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Richh67

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Diagnosed this morning as a T2. In the past 24 hours I have been bombarded with info from Doctor, nurses etc. and just feeling a little overwhelmed.

Does anyone know of any good apps or suggestions for keeping track of it all?

My doctors have kindly given me a monitor and I need to just check my blood pressure every day and would be good to keep this all together I may just need to use a notebook..

How did everyone feel once they had the diagnosis. I’m trying to keep positive.

On metformin and they are prescribing another drug beginning with the letter ‘G’ but cannot remember what it was called.

Relieved to have been diagnosed to be honest.
 
Hello! Were you given gliclazide?
 
Is the monitor you were given for blood sugar, or blood pressure, or both? MySugr is good for tracking blood sugars.
 
I purchased a blood pressure monitor and was given the blood sugar monitor. Will take a look at MySugr as they want me to test 4 times a day.
 
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Hello! Were you given gliclazide?
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Aha I think that was the name. Doc sent over prescription for Metformin which I got and have started this evening, but when I went tonight to pick up the monitor, she told me she was going to send through a second prescription for that as well.
 
As you are on Gliclazide then the most effective way to lower your blood glucose levels is not available as going low carb would put you at risk of going hypo.
The best way to use the chance you have to measure the effect of meals is to test your normal diet for a day or so and then to make a small change to something with fewer carbohydrates. Rather than a sandwich, have just one slice of bread, Reduce a serving of potato, pasta or rice and replace it with more veges, or salad. If you are an ordinary type two then these changes ought to be visible when you test.
Were you told when to do the tests?
Usually, to see the effects of changing diet type twos test before starting to eat and again 2 hours later - but that might not be what your HCPs have in mind.
 
Hi Richh67, welcome to the forum.

It can be overwhelming at the start but you'll get the hang of it. When I was first diagnosed I was soooo scared! I didn't know if I could eat anything other than lettuce again, but thankfully my dramatics were unfounded lol.

I'm glad you've got a glucose monitor as that will help you understand the impact your meals are having on you.

The most important thing is eating well and testing so that you're in range. When you've had some time to get to grips with things, have a look at our main site which has some really good info pages that will help.
 
You might find some of the meal ideas posted on the thread What did you eat yesterday useful but bear in mind that people will be on different medication regimes or no meds at all so what they have will be meals they find they can tolerate and that may not suit you. You have your monitor so you will be able to test for yourself exactly what your body can cope with. Eventually you will be able to build up a repertoire of suitable meals.
 
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