Diabetes

Diabetes

I recently went to the doctors for blood tests and urine.

I have had urine test back, and doctor has wrote to me advising I may have Diabetes

I have been told to await confirmation from the hospital on my blood tests


I have all but 1 symptoms of Diabetes

How am I ever going to cope?
I hate blood

donnac2558

I have type 2 which is controlled by diet. What blood? You get your bloods done like every six weeks. You have to stop eating the crap and don't buy diabetic foods as they are expensive and give you the craps. Just read labels low sugar and salt. Many diet foods saying low fat are actually high in sugar.

It will never go away you have it for life. All you can do is stop it getting worse and ending up on tablets and then the injections.

Mojisola

donnac2558 wrote: »

What blood? You get your bloods done like every six weeks.

Six weeks? I'm tested once a year at the GPs!

I bought a blood testing kit to see what foods push my sugar levels up and I'm now low-carbing and keeping to almost normal levels. The test strips are expensive but they're worth it. If I was eating the diet recommended by the NHS, I would be on medication because my sugar levels would be sky-high.

OP - if you can get over the sight of a drop of blood on a test strip, it's worth doing the same. You could always shut your eyes and get someone else to do it for you! Assuming you are type 2, once you know what foods make your sugar levels rise and, if you can control the levels with diet, you won't need to keep testing all the time.

This is the basic plan for my low-carb eating -
http://blogg.passagen.se/dahlqvistannika/?anchor=my_lowcarb_dietary_programe_in