Think I'm OK for Breakfast, generally have a "Fry" or Kippers with eggs.
Reason, I know that cereals & Porridge send my sugar sky high.
Problem I think is Lunch:-
I tend to have 5 or 6 pieces of fruit:- Apple/Pear/banana then two prunes & a Fig
Is this bad??
To answer questions posed:-
1 Number of Hypo's since Low Carb. approx 5, how do I feel in Hypo state:- Sweaty & shaking.
2 Yes I did advise the nurse of all details. I had a Spread Sheet of all results/details of actions taken in Hypo situation. She even praised we on the details supplied.
3 My forward action today:- I'm going to keep to the Low carb. Lunch, Meat + Salad & then I just might "forget" to take the Gliclazide tablet this evening. I will test 2 hours after Supper & then just before bed.
In my experience it takes a few days for Gliclazide to leave the system entirely (they affected my insulin ratios for 3 days even after I stopped taking them). If you're still taking it during the day your test results might be influenced by those doses.Said I would come back with results, here they are.
To recap, after change of diet BS fell after Supper from average of 6.0 before to 3.5, 2 hours after with further declines by bedtime countered by sweet biscuits.
Nurse did not agree with cutting out evening Glicazide tablet.
So for two nights I have "forgotten" to take the evening Glicazide!
Results, having had our normal Supper type meals:-
Friday BS before Supper 6.2, 2 hours after Supper 6.8 & at 22:00 8.0
Saturday BS before Supper 5.0, 2 hours after Supper 5.6 & at 22:00 4.9
After this 4.9 bedtime reading I had a sweet biscuit.
Therefore proof,( in my mind) that the evening Gliclazide should be stopped with medical approval.
Agree?
One question, was I wrong in having a biscuit after a 4.9 bedtime reading & are there other ways to counter this.
I intend to " forget" to take the Glicazide again this evening
Said I would come back with results, here they are.
To recap, after change of diet BS fell after Supper from average of 6.0 before to 3.5, 2 hours after with further declines by bedtime countered by sweet biscuits.
Nurse did not agree with cutting out evening Glicazide tablet.
So for two nights I have "forgotten" to take the evening Glicazide!
Results, having had our normal Supper type meals:-
Friday BS before Supper 6.2, 2 hours after Supper 6.8 & at 22:00 8.0
Saturday BS before Supper 5.0, 2 hours after Supper 5.6 & at 22:00 4.9
After this 4.9 bedtime reading I had a sweet biscuit.
Therefore proof,( in my mind) that the evening Gliclazide should be stopped with medical approval.
Agree?
One question, was I wrong in having a biscuit after a 4.9 bedtime reading & are there other ways to counter this.
I intend to " forget" to take the Glicazide again this evening
I agree with Helga, it does seem to be wrong to have a sweet biscuit when you are diabetic.Does seem a little counter intuitive being diabetic and eating sweet biscuits so you can continue to take a medication... But what do I know, I'm not a Doctor...
I think she was saying the nurse is probably wrong to keep you on a drug you don't need, especially since you have to compensate for its effects by eating extra foodI agree with Helga, it does seem to be wrong to have a sweet biscuit when you are diabetic.
But what should I do? See my full post #69, where stopping Gliclazine when on low carb. has reduced the problem of going into Hypo condition.
But was I wrong to counter the 4.9 bedtime reading or should I have just gone to bed & slept?
But it still does not answer the base question which was should, with a bedtime reading of 4.9,I have put extra sugar into my body?I think she was saying the nurse is probably wrong to keep you on a drug you don't need, especially since you have to compensate for its effects by eating extra food
But it still does not answer the base question which was should, with a bedtime reading of 4.9,I have put extra sugar into my body?
But it still does not answer the base question which was should, with a bedtime reading of 4.9,I have put extra sugar into my body?
Bluetit/Satin Doll, Thanks just what I wanted, guidance.I don't know, and I doubt anyone else does. 4.9 isn't low, it is normal, but it may have been on a downward trend and gone much lower later on. Only you can judge that. Maybe your answer is to test a few times during the night to see what is happening? In most of us our livers take care of any over night lows and keep us nice and stable, but with your medication that may not happen.
I would say better safe than sorry and eat that one plain biscuit. Then keep "forgetting" your tablet for a few more days and write everything down, then re-visit your nurse with written comparisons between taking the tablet and not taking it.