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<blockquote data-quote="TheDude80" data-source="post: 602109" data-attributes="member: 120750"><p>Thankyou for all the replies, my father is coming over tomorrow and we are going to go for a walk and a talk about this. And we're going to do a shop as well.</p><p></p><p>I have a home testing kit, and I'm aware that normal blood sugar should be between 4 and 6 approx, but I'm not sure what the process should be for testing after meals. How long should I wait and what should the reading be at? I tested a couple of hours after a jacket potato and beans (which I discovered only afterwards is NOT a good idea) and it was at around 9.4 I think.</p><p></p><p>I need to start writing these down. The problem is I'm not a very organised person. I need to step my life game up big time to deal with this. I had the eye test and it came back as normal (no risk) but I was waking up this morning with pins and needles in my hands and of course I can't help but think it's to do with blood sugars now.</p><p></p><p>I'm also a very all-or-nothing person, so I'm tempted to try the extreme liquid diet + low starch vegetables approach and just at least TRY to get as close to 'reversing' this as possible. It may be a hope against hope, and I've at least accepted that I have it for the time being at least (my denial stage is OVER now, once I read the levels had raised for the 2nd time),</p><p></p><p>Anyway I should do some reading around here but thankyou for any replies! Still very freaked out but trying to think constructively. Thanks again all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheDude80, post: 602109, member: 120750"] Thankyou for all the replies, my father is coming over tomorrow and we are going to go for a walk and a talk about this. And we're going to do a shop as well. I have a home testing kit, and I'm aware that normal blood sugar should be between 4 and 6 approx, but I'm not sure what the process should be for testing after meals. How long should I wait and what should the reading be at? I tested a couple of hours after a jacket potato and beans (which I discovered only afterwards is NOT a good idea) and it was at around 9.4 I think. I need to start writing these down. The problem is I'm not a very organised person. I need to step my life game up big time to deal with this. I had the eye test and it came back as normal (no risk) but I was waking up this morning with pins and needles in my hands and of course I can't help but think it's to do with blood sugars now. I'm also a very all-or-nothing person, so I'm tempted to try the extreme liquid diet + low starch vegetables approach and just at least TRY to get as close to 'reversing' this as possible. It may be a hope against hope, and I've at least accepted that I have it for the time being at least (my denial stage is OVER now, once I read the levels had raised for the 2nd time), Anyway I should do some reading around here but thankyou for any replies! Still very freaked out but trying to think constructively. Thanks again all. [/QUOTE]
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