- Messages
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi,
I was diagnosed as having Type 2 diabetes in May this year after years of feeling, well, ****. I knew I couldn't eat sweet foods and then most carbs (pasta, potatoes, bread - rice generally seemed to be okay, though, possibly most of the starch was rinsed off beforehand?). I am not overweight, in fact I could probably do with adding a couple of stones. I finally went for two blood glucose tests, the first was 13 and the second was 17.
I was given Gliclizide to take once a day with breakfast and told to eat all the low-fat stuff I could find. I found this really difficult as the Gliclizide gave me a weird buzzing feeling and caused me to eat pretty much non-stop all day long. I tried taking a half in the morning and sometimes a half in the afternoon or at night and that seemed to be a bit better. At least I wasn't eating constantly!
I recently bought a BG tester and seem to have my levels right down and possibly under control, although I still feel rubbish quite often. I have tried without the Gliclizide today completely and have been eating little carbs but back on the fats as per many discussions on this forum for the past few days now (thank goodness - I wouldn't wish Ryvita and cottage cheese on anyone). I just tested myself before dinner and my BG was 5.5 - going to test again a couple of hours after dinner. Can my levels come down so quickly? I tested in the morning when I woke up a couple of days ago and got 7.2 which is the highest reading I have had since starting a few days ago. I have mostly been testing during the day when I don't feel great to see if I am too high or too low (I'm still not entirely sure how to tell which is which - it's all feeling bad to me) and the readings have come back between 4 and 6.2 so I'm not sure why I am still having moments of feeling like this. Maybe getting used to lower carbs?
I've been running more these days, usually every morning I can, and have signed up for a 10k in October to run for Diabetes UK as a bit of motivation. I don't drink any more (might have to change my username!) and that's probably helping as I did like my ales.
Hoping to get some great advice and help with all this!
I was diagnosed as having Type 2 diabetes in May this year after years of feeling, well, ****. I knew I couldn't eat sweet foods and then most carbs (pasta, potatoes, bread - rice generally seemed to be okay, though, possibly most of the starch was rinsed off beforehand?). I am not overweight, in fact I could probably do with adding a couple of stones. I finally went for two blood glucose tests, the first was 13 and the second was 17.
I was given Gliclizide to take once a day with breakfast and told to eat all the low-fat stuff I could find. I found this really difficult as the Gliclizide gave me a weird buzzing feeling and caused me to eat pretty much non-stop all day long. I tried taking a half in the morning and sometimes a half in the afternoon or at night and that seemed to be a bit better. At least I wasn't eating constantly!
I recently bought a BG tester and seem to have my levels right down and possibly under control, although I still feel rubbish quite often. I have tried without the Gliclizide today completely and have been eating little carbs but back on the fats as per many discussions on this forum for the past few days now (thank goodness - I wouldn't wish Ryvita and cottage cheese on anyone). I just tested myself before dinner and my BG was 5.5 - going to test again a couple of hours after dinner. Can my levels come down so quickly? I tested in the morning when I woke up a couple of days ago and got 7.2 which is the highest reading I have had since starting a few days ago. I have mostly been testing during the day when I don't feel great to see if I am too high or too low (I'm still not entirely sure how to tell which is which - it's all feeling bad to me) and the readings have come back between 4 and 6.2 so I'm not sure why I am still having moments of feeling like this. Maybe getting used to lower carbs?
I've been running more these days, usually every morning I can, and have signed up for a 10k in October to run for Diabetes UK as a bit of motivation. I don't drink any more (might have to change my username!) and that's probably helping as I did like my ales.
Hoping to get some great advice and help with all this!