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Recently diagnosed but staying positive.

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Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few weeks ago, nearly 20 years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and I also am anaemic but the doctors taking care of me do not know why. I just want to say to all. Stay positive, enjoy your life the best you can.
 
Hi @Medical mystery and welcome to the club that no one wants to join! 🙂

We're a friendly bunch and there is a wealth of knowledge here...so any questions you have, please post them and somebody somewhere will have the answer.
 
Hi and welcome from me too

Would you like to tell us a bit more about your diabetes diagnosis? Things like... if you have been prescribed any medication and if so, what? Your HbA1c reading? This will likely be a number of 48 or above and will give us an indication of where on the diabetes scale you are. What, if any, dietary advice you have been given?... Unfortunately NHS dietary advice for diabetics isn't always the best, so it helps to know if you have been given suitable advice.
Are you able to walk or perhaps do seated exercises if walking is not possible. Exercise in conjunction with the right foods and perhaps medication if appropriate are the 3 main levers with diabetes management. The fourth one being weight loss but often comes as a result of the first 2.

It sounds like you have a very positive outlook so hopefully with a bit of help and support you will have your Blood Glucose levels licked into shape in no time and your diabetes managed well.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask them but otherwise you will learn a lot just from reading around the forum.
 
Vonny said:
Hi @Medical mystery and welcome to the club that no one wants to join! 🙂

We're a friendly bunch and there is a wealth of knowledge here...so any questions you have, please post them and somebody somewhere will have the answer.
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How have you managed to lose your weigh I have tried and tried I got type 2 few weeks ago and high cholesterol also high blood pressure I see the diabetic nurse next week but I just don’t know what I can and can’t eat or drink
 
Katie79 said:
How have you managed to lose your weigh I have tried and tried I got type 2 few weeks ago and high cholesterol also high blood pressure I see the diabetic nurse next week but I just don’t know what I can and can’t eat or drink
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Eating a low carbohydrate diet might be helpful for several problems.
A typical, uncomplicated type 2 cannot cope with the carbs in the modern diet, so cutting down on the high carb foods should make a difference. Make swaps to reduce or remove things made from grain, then high carb veges such as potatoes and you should soon begin to see a difference. If you use sugar or drink sugary soft drinks - that includes orange juice and other things considered healthy, they should be cut back and replaced with such things as flavoured teas, or even coffee with cream, with water as an option.
 
Drummer said:
Eating a low carbohydrate diet might be helpful for several problems.
A typical, uncomplicated type 2 cannot cope with the carbs in the modern diet, so cutting down on the high carb foods should make a difference. Make swaps to reduce or remove things made from grain, then high carb veges such as potatoes and you should soon begin to see a difference. If you use sugar or drink sugary soft drinks - that includes orange juice and other things considered healthy, they should be cut back and replaced with such things as flavoured teas, or even coffee with cream, with water as an option.
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Thank you for getting back to me I’m just so c**p in knowing what to choose and it’s snack stuff I really don’t know what to have as snacks ive only just recently been diagnosed with all this.
 
When you reduce carbohydrates in your diet and have more fats then you are less likely to feel hungry in between meals so are not as tempted to have high carb snacks. But good thing to have are nuts and seeds, cheese, hard boiled eggs, things like celery or carrot sticks. Nature valley protein bars are not too bad for carbs and are quite sweet so a quarter is usually enough for me.
Carbs and Cals book or app is a good guide for carb value of a whole range of foods and meals.
 
Leadinglights said:
When you reduce carbohydrates in your diet and have more fats then you are less likely to feel hungry in between meals so are not as tempted to have high carb snacks. But good thing to have are nuts and seeds, cheese, hard boiled eggs, things like celery or carrot sticks. Nature valley protein bars are not too bad for carbs and are quite sweet so a quarter is usually enough for me.
Carbs and Cals book or app is a good guide for carb value of a whole range of foods and meals.
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Thank you I will download it now
 
Medical mystery said:
Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few weeks ago, nearly 20 years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and I also am anaemic but the doctors taking care of me do not know why. I just want to say to all. Stay positive, enjoy your life the best you can.
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Hi @Medical mystery
Sorry to hear of your diagnosis. As you can see there are quite a few in the same boat.

If you fancy letting us know a little more about how you manage your condition it will helps us to focus our answers.
 
Medical mystery said:
Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few weeks ago, nearly 20 years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and I also am anaemic but the doctors taking care of me do not know why. I just want to say to all. Stay positive, enjoy your life the best you can.
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
Not knowing how you were diagnosed I would just add a caution to your diagnoses. MS is an autoimmune problem as is type1 diabetes so keep an eye on your blood sugars. Also you could have developed steroid induced diabetes if you have had steroid treatment for your MS. Either way welcome to the club no one wanted to join 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum @Medical mystery

Hopefully the friendly and helpful folks here can give you some practical hints and tips from their lived experience. We have literally centuries of years of diabetes on the forum, and all sorts of different approaches and strategies that suit different people.

If you would like a good overview of T2 diabetes, members here frequently recommend Maggie Davey’s Letter and Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, which you can work through gradually and will give you a solid starting point. 🙂

There is also the Learning Zone, the orange tab at the top of the page (or highlighted blue menu item of you are viewing on a mobile) where you can register and work through all sorts of different modules.

And ask away with any questions here too. Nothing will be thought of as too obvious or ‘silly’ 🙂
 
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