classed as Pre Diabetes), nearly 20 years ago. I was advised to try and lose weight and had yearly fasting Blood Glucose Test.
 
You need to get your results and take it from there.
I can see all my test results for the last decade online now.
If you have been pre-diabetic for this long, it sounds like you are eating well enough, just a bit of tweaking required.
Losing the extra weight will help, I found just cutting out snacks, low fat, and counting the calories worked well for me.
 
Well done on reducing the bread - but keep an eye on the other forms of starch such as pasta, rice, potatoes - diabetes is all about being unable to cope with carbs, and so controlling them is the key - as long as you are producing your own insulin you don't need much else to get back to normal.
 
As far as the no no stuff like flour products, rice and potatoes is concerned, I still enjoy them but, through careful testing, I know what I can tolerate. For example, the only bread I eat regularly is Burgen soya and linseed bread, I only eat wholewheat pasta and brown rice and then only In small quantities, which I am now accustomed to. I stick mainly to a few small boiled baby potatoes. Mashed potato is a real no no for me but I discovered ( from someone on this forum) that 150gms of Tesco frozen mash ( it’s really not too bad) is fine for me. You can always try alternatives to these foods but there’s nothing like the real McCoy. Remember though, that we all react differently, so finding out what’s good for you is important.
 
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