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lizzy60 said:
hi
diagnosed today type 2 - no medication what happens next x
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Lifestyle changes?

Cut the carbs, lose weight (if you are overweight - not all are) and exercise more. This is what I was told to do.

There are a lot of resources and recipe books for people with T2 diabetes.

What was your hba1c?
 
Yes, that’s as low as you can get.
What is your BMI?
Have you been given any advice?
 
lizzy60 said:
hi
dont eat many carbs and average step count is 14,500 per day (i work with children).
HBa1C 48 so just in diabetic limit.
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In that case some modest changes are likely to be sufficient. What is useful is to keep a food diary of everything you eat and drink for a few days and estimate the carbohydrates, you may be surprised when you tot it up and it will help you see if any savings can be made.
The suggested starting point for the carbs per day is no more than 130g but if you are already having less than that you may need to trim a bit more off by reducing portions.
This link may give you some ideas, https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
You should also have your feet checked and a retinal eye screening. I would make sure you get a HbA1C test in 3 months so you can see if the measures you have taken are being successful.
 
Got a call from Dr. Said wud recheck in 6 months. But then got a call for nurse for a diabetic foot check.
Then another call ti say thyroid high! Just a bit overwhelming as never had any health issues. Bmi think was 30 so cud do with losing at least a stone in weight.
 
lizzy60 said:
hi
diagnosed today type 2 - no medication what happens next x
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Diabetic medication wouldn't normally be prescribed for someone with an HbA1c of 48, since simple lifestyle changes along the lines already suggested are usually enough to turn things back the other way. We all get our feet checked regularly so that's perfectly normal. You should also get an appointment for an eye screening.
 
Welcome to the forum @lizzy60

Good to hear you are keeping so active!

Hopefully with an HbA1c just over the threshold, and few fairly modest tweaks to your meals will help you reduce your average BG levels and bring your HbA1c back down.

Losing weight can help improve insulin sensitivity, especially if you can lose it from the abdomen where it may have built up as visceral fat around the organs.

You may want to consider getting hold of an affordable BG meter so that you can check your individual response to different sources of carbohydrate. Different people can react quite differently, and it can be hard to know which sources of carbs are gentle on your BG without checking for yourself. If you take a reading just before eating, and again 2hrs after the first bite you will be able to see how your BG responded. Ideally at 2hrs your levels would be only 2-3mmol/L higher than your pre-meal reading. If you get a bigger ’meal rise’ you can reduce the portion size of carbs, or try swapping to a different source.

The most affordable meters members here have found are the SD Gluco Navii or the Spirit Tee2 - which both have test strips at around £10 for 50

Good luck, amd let us know how you get on 🙂
 
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