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Hello everybody.
I am a 29 year old diabetic. I have been diabetic for 28 years. My partner and I have decided to try for a baby, but my last hba1c was 8.3 so obviously I need to sort my diabetes out first.
I usually eat potatoes or white pasta for lunch.
I have found that my blood sugar before eating is between 5 and 8.
Two hours after eating it is between 8 and 10
Then 4 hours afterwards it is back to being between 5 and 9.
Today I ate a normal-sized plate of spaghetti, but it was brown spaghetti instead of my usual white pasta. I heard that this was better for diabetics. Three hours later I was 19!!
Why did I go so high? And is it normal for your bloodsugars to continue rising even 3 hours after eating, if you eat brown wholefoods? Why are they reputedly better for diabetics?
I am terrified of becoming pregnant because of freak bloodsugars like this.
Edit - Two days ago when I woke I was 6.5. I did 6 units of insulin for two slices of toast. 2 hours later I was 8.3
This morning my bloodsugar was again 6 when I woke up. I ate the exact same two slices of toast. 2 hours later I'm 15.
???
I am a 29 year old diabetic. I have been diabetic for 28 years. My partner and I have decided to try for a baby, but my last hba1c was 8.3 so obviously I need to sort my diabetes out first.
I usually eat potatoes or white pasta for lunch.
I have found that my blood sugar before eating is between 5 and 8.
Two hours after eating it is between 8 and 10
Then 4 hours afterwards it is back to being between 5 and 9.
Today I ate a normal-sized plate of spaghetti, but it was brown spaghetti instead of my usual white pasta. I heard that this was better for diabetics. Three hours later I was 19!!
Why did I go so high? And is it normal for your bloodsugars to continue rising even 3 hours after eating, if you eat brown wholefoods? Why are they reputedly better for diabetics?
I am terrified of becoming pregnant because of freak bloodsugars like this.
Edit - Two days ago when I woke I was 6.5. I did 6 units of insulin for two slices of toast. 2 hours later I was 8.3
This morning my bloodsugar was again 6 when I woke up. I ate the exact same two slices of toast. 2 hours later I'm 15.
???
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