Just Officially Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Yikes

PattyGouert
PattyGouert Posts: 1 Member
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I am so overwhelmed. Doc wants to put me on Diabetes Meds pills. I am so mad at myself

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  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,575 Member
    I am also Type II diabetic ...I was diagnosed Jan. of 2019 when I was hospitalized with the flu/pneumonia ..... Type II is reversible ....wishing you the very best
  • vampirequeen1959
    vampirequeen1959 Posts: 196 Member
    My husband is Type II. At the moment it's under control with diet only. The advice we received was to avoid processed sugars, reduce bread, potato, rice and pasta intake and eat more pulses. Sounded daunting but actually it wasn't that difficult. I add chickpeas to the chicken when I make a Korma and then only have a token amount of rice. Spag bol is now mince, aduki beans, the NHS tomato sauce recipe and a token amount of pasta. It's amazing what you can add pulses to.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    PattyGouert wrote: »
    I am so overwhelmed. Doc wants to put me on Diabetes Meds pills. I am so mad at myself

    My understanding is that the two best things you can do is lose weight and get more active. You can do that!

    If you do a search here for diabetes you'll find there have been plenty of threads with success stories from diabetics, so once you get your head around this new challenge, you'll see this is a problem you can deal with. Hang in there!

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