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Hi All,

My Name is John, im 32 and have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (less than a week ago). My suger level readings are high anything from 15 - 25 (which really concerns me...). Ive started a course of metformin, currently 1 x 500mg then i'll move up to 1000mg by the end of this week, hopefully with exercise and diet reducing my suger levels down.

Despite asking my GP i dont get a great deal of information, but then again ive only seen him twice since being diagnosed.. any advise would be much appreciated..

Many thanks
 
Hi John, welcome to the forum 🙂 At this stage try not to be overly concerned about your levels as it is still very early days for you. What time are you doing your tests? - is it before or after meals, and if after, how long after? It is very worthwhile doing a test before you eat, recording the food involved, and testing one and two hours after the meal - this will inform you as to how much your levels are rising with the food and help you to find the 'peak' of that food i.e. when your blood sugar levels are likely to be highest. In time you will be able to use this information to inform your meal choices.

Have a look at the links in our Useful links thread for more details on how to approach testing for best results (Maggie Davey's letter/Jennifer's Advice), a great book - Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker - and some good book recommendations on books about the GL Diet.

There is a lot of information to take in to begin with. Diabetes is far more complex than some authorities might lead you to believe, so it takes time and experience to get to grips with it. But if you put in the owrk it is a manageable condition, and many people find that the adaptations they make in order to manage it well lead them to being happier, healthier people than they ever were before 🙂

Please ask any questions - nothing is 'silly', and part of the difficulty when newly-diagnosed is knowing what to ask, so fire away with any concerns you have and we'll try to help! 🙂
 
Welcome to the forums John 🙂

The book by Gretchen Becker listed in the newbie links is very useful.

Do you have a blood glucose test meter? If you don?t it might be worth pushing your Dr to give you test strips as testing is a key technique in to assessing which foods push your blood sugars up.

If you haven?t yet been told, eating anything containing carbohydrates pushes your sugars up and particularly starchy carbohydrates ? so you will need to reduce you intake of things like potatoes, bread, rice and pasta (less so for pasta).
 
You might find that your GP and or Nurse seem to discourage you from testing yourself, but please do it, there is lots of info on here. SO long as you test correctly at the appropriate times it will give you loads of information about your body's response to different foods. I have know I am T2 for a few months now and it has helped me a great deal, observing BG levels after certain foods is vital to success using diet... yes I am probably a bit obsessive but it seems to me that it is a disease where to a great extent information is the key to optimising your health.

People are often "kind" and will tell you can have treats (meaning sweets and puds) but to be honest I avoid them and forget the "treat" concept... I have seen what they do to my BG level and I would rather stay as healthy as possible. The dietary guidelines they offer are ok as a start but very simplistic, but don't just hope and not know what is happening, read info on here and act on it to teach yourself good food habits right away.

Everybody is different so I come back to my view that you must test so you know what is working for you.
 
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Hi John. Welcome 🙂

Rob
 
Hi All,

Like John, I'm newly diagnosed as T2. (approx a month ago). John, everyone on here knows what they are talking about and helped me no end when I was first diagnosed. Listen up and you'll be fine. One thing I have realised is that it is going to take time to regulate the levels. A meter is a must.

(Raymond, I moved the remainder of your post to the general messageboard:

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=19529 )
 
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John T said:
Hi All,

My Name is John, im 32 and have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (less than a week ago). My suger level readings are high anything from 15 - 25 (which really concerns me...). Ive started a course of metformin, currently 1 x 500mg then i'll move up to 1000mg by the end of this week, hopefully with exercise and diet reducing my suger levels down.

Despite asking my GP i dont get a great deal of information, but then again ive only seen him twice since being diagnosed.. any advise would be much appreciated..

Many thanks
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Raymond said:
Hi All,

Like John, I'm newly diagnosed as T2. (approx a month ago). John, everyone on here knows what they are talking about and helped me no end when I was first diagnosed. Listen up and you'll be fine. One thing I have realised is that it is going to take time to regulate the levels. A meter is a must.
My GP has today increased my dosage to 4 x 80mg Gliclazide and 2 x 500mg Metformin after taking yet more blood samples on Thursday of last week. I understand the need for caution so that I don't hypo but can anyone tell me if it is normal to wait this long for my blood to regulate. I'm eating what I think I should eat and I walk 5 miles each day to and from work. My GP has told me to make another appt. with him "in a few weeks". He has said that he's not too worried about my readings being so high (over 33.3 on Sunday night) but is more concerned with me going too low too soon? Is this the normal response? I'm still very concerned with the high readings. I lose concentration which isn't ideal in work!
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Dear John and Raymond,

Welcome to the club to which we all wish we were not members. That is not to say that the people arn't great - they are! Firstly, if I had a doctor that's like the one you describe I would seriously think about a change - not worried about 33+ 😱 Hopefully, the meds will kick in and soon your levels will begin to drop. However, there are a number of us here that adopt a controlled carbohydrate approach and have even been able to discontinue our meds. If you are interested in learning more about this technique, have look (left click) here. The beauty about this method is that your meter will tell you what and how much you can eat!

Regards Dodger

Regards Dodger
 
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All - many many thanks for your responses, its comforting to know i can get support and share experiences with people who understand what im going through.

Good news is i now have a meter, so will defo be checking my bloods prior to eating and afterwards. Ive just complete my first "big" shop, with plenty of goodies - thats goodies in suger free, fresh fish and plenty of greens! not the old goodies as cakes, buns and full fat stuff.

Thanks again and see you around the site 😉
 
John T said:
All - many many thanks for your responses, its comforting to know i can get support and share experiences with people who understand what im going through.

Good news is i now have a meter, so will defo be checking my bloods prior to eating and afterwards. Ive just complete my first "big" shop, with plenty of goodies - thats goodies in suger free, fresh fish and plenty of greens! not the old goodies as cakes, buns and full fat stuff.

Thanks again and see you around the site 😉
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Good work John 🙂 To be honest, after a while, although you may crave the 'old' goodies, it is often a disappointment when you give in as it often turns out not to be the treat you expected!!
 
Hi John.

Welcome to the forum 🙂

Heidi
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Welcome to the forum John 🙂

Its a great place to come for help and support
 
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