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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
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- Cycling, Exercise Classes
I attended my Desmond Education Day on Friday, learning how the sugar and carbs you eat turn into sugar and how that either gets stored in your body as fat or used as energy and how if you don't produce enough insulin the sugar is blocked from being used. This I am sorry to say was the only real benefit to attending this day. There were 7 of us at the day and we played guessing games on how much sugar was in products and which food types go into low to high calorie groups...
When I brought up the subject of testing I was informed this was between my doctor and myself, when I then stated my doctor had already said no type 2 gets a testing kit and that I was thinking of buying my own I was given the website they recommend as a fairly cheap place to purchase the lancets and test strips, when I looked them up they were not as cheap as the code free kit which was mentioned on this web site.
Most of the group said they had lost weight - up to 3 stone - most of the group had increased their physical activity - one wanted nothing more that to get off of the Metformin. I had the highest blood sugar reading of the group - it surprised me to receive my newest BG, Cholesterol and blood pressure readings at this education day - why do you not get a copy from your doctor? is this something you have to ask for?
Anyway from my having purchased a testing kit I have so far found that bread - even gluten free pushes up my sugar levels. Long grain rice does the same. Porridge oats pushes up the levels a little, ready brek a lot. Potatoes do not seem to have a large effect - I have yet to test the effects of pasta. All pastry pushes up my BG levels -- without the meter I would not know this and with the advice from the diabetic nurse at my practice I would be eating carbs with every meal and my BG would remain far too high.
Even now I can only get a reading in single figures around once a day, which worries me.
I have another fasting blood test to get done this week and then have to make an appointment at my doctors to get the results and depending on that reading find out if they are going to increase my Metformin to help me get the readings into the 'normal' levels.
I still feel very new to being diabetic, I have gone through so many emotions about being diabetic - I had hoped I could learn quickly about what I needed to do to make keeping the diabetes under control and minimize the possible complications but although I have begun to understand I still feel I have a long way to go. Thankfully I found the diabetes forum and all the wonderful people here that give you information and advice as well as support.
Hope my thread will help someone else.
When I brought up the subject of testing I was informed this was between my doctor and myself, when I then stated my doctor had already said no type 2 gets a testing kit and that I was thinking of buying my own I was given the website they recommend as a fairly cheap place to purchase the lancets and test strips, when I looked them up they were not as cheap as the code free kit which was mentioned on this web site.
Most of the group said they had lost weight - up to 3 stone - most of the group had increased their physical activity - one wanted nothing more that to get off of the Metformin. I had the highest blood sugar reading of the group - it surprised me to receive my newest BG, Cholesterol and blood pressure readings at this education day - why do you not get a copy from your doctor? is this something you have to ask for?
Anyway from my having purchased a testing kit I have so far found that bread - even gluten free pushes up my sugar levels. Long grain rice does the same. Porridge oats pushes up the levels a little, ready brek a lot. Potatoes do not seem to have a large effect - I have yet to test the effects of pasta. All pastry pushes up my BG levels -- without the meter I would not know this and with the advice from the diabetic nurse at my practice I would be eating carbs with every meal and my BG would remain far too high.
Even now I can only get a reading in single figures around once a day, which worries me.
I have another fasting blood test to get done this week and then have to make an appointment at my doctors to get the results and depending on that reading find out if they are going to increase my Metformin to help me get the readings into the 'normal' levels.
I still feel very new to being diabetic, I have gone through so many emotions about being diabetic - I had hoped I could learn quickly about what I needed to do to make keeping the diabetes under control and minimize the possible complications but although I have begun to understand I still feel I have a long way to go. Thankfully I found the diabetes forum and all the wonderful people here that give you information and advice as well as support.
Hope my thread will help someone else.