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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1643343" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>If you want to find your personal carb tolerance level you do need a meter. If and when you get one we can help you use it to your best advantage. Everyone of us is different in which carbs we can cope with, and how many. You will find people on this forum eating between less than 20g a day up to about 100g a day. People taking insulin tend to eat more because they can (if they want) inject extra insulin to cover extra carbs. Those of us on Metformin or diet only cannot do this, we have to rely on our own natural insulin production. In my opinion, 50g carbs per meal is far too much.</p><p></p><p>Your doctor will have offered you statins because the NHS guidelines are to put all diabetics on statins, which can be counter productive because these pills can raise blood sugar levels and can have unpleasant side effects. If I were you I would ask for a print out of your test results so you can see for yourself which tests you had, what the results were, and what the standard range is. It is often essential to have these print outs as we have a lot of blood tests and need to know how we are progressing or deteriorating. Never rely on doctors or nurses to tell you. They are too fond of saying "fine" or "all is OK" when you may be teetering on the edge of not being. You need to know. It isn't just glucose that is important to diabetics, it is also cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, liver and kidney functions. By the way, if you are in England your surgery may put test results on line. You can ask about this service and how to register for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1643343, member: 94045"] Hi and welcome, If you want to find your personal carb tolerance level you do need a meter. If and when you get one we can help you use it to your best advantage. Everyone of us is different in which carbs we can cope with, and how many. You will find people on this forum eating between less than 20g a day up to about 100g a day. People taking insulin tend to eat more because they can (if they want) inject extra insulin to cover extra carbs. Those of us on Metformin or diet only cannot do this, we have to rely on our own natural insulin production. In my opinion, 50g carbs per meal is far too much. Your doctor will have offered you statins because the NHS guidelines are to put all diabetics on statins, which can be counter productive because these pills can raise blood sugar levels and can have unpleasant side effects. If I were you I would ask for a print out of your test results so you can see for yourself which tests you had, what the results were, and what the standard range is. It is often essential to have these print outs as we have a lot of blood tests and need to know how we are progressing or deteriorating. Never rely on doctors or nurses to tell you. They are too fond of saying "fine" or "all is OK" when you may be teetering on the edge of not being. You need to know. It isn't just glucose that is important to diabetics, it is also cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, liver and kidney functions. By the way, if you are in England your surgery may put test results on line. You can ask about this service and how to register for it. [/QUOTE]
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