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    Covid high blood sugar

    Hello I'm type 2. I put it into remission. Then I got pregnant and got gestational diabetes. My blood sugar and diet had been **** for the whole year post partum. I now have covid and my sugars are higher but I eat carbs. It was almost 15 last night and I'm not eating full meals. Or much...
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    Can type 2 in remission come back in pregnancy?

    Hey so like the title says . Is this possible? And so its type 2 ( which allows me the type 2 acceptable glucose numbers) instead of pending gestational diabetes where they want my fasting glucose at 5.1or less and even as a type 2 in remission it was never that ! So its impossible for me to get...
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    My sugars acting up

    Hello I am 18 weeks pregnant. I had type 2 diabetes diagnosed and very fast due to a reduced carb diet I got back to normal hba1c and a few of them later they took me off the computer at the drs as a diabetic. I had an hba1c at 9 weeks pregnant and it was 38 and fine. Now.... I have alot of...
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    Fasting blood sugar

    Hello My overnight 12 hours fasting blood sugar is 5.2 is this a safe level ?
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    Help with something?

    Hello Well here I am needing advice. I had thought I'd gotten rid of my type 2 when the dr said my hba1c was normal. I then got cocky and decided to eat normally but mostly "healthy" over Christmas and new year , had some stress and ate too much sugar. Gained some weight back. Fast forward to...
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    Hubby blood sugar 8.8

    Hello Randomly checked my hubby's blood sugar and its 8.8 , he had eaten so it's a random one. I told him it's too high. Am I right? He ate a carb heavy lunch.
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    Lower carb diet and calories ?

    Hey guys I seem to not have the type 2 diabetes anymore. I eat a typical diet which is lower carb now. Do I need to worry about calories? I can easily go over a little. Its saying I should eat around 1500 cals on one of the apps. Macros seem be be approx 109g daily carbs, 79g protein and...
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    Trying to get pregnant type 2

    Hello I'm a bit sad today. I just got my hba1c. It's the 1st in 2 years . 2 years ago I was heavier and it was back at s normal persons so I gas high Hopes. today my hba1c result is 6.7. Upon looking into it it seems anything over 6.5 is basically bad for pregnancy. I'm not on meds I use...
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    No longer diabetic?

    Hello So I'm not sure if it's true but the nurse done a sneaky non fasting glucose blood test on me while taking sample for It was 4.8 which is totally normal as normal is from 4.4 to 7.8 or something So I appear to of reversed the diabetes now! So the Dr has agreed to let me have a hba1c...
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    Diet controlled type 2s PP numbers?

    Hello I am wondering if anyone can help me out. What sort of numbers do the diet controlled only type 2s get after eating a meal containing carbs? Like not an excessive amount obviously. I am having trouble wording my question lol I read that in a non diabetic they are still classed as normal...
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    Does water help blood sugar control?

    Hi Me again so is it possible that water does indeed help control blood sugar ?
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    What's going on

    Hi I'm just really confused. So I have been eating the sane breakfast for a week and today my body has a higher reading 2 hour pp I do feel a bit headachey today but could it be lack of water ? I was 5.4 then ate it then now 2 hour pp it's 7.6 . Why would it be fine then start giving me more...
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    Why did my blood sugar drop

    Hello So I had a smoothie of 1/2 small avocado 2 handfulls spinach 1 medjool date a little milk and some water. Pretty yummy and creamy actually. But my blood sugar went from 5.5 before it to 4.7 , 2 hours after it. I'm not used to seeing a drop after food lol
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    Net Carbs ?

    Hi I try currently to keep my carbs according to cronometer to 130g a day or just over that amount. I have just saw its around 110g net carbs , what does this mean for the low carb thing ? is that 110g im really counting? I dont understand it at this point lol ;) I will try to keep the total...
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    Oats

    Hello Anyone still eating oats ? I seem to not be bad with 1/2 cup deliciously Ella granola or 1/2 cup rude health bircher muesli it seems to only give me a 1 point rise if I have the granola with 1/2 cup full fat goats yogurt and some frozen blueberries and goat milk with the bircher and same...
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    Low carb as a pescatarian

    Hello So since my DN wont let me take my hba1c every year now and my last one was 42 she just called to tell me this is "what they do" I am not pleased however I have been determined now to try get a normal hba1c when I do return to them. Then I can be satisfied. I was on the low carb diet to...
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    Can I write to my GP to have less check ups?

    Hi everyone. I was just wondering if anyone else does this? I check my weight, blood sugar and blood pressure all the time and I would like yearly instead of 6 monthly check ups because I hate going and I have anxiety when they check my blood pressure so it just annoys me the way the act. I eat...
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    fasting v post prandial numbers

    Hi everyone I just wanted to ask my fasting blood sugars are now in the 5s but my post prandial can get up a bit depending on what I eat , I am not eating a tonne of carbs but im mostly vegan at the moment. I dont eat crackers bread potato rice pasta at all. Why would this happen ? is it the...
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    Tummy hunger rumble

    Hi I often find I'm going to bed with a rumble in my tummy of hunger. I tested my bs (nurse is said I've never to test and won't prescribe me anymore strips ) and I'm 5.6 which is good for me so I'm wondering would someone with high blood sugar still get a rumbly tummy of hungry? I'm just...
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    Do I still need eye screening

    Hi I took myself from an hba1c of 58 to 42 in like 2 months time frame. I've lost good amount if weight too. Do people in the now pre diabetes category need to still have the eye screening appointments? Im hoping my next hba1c in a few months will show the same or lower numbers