Well, feeling 100% better today. Was a very frightening few days though, thank goodness for this forum, Especially Andrew. The responses were quick and very helpful. It's certainly a fraught time being newly diagnosed. Even though I was a qualified Nurse, it was still frightening, too much knowledge can be a real bad thing, I had everything from pancreatic cancer to Acidosis and Ebola with a dose of Glaucoma and retinal myopathy. Your imagination just runs away with you. I'll be at the surgery tomorrow at 8am on the dot to get my blood sugar done. I can't fault the service here even though I am in the middle of nowhere, (Galera, Granada , Spain if you want to google it). There is a surgery every weekday you can make an appointment on-line even for the same day, if it's urgent you can see the doctor immediately, in fact once I was really ill with a pulmonary embolism the doctor was up here to me in my house 10 mins and an ambulance here in 15mins. If you have no transport an ambulance will take you to the hospital and bring you home again after treatment. On weekends and bank holidays a doctor comes at about 12ish to the village to see anything urgent, give injections etc. I can bet you don't get that service any more in the UK. The only problem is the language, I'm doing my best but it's not easy. Luckily a local Spanish lady who speaks English will accompany you to the doctors for 10 Euros. She also will do Hospital visits taking you in her own car for 10 Euros an hour. Usually I can manage without, but not when it's urgent and confusing as in the last few days. A big thanks once again It's a great forum.
Blood sugar was still high 238 even though I have had no sugar and very few carbs in the last two days. Less than 200 grammes a day of carbs and no sugar. Still got affected eyesight and dry mouth. I have had a horrible taste in my mouth since the onset a few days ago that nothing seems to shift. I only drink tea and water and 1 coffee with Stevia. I wonder if that 1 cafe con leche has too much milk as I have it in the local cafe?. How long does it usually take for your blood sugar to go back to 'normal' from a 430+ high?. Stilll, feel a lot better, even made my own Hummus.
I should try and persuade your nurse to give you a meter immediately - provided she also gives you enough test strips to map out what foods spike your blood glucose.You get so much conflicting info that it's difficult to work it out. Anyway I am aiming for 1000 ish calories a day with most meals less than 20 mg carbohydrate and no sugar giving my total carb intake for the day under 200 ish. I'm using Stevia as a sweetener and a little bit of Honey in my morning oatmeal.Strangely enough for a fat bloke I do get a fair bit of exercise with walking my dogs, I live high up so it's a fair walk down to the village centre, about 3 miles round trip altogether with deviations at the dogs leisure, .at least once a day.It's OK going down, it's the coming up that's heavy going. As for spiking on oatmeal I thought oats were slow release?. I have dried cranberries about six, and a chopped up date in My morning oats. This morning I had less oats but had a chopped up banana instead. I have been having Hummus on two sesame ryvitas for my lunch. Then some lean meat and veggies for my evening meal. I snack on pepitas which are the size of grass seed, they are the toasted inside of sunflower seeds. The Nurse will give me a meter when I get the blood sugar settled, so I see her every two days. I would have bought one by now if she wasn't giving me one, a meter that is.The local supermarket are doing whole Serrano ham shoulders cheap for Christmas so I'll get one and I can incorporate that into the diet. I do miss my bread and chips so much.Be interesting to hear what other people on the forum are eating/not eating then I can get some Idea of the sort of stuff I can eat. Especially what people are eating instead of Bread and chips to make you feel ;full'.
I am going to see the nurse today, the Meters selling in Baza Pharmacies are an outrageous price compared to Amazon or Ebay. I'll ask her for one today and if no joy I'll order one on line. I want to see the doctor too, my eyes are still playing up and the mild headache 'behind' my eyes has turned into pain. I am worried because my friends brother went blind quite quickly. As I said earlier I take MST so shouldn't have any or much pain. It's 1am and my imagination is running away with me...
You get so much conflicting info that it's difficult to work it out. Anyway I am aiming for 1000 ish calories a day with most meals less than 20 mg carbohydrate and no sugar giving my total carb intake for the day under 200 ish. I'm using Stevia as a sweetener and a little bit of Honey in my morning oatmeal.Strangely enough for a fat bloke I do get a fair bit of exercise with walking my dogs, I live high up so it's a fair walk down to the village centre, about 3 miles round trip altogether with deviations at the dogs leisure, .at least once a day.It's OK going down, it's the coming up that's heavy going. As for spiking on oatmeal I thought oats were slow release?. I have dried cranberries about six, and a chopped up date in My morning oats. This morning I had less oats but had a chopped up banana instead. I have been having Hummus on two sesame ryvitas for my lunch. Then some lean meat and veggies for my evening meal. I snack on pepitas which are the size of grass seed, they are the toasted inside of sunflower seeds. The Nurse will give me a meter when I get the blood sugar settled, so I see her every two days. I would have bought one by now if she wasn't giving me one, a meter that is.The local supermarket are doing whole Serrano ham shoulders cheap for Christmas so I'll get one and I can incorporate that into the diet. I do miss my bread and chips so much.Be interesting to hear what other people on the forum are eating/not eating then I can get some Idea of the sort of stuff I can eat. Especially what people are eating instead of Bread and chips to make you feel ;full'.
If I ate that many carbs you'd be retrieving me from the ceiling!You get so much conflicting info that it's difficult to work it out. Anyway I am aiming for 1000 ish calories a day with most meals less than 20 mg carbohydrate and no sugar giving my total carb intake for the day under 200 ish. I'm using Stevia as a sweetener and a little bit of Honey in my morning oatmeal.Strangely enough for a fat bloke I do get a fair bit of exercise with walking my dogs, I live high up so it's a fair walk down to the village centre, about 3 miles round trip altogether with deviations at the dogs leisure, .at least once a day.It's OK going down, it's the coming up that's heavy going. As for spiking on oatmeal I thought oats were slow release?. I have dried cranberries about six, and a chopped up date in My morning oats. This morning I had less oats but had a chopped up banana instead. I have been having Hummus on two sesame ryvitas for my lunch. Then some lean meat and veggies for my evening meal. I snack on pepitas which are the size of grass seed, they are the toasted inside of sunflower seeds. The Nurse will give me a meter when I get the blood sugar settled, so I see her every two days. I would have bought one by now if she wasn't giving me one, a meter that is.The local supermarket are doing whole Serrano ham shoulders cheap for Christmas so I'll get one and I can incorporate that into the diet. I do miss my bread and chips so much.Be interesting to hear what other people on the forum are eating/not eating then I can get some Idea of the sort of stuff I can eat. Especially what people are eating instead of Bread and chips to make you feel ;full'.
Be interesting to hear what other people on the forum are eating/not eating then I can get some Idea of the sort of stuff I can eat. Especially what people are eating instead of Bread and chips to make you feel ;full'.