What where the numbers before and after a typical meal and what was that meal
Typically, before my main meal my blood sugar is 5.something and two hours after eating it is 6.something or 7.something.
A typical meal would be pork chop, boiled potatoes, carrots, broccoli, green beans, or other veg. Sometimes I have baked beans (with no added sugar) instead of veg.
(I've already determined that the brand of baked beans I'm eating do not send my blood sugar levels high. That was something I was able to learn by testing.)
I'm eating the right stuff, same stuff I've been eating for the past 9 years since I was diagnosed. My diet really does not seem to be an issue.
The issue I am having is hypos in the evenings or the small hours. I'm having to make sure I eat lots late evening, even if I'm not hungry, just to make sure my blood sugar level stays above 4. Even then, sometimes a couple of hours after eating that meal it has dropped below 4 and I have to eat again.
It seems to me that my medication is wrong. But they won't reduce dosages again because of that high A1c number. All they would talk about was switching to insulin.
So I am wondering if I switch to insulin I might be able to control my blood sugar levels better, avoiding those late evening / small hours hypos?
I've got a while to consider this because my next review is 5 months away. But in the meantime I've got this problem with hypos. I don't really want to take less Metformin or Gliclazide against the advice of my diabetes nurse, even if I don't trust her advice.
Bit of a mucking fuddle, I'm in.