5 weeks after being diagnosed diabetic ..

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Greetings to you all. I hope this post may be of help

to someone here and if someone may be able to help me

with suggestions.

I am 50 years old weighing 90Kilos/198Lbs height

5'9 " /1.75M and just diagnosed as diabetic 5 weeks ago.

For someone who is find of lecturing children on

benefits of good health find myself totally confused

facing diabetes.

I will only be able to see dietician and nutritionist

sometime in March next year and I don't think my

doctor knows a lot on diabetes.

In 1998 my fast/Glu was 6.9 / 9.3 2hour Glu

In 1999 my fast/Glu was 7.5 / 8.4 2hour Glu

Both times doctor advised me to lose some weight but

never warned that I am diabetic.

5 weeks ago fast/Glu 12.8 and 17.5 2hour Glu

For the first time he mentioned that I am diabetic.

To make long story short with exercise and diet

I have been able to lower them, I think.

November 1 Fast 12.8 and 17.5 2HRafter bkfastfood

November 9 Fast 8.5 and 13.5 2HRafter bkfastfood

November 16 Fast 7.9 and 10.2 2HRafter bkfastfood

November 23 Fast 7.0 and 8.0 2HRafter bkfastfood

November 25 Fast 6.5 and 5.8 2HRafter bkfastfood

November 30 Fast 6.3 and 9.0 2HRafter bkfastfood

December 3 Fast 6.5 and 7.9 2HRafter bkfastfood

For last 15 days, 2HR after Lunch has fluctuated

between 9.4 to low of 4.7 and 2HR after dinner has

fluctuated from high of 10.3 to low of 5.2 depending

on excecise and food I eat.

I do intense stationary bicycling for 45 min every

other day and do 1 to 2 KM of walk daily. I have

noticed that I can eat all the skinless chicken, fat

removed red meat, apple and ham slices, without much

effect on BS. Raw vegetable salads lowers my BS.

But I can not have raw sugar, peach, pear, potato,

grapes, raisins, indian or lebanese breads/pita and

milk products, all increase my BS. I can eat 2 slices

of whole meal bread every meal but adding just one

slice more increases my BS.

I have been able to lose approx 5LB or approx. 2.5

kilos in last five weeks.

For someone used to eating whatever takes fancy past

five weeks have been very hard. Consolation being that

physically I am in better shape then before. Very

confusing too. It is like for the first time in my

life trying to discover workings of my inner body and

how and what it does with food I eat. So far I have no

idea but slowly discovering for myself, I think.

I find it hard to understand why DIET/SUGAR FREE soft

drinks increase my BS and have how?

I have no idea if I should be happy with my results or

go see my doctor if I need to take medicines to lower

my BS to normal?

I am trying to figure out, how many hours does effect

of eating sugar or potato lasts or effects my BS

readings?

So many questions that I have never had to ask myself

before. I have to learn to live with it for the rest

of my life. GREAT CONSOLATION being physically fitter.

Please feel free to comment. Thank you and God bless

us all. Thank You.

SSaiin..

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