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Rokaab said:
Do note that many T1's do not need to cut carbs, whereas many T2's do, so porridge for T1's can be dealt with by the insulin we take, but as a T2 you may have more issues with it (many T2's on these forums will totally avoid porridge)
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I would avoid porridge like the plaque, it's :yuck::yuck:
 
nigel john said:
no I did not, my nurse told me to check my bs once a day
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Your nurse is wrong. If you want to see what your food choices are doing to your blood sugar levels you need to check immediately before you eat and again 2 hours after first bite. This is probably the only way to find a diet that is suitable for your body to cope with. Shredded Wheat plus the milk, will be doing you no good at all, and nor will testing once a day.
 
nigel john said:
tbh it's between 7 and 8 most days but it was 8.5 today
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That's... Pretty high.

Thing is to test before a meal and 2 hours after the first bite. If you go up more than 2.0 mmol/l, you know the meal was carbier than you could process back out again. (Practically all carbs turn to glucose once ingested). Just randomly testing doesn't tell you all that much, other than "you're high", which you probably already knew without testing. Not whether what you're doing about it works. (Whatever that may be. Meds, diet, a combo...)
 
nigel john said:
tbh it's between 7 and 8 most days but it was 8.5 today
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That is high, and after eating breakfast cereal it will be even higher. Tomorrow morning, test before breakfast and again 2 hours after you start. You may have a shock. You can tell us what happens on here if you wish.

If you want your levels to improve, and your HbA1c, there is no point whatsoever in only testing once. What is it telling you? What are you learning from it? Only one thing - it is high. It does not tell you why.
 
I’m in agreement. Once-daily testing has its place when you are very experienced with your own condition and know exactly why you are testing and what the data means to you, but for building a picture of the effects foods are having on your body it’s next to useless...not unlike most diabetes nurses...

Sorry if I sound terse but sometimes we just have to be told the truth for our own good.
 
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