Hello all, Been looking for a support fourm for 2 weeks now... Just got diagnosed with diabetes. Probably had it two years before I finally got blood work done.
ME:
I'm 41, married to a great woman, we have one child. I live in Kansas. in those 41 years I ate and drank whatever I wanted without a care. Now it's been two weeks and I'm pretty much scared to eat anything but oatmeal and salad.... LOL
I hope to contribute to this site once I learn the ropes.
You're welcome to contribute any time you like . . . we all just help each other with whatever support we have to offer. We're glad to have you join us & hope we can help you relax about this.
Tell us what your numbers were (A1c, fasting BG, etc), if you remember them . . . and what kind of management has your doc suggested?
The discovery that most of us make is that our blood sugar behaves itself a lot better when we don't eat things that elevate it. The things that elevate it are carbohydrates (including oatmeal, it turns out.

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But you can feast on protein & fats to your heart's content, and I really mean that. Whatever hogwash you see in the media, fats/protein do
NOT raise the risks of heart/arterial disease.
The other discovery many of us make is that when we keep our blood glucose low, all the other medical maladies like high cholesterol for instance, have a way of falling in line & behaving too.
So just stock up on beefsteak, bacon, pork chops, chicken, etc., and get rid of all the bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, cereal grains, etc. Start using real cream in your coffee instead of coffeemate stuff, & get rid of the margarine in favor of real dairy butter. Low carb eating is terrific!
And if you're looking for even better research to back up our personal experiences, have a look at
Blood Sugar 101 . . . this is one of the best & easiest to understand sources ever.