Found out today I have Type 2 Diabetes

[beak]

Go to WebMD for a lot of help[ on it. It will link you to some real good web sites for type II. Remember fruits have a lot of carbs too. Usually around 25 carbs for a medium sized same with oranges. They are much better for you because the carbs don't hit as fast as refined sugar. Remember type 1 and type 2 are two different animals. People with type 1 can eat pretty much what they want. They just have to dose with insulin 1st to counteract. Their pancreas doesn't produce insulin. Type 2 people have made their bodies have a high tolerance to insulin so the insulin your pancreas produces doesn't do it's job. So you have to stay away from sugar and carbs. At my last physical my fasting blood sugar was close to the diabetic mark. So my doctor ordered an A1c for me. It came back on the high end of normal. So I have been watching the sugar. I'm finally getting used to splenda in my coffee.

Good luck

 

[KrisRose]

Carb's are not your friend. Sugar is not as bad as its cracked up to be. Protein is your friend. Fats are not as bad as they are cracked up to be.
It will take time to adjust your eating, don't feel if you failed today you should just give up. You'll learn to eat breakfast with out toast etc...
Also, a diabetic diet given out by doctors are made for robots, you are a human, and if you deny yourself everything sweet you crave then you will go off the deep end. Learn what triggers your sugar by testing and keeping tract of what foods you eat. Ice cream will be one of them.
If you want a cookie, eat it, then go do something to keep your mind off of the rest of the package.
There are very few people who can strictly control their diet. If you are one of them then good for you. If not then find a middle ground that you can live with (yes, live with).

And all the food police who say "Should you be eating that?", esp the ones who are sucking on their cancer sticks when they say it, will then tell them to F off.

 

[crazyhen]

Hi again,You will find all kind of information on our disease. But you will eventually figure out what is best for you. No!!! stringent diets. Your life is not going to be a diet roller coaster. It is the steady day to day of life and choices. Gradually you will get it. Jean PS, I have toast its according to the person.

 

[Wifezilla]

Almond meal is just ground almonds. You can make your own if you can't find it ground already. Trader Joe's has the best price for almond meal.

Herbs, sounds like a good start.

 

[chook pen jen]

i got the same news last year.Its not so bad just remember you are still you not diabetes.So do as your doctor tells you but keep on enjoying your life

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

you definitely don't have to go hungry! Eat lots of fruits and veggies (Just remember some are higher in carbs than others). Broccoli, cauliflour, squash, salad, celery, radishes, and most other green leafy vegetable is perfect for snacking. None of those will raise your blood sugar enough to really make a difference. You have to watch out for things like carrots, tomatoes, beets, etc. because they tend to have more sugar. You don't want to eat an excess of those types of fruits or vegetables, but they are still better than the carbs in breads, rice, etc.

Stay away from pizza, rice, bagels, and pasta as much as possible. Learn to substitute rather than diet. Most importantly, learn to count carbs. Its not difficult to learn, but does take practice. Learning this skill will help you better judge what foods you can eat and how much. Calorie King (look them up on google) has an awesome book that you may be able to get from your doctor. I think it is fairly cheap to order yourself though. That gives the carbs, fat, and calories of just about any food you could ever think of. The best part is that the book is very small, so you can keep it in your purse. I have one at my house, in my purse, and in my car. I refer to that whenever I am unsure about unmarked things and their carb content.

It's important to remember that carbs are not all the same, just like fats. There are fast acting carbs and slow acting carbs. It's better to stick to fast acting carbs, but you don't want to completely cut any one kind out of your diet. Diabetics still NEED carbs, otherwise you will end up with low blood sugar.

Has your doctor spoken to you about metformin? If not, you should probably bring it up. It is a prescription drug that helps insulin resistance. If that is indeed your problem, metformin should really help keep your blood sugars down. I've been on that for years as a type one and it does help a little bit.

Type one and type two may be different, but they really are the same. I just have to take insulin. Contrary to popular belief, even type ones can't just "eat whatever we want". Different foods affect your blood sugar differently, even with a correct dose of insulin. I still have to be careful about what I eat. Unfortunately science doesn't yet understand everything behind diabetes and the treatments for it (insulin) are not efficient. The endocrine system in a normal human being is so complex that it has been nearly impossible for us to try and re create it. Seems like giving insulin to a diabetic is an easy fix, but it is not that simple at all. There are more than one factor that affects blood sugar and insulin. Until we can isolate those factors, we will not be able to properly and effectively treat diabetics.

 

[beak]

My mother 73 has type 2. Her doctor had her on 2 times as high of dose as she should've been for her diabetic medication (don't know which one). She got the flu and was at home for a few days. During the night she went to the kitchen and collapsed in the living room where she stayed for almost 3 days in a dazed condition, unable to get off the floor to get to a phone. She lives in Ft Worth. My sister came by to check on her and found her on the floor. She gave her a glass of orange juice while the ambulance came. At the hospital she was very disoriented and had to be restrained. I called to talk to her and she told me about all these hallucinations she had been having that were real to her. Like mistreatment by the nurses and she heard them conspiring to kill her to get her money and so on. I flew down the next day and she was a little better but when the nurse left she would tell me all these off the wall things about the nurses and doctors. The hospital felt she had alzheimers and sent her to a rehabilitation home where she stayed for 3 months. She didn't have alzheimers and a diagnosis was never made.

Two months later the same thing happened again. This time my sister was there much sooner because she was checking on my mother every day. She was slightly disoriented this time and had a shorter hospital stay but still went to the home again. We got her to move into an assisted living where she has her own apt but they serve meals and are quickly available. She doesn't like it but is afraid to live at her house

It turns out all the problems were caused by low blood sugar from too much medication. When she was sick she wasn't getting enough food intake and caused all the problems. What is frustrating to me is that I brought this concern up both times and was ignored by the doctors. We have a 6 year old that has type 1 and hyperglcemic shock is our biggest worry. The point of the story is watch the lows as well as the highs. Especially when you're sick.

 

[EweSheep]

It has been three days since I've had some sweet things like candy, cake, dessert and bread. Headache comes and goes but looks like it would be hard. Am I going thru a withdrawal?????? If so, I just bear thru this stuff and think positive.

How much is too much fruits and veggies? I love them both but they are not kind to my checkbook!

 

[Wifezilla]

YES...you ARE going through withdrawl. Sugar addiction can be as bad as a drug addition. As for the fruits and veggies, use this site...
www.fitday.com

to track your carb intake.

The site is free.

 

[cockadoodlemom]

I too have type 2 and I was diagnosed in Oct. 2005. Starting in Dec. 2005 I started having trouble with my feet hurting really bad and if someone walked by me the breeze would hurt. Jan. 2006 I was diagnosed with diabetic peripheral neuropathy by a foot doc cause my own family doc would not do anything but run blood test. My family doctor is the reason I have dpn because she ignored the warning signs I was having for type 2 so when she did start me on metformin it brought it down under control but the damage was done. I am struggling right now because I have been sick since Christmas so mine is running high. I was 34 when I found out I had it and dang was I upset. Like others have said you will need to watch what you eat and in turn watch how it affects you. I also have a lot of other medical issues so if I can handle it you surely can. By the way I have changed doctors