GrantGam
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
A friend of mine suggested these; I think it fits your criteria entirely:Hi all... I just had a complete breakdown... not sure if it is the hormones or stress (probably both)
Any way... I have had complications with previous pregnancies and sick babies resulting from uncontrolled blood glucose levels... this time I have my Bgl under extremely good control. I am not on medication and if I lose control I will have to start insulin! Which is terrifying me, I don't want another sick baby!
Anyway I have a vitamin d deficiency. I am at 33nmol... they put me on vitamins and I immediately saw my Bgl rise in the morning... which as I hadn't changed my diet I knew it was the vitamins! I checked the labels and yes sucrose and LOADS of starch etc!
I immediately stopped the vitamins and cut right back on food to regain control of Bgl.
I spoke with gp who prescribed for me vitamins, but when I went to pharmacy the only option was ones with sugar or ones with pork gelatine!
It seems my options are that I am "damned if I do and damned if I don't!"
If I take the meds that I can take (with sugar) my Bgl will lose control and I will end up on insulin and probably have another sick baby (he is a big boy already) and if I don't take the meds he will be sick in another way!
Thus the breakdown.
I am looking abroad for an alternative, but I can't for the life of me understand why our opinions are so limited in the UK! Why put sugar in vitamins that don't NEED sugar in them... the ones which don't have sugar are either ridiculously expensive or contain animal products! I only have 8 weeks left before induction and just feel like I have completely let him down.
Is there anyone else who has come across this?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Viridian-L...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A6KAQDGBJ64BGR2FK5E7
Good luck with everything