Hi
My HBA1c level has increased, I’m not sure by how much yet as I have to wait to see my Doctor. Prior to the test I had been diet control only for 3 months as I refused to take any more Metformin in any form as it totally took my life away.
I bought some test strips (not easy on the state pension) after confirmation of the increase as my Doctor would sooner throw pills at me than help me to stay off tablets by prescribing test strips. Anyway the readings I’m getting are confusing me as I’ve been trying to find out what is increasing my sugar levels.
In the morning when I get up I’m between 5.4 and 5.9 so I’m pleased with that.
Breakfast is cereal with sweetener and two hours later I’m getting between 9 and 12.3. I changed the milk from long life to semi skimmed with no difference, so I reduced the portion size which can’t be described as generous and changed the sweetener and I got a 9 this morning. Is cereal a no no, what’s the alternative, I have to live within a budget.
I get a snack at dinner time, usually a small tin of tuna with red cabbage and or a small amount of cheese and a slice of whole meal bread with marg and I get results between 4.1 and 5.3 after 2 hours again good.
For the evening meal which again cannot be described as generous I’m finding results again after 2 hours of between 8.6 and 10.5 which are not the end of the world.
Now comes the quandary, today being Sunday I had a Sunday dinner, roast beef cauliflower, peas and roast potatoes as midday meal and got a reading 2 hours after of 6.5 which I was very pleased with but for my evening meal I had tuna and red cabbage with a slice of bread and marg and after 2 hours I got a reading of 8.6 which is ok I know but why is it far higher than if I’d ate it midday.
I’ve only been testing for 6 days, perhaps not long enough to get a true picture and I know my readings are not really high but I would love to get them down even more.
Can anyone offer any insight please.
Barry
My HBA1c level has increased, I’m not sure by how much yet as I have to wait to see my Doctor. Prior to the test I had been diet control only for 3 months as I refused to take any more Metformin in any form as it totally took my life away.
I bought some test strips (not easy on the state pension) after confirmation of the increase as my Doctor would sooner throw pills at me than help me to stay off tablets by prescribing test strips. Anyway the readings I’m getting are confusing me as I’ve been trying to find out what is increasing my sugar levels.
In the morning when I get up I’m between 5.4 and 5.9 so I’m pleased with that.
Breakfast is cereal with sweetener and two hours later I’m getting between 9 and 12.3. I changed the milk from long life to semi skimmed with no difference, so I reduced the portion size which can’t be described as generous and changed the sweetener and I got a 9 this morning. Is cereal a no no, what’s the alternative, I have to live within a budget.
I get a snack at dinner time, usually a small tin of tuna with red cabbage and or a small amount of cheese and a slice of whole meal bread with marg and I get results between 4.1 and 5.3 after 2 hours again good.
For the evening meal which again cannot be described as generous I’m finding results again after 2 hours of between 8.6 and 10.5 which are not the end of the world.
Now comes the quandary, today being Sunday I had a Sunday dinner, roast beef cauliflower, peas and roast potatoes as midday meal and got a reading 2 hours after of 6.5 which I was very pleased with but for my evening meal I had tuna and red cabbage with a slice of bread and marg and after 2 hours I got a reading of 8.6 which is ok I know but why is it far higher than if I’d ate it midday.
I’ve only been testing for 6 days, perhaps not long enough to get a true picture and I know my readings are not really high but I would love to get them down even more.
Can anyone offer any insight please.
Barry