Engineer88
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- Type of diabetes
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Thank you 13 lizanneWell done @amgrundy your BG levels are fabulous! And all achieved in 4 weeks! you are a star. Hope that your story inspires @jziggy
I have a similar story once I started low carbing my blood sugar dropped into the normal range very quickly. Good luck @jziggy sounds like you're well on your way to low BG levels already. X
Wow 19.3 ! Well after that I feel so much better as although I was not told what my reading was, I did my first reading today after just one week and it was 9.1 which I know is not good but if I was off the scale a week ago, I must be doing something right ! I will start again fresh in the morning now without food and see how I go, testing before and after food Thank you for the food examples, boy do I need them as I haven't a clue at the moment what I am doing ha haHi Ziggy I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago with a reading [ off the scale ] 19.3 now 4 weeks later with controlling diet 7.1 this morning. I eat bran flakes and blueberries for breakfast and alternate it with poached egg 1 slice of dry cured bacon, grilled tomatoes. Lunch rivitas with low fat cheese spread or cottage cheese lots of salad including red peppers Dinners chicken fish tuna mackeral etc with plenty veg. No sugar in tea drink coffee [black] everyone on here eats different things too, what suits one might not suit another but just giving you examples of what works for me. Hardly eaten any potatoes never eaten rice [ not a lover] eat melon regulary.
Thank you for your thoughts, I feel so much better ! I was petrified of checking my blood myself after being told I was off the scale and cannot believe I came away without a number. 9.1 this morning after breakfast, although it took me a good hour to pluck up the courage to do it. Not ideal i know from looking on here, but not as bad as I first thoughtI think this 'off the scale' comment by medical professionals is highly UNprofessional. And dramatic. And nonsensical.
A reading of 19mmol/l is nowhere near 'off the scale', since home meters usually go up to 30 or 33 mmol/l as standard! Readings higher than that come back as 'Hi' and the manual recommends the user contact their doctor.
In the UK doctors regularly see people with reading in the high 20s, and send them home with metformin, or an appointment the next week. We see these people turn up on the forum regularly. It isn't ideal, but it happens.
What I suspect is that the medical professional in question was looking at a chart that stopped at lower figures. But that doesn't mean that higher figures are not possible, and often exist on other charts.
Such readings are not ideal, and they should be reduced by diet, exercise or medication. But there really is no need for such an absurdly melodramatic beside manner.
'off the scale' indeed.
*wanders off muttering indignantly at such ridiculous scaremongering*
I have to go back to the Doctor in May after taking 2000mg Meformin a day and he will discuss further. Hoping to lose 2 stone before I see him so fingers crossed !Are you having tests to confirm you are definitely type2???
I found bran flakes one of the worst breakfasts for spiking my blood glucose.Hi Ziggy I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago with a reading [ off the scale ] 19.3 now 4 weeks later with controlling diet 7.1 this morning. I eat bran flakes and blueberries for breakfast and alternate it with poached egg 1 slice of dry cured bacon, grilled tomatoes. Lunch rivitas with low fat cheese spread or cottage cheese lots of salad including red peppers Dinners chicken fish tuna mackeral etc with plenty veg. No sugar in tea drink coffee [black] everyone on here eats different things too, what suits one might not suit another but just giving you examples of what works for me. Hardly eaten any potatoes never eaten rice [ not a lover] eat melon regulary.
That's ok, I hate bran flakes anyway and I was told to stay away from cereal altogether from the pharmacist where I got my meter. I find breakfast the most difficult meal of the day when at work.I found bran flakes one of the worst breakfasts for spiking my blood glucose.
I think this 'off the scale' comment by medical professionals is highly UNprofessional. And dramatic. And nonsensical.
A reading of 19mmol/l is nowhere near 'off the scale', since home meters usually go up to 30 or 33 mmol/l as standard! Readings higher than that come back as 'Hi' and the manual recommends the user contact their doctor.
In the UK doctors regularly see people with reading in the high 20s, and send them home with metformin, or an appointment the next week. We see these people turn up on the forum regularly. It isn't ideal, but it happens.
What I suspect is that the medical professional in question was looking at a chart that stopped at lower figures. But that doesn't mean that higher figures are not possible, and often exist on other charts.
Such readings are not ideal, and they should be reduced by diet, exercise or medication. But there really is no need for such an absurdly melodramatic beside manner.
'off the scale' indeed.
*wanders off muttering indignantly at such ridiculous scaremongering*
Now you see this is why we are getting mixed messages on what to eat, my diabetic nurse told me to eat cereal, now after the comment about bran flakes I am not so sure.
HI thanks for the link above will read itIt seems to be a very personal thing .Some foods spike you, others don't ,and it's different for each of us .That's the benefit of testing before and after meals .It lets you know what shoots you up .
This programme is quite interesting .This was posted on another thread about the possible interaction of stomach bacteria to blood sugars .http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/art...on-weight-and-not-others-and-can-we-change-it
Couldn't agree more @Brunneria For all those members thinking omg my BG is 10 or over .I could post you my last weeks readings and there isn't one less than 20 and yesterdays was 29.1 .The doctors hardly bat an eyelid ,they just up your insulin or Metformin and send you on your merry way .Been high for months and months and all they've done is mess about with different meds .I'd managed to get it down to around 12 by fasting and following advice from certain members here but for some weird reason it shot up just before Christmas and has stayed up yet again *sigh*
I would think it might be time for a GAD and C peptide to see if maybe you progressed to needing insulin? That is what happened to me. Went from 85-100 fastings for years and overnight popped up over 200 and couldn't bring it down for anything.
I'm already taking Insulin Kristin.Have been for some time .It IS time for me to ask them to change it rather than keep upping it .I'm already taking 100ml morning and night
I'm using Novamix 30 Flexi pen Kristen it's a mixture of both Basal and Bolus .It isn't clear what the exact measurement is as it is pre filled and I turn my dial to 50 units of insulin and press but my diabetic consultant wants to add another injection .I started on 20 but they have just kept upping it for all the good it's done . This has measurements but they are as clear as mud http://www.medbroadcast.com/drug/getdrug/NovoMix-30Sorry, what does 100ml convert to in US? Are you bolus/ basal? Numbers seem high for that no?
I have yet to speak to a person who was well controlled on mixed insulin. It sounds downright dangerous to be honest.
Btw, 100ml is 100ml no matter which country you're in