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Questions about my BG results 1 and 2 hours after my meal

sujane said:
I say you are very lucky to be getting strips if you are type 2.... Where I live my GP refuses to give strips and does not advocate testing at all in between the HBA1c tests.... they say the strips are too expensive to prescribe. I am under the hospital for my control as its not very stable and gets effected by all kinds of things and then behaves for a while without reason... my specialist insists on strips as I am on gliclazide which can cause hypos.... I get hypo symptoms at readings of (old) 4.5 . so the consultant emailed my GP and insisted they give strips... they still refused... that went on for 18 months... I now have found a doctor in the practice who says " just see me, i'll sort it".... but what an effort... So if you are getting enough strips to test four times every meal, well done... I have 50 and they want me to make them last as long as possible... at least a month. My argument is, on here the type 2 testing programme is advocated, and I know it helps me control as when I test regularly I get better control... so why is it there is a charge to register on the programme is its been proved testing gives better control and the NHS want to cut down on costs ... better control = less complications - less hospital costs.... make the testing scheme free to everyone .. I can't afford to pay to go on the scheme...
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Seems like our surgery is not to bad then My husband when diagnosed T2 and the first time he saw the DN was given a meter without him even mentioning testing and told he would get strips on prescription also his GP put him straight onto the slow release Metformin when most people seem to have to ask for that after having problems with the normal one
 
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Marieukxx said:
For those who don't know I suffered terrible terrible neuropathy for months before being diagnosed. Tingling pins and needles like a billion ants crawling on my feet and up my legs. On my hands and arms. My groin and eventually my face. I also suffered non stop muscle twitches, blurred vision, I was very snappy. Eventually one day my legs were tingling so bad it was like an intense buzzing like they were gonna take off! The next day the side of each leg was numb and they remain numb still but the tingling has gone.
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Have you been tested for B12, folate, anemia, etc? Neuropathy can be caused by more than just diabetes.
 
Marieukxx said:
Yes he tested for all that at the time as well as diabetes
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In that case, I'd be concentrating on keeping your BG levels in the normal range as much as possible. Though it doesn't work for everybody, many people have reported improvements in neuropathy over time - but it does take quite a long time for the improvements to occur.

The other thing that might be worthwhile trying is a gluten free diet - gluten can have neurological rather than intestinal effects on some people (see Dr David Perlmutter, "Grain Brain").
 
Just weighed an that's another 2 lbs off. 13 stone 1 lb now considering I was 15.5 stone recently I think that's pretty good going.
 
Thanks AnnieC. That "2 hours post meals guideline is under 8.5" is the info that I came to the forum today to look for! (Found the same info again at: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html).

I was wondering as my diabetic specialist said, at my last appointment, that my post-meal BM was "too high", without telling me by how much! LOL!

So thanks for posting that info.

Frankly, I find this forum & website almost as informative - if not more so - than the specialist. The NHS doctors simply don't have the time to tell the patients everything the patient needs to know! :-/ Plus appointments often feels like a lecture; it's difficult to concentrate when they're looking at/talking to you from only a few feet away, & it's much easier to absorb data/information when reading it in your own time.
 
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NoSugarBabes said:
Thanks AnnieC. That "2 hours post meals guideline is under 8.5" is the info that I came to the forum today to look for! (Found the same info again at: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html).

I was wondering as my diabetic specialist said, at my last appointment, that my post-meal BM was "too high", without telling me by how much! LOL! So thanks for posting that info.

Frankly, I find this forum & website almost as informative - if not more so - that the specialist. The NHS doctors simply don't have the time to tell the patients everything the patient needs to know! :-/ Plus appointments often feels like a lecture; it's difficult to concentrate when they're looking at you from only a few feet away, & it's much easier to absorb data/information when reading it in your own time.
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There is some evidence (bloodsugar101.com) that the incidence of diabetic complications reduces significantly if your BG does not rise above 7.8, with an hba1c of under 6 (around 40 in new units).

The guideline of 'under 8.5 2 hours after meals' was chosen a long time ago. A lot more info is now available, but (like so many other institutional medical targets) has not been changed to reflect the new evidence.

This is one of the reasons that healthcare professionals expect diabetes patients to slowly decline - telling people to aim for levels which cause deterioration will do that...
 
Here's my figures for the day.
Fasting 5.2
Breakfast at 9am
10am 6.0
11am 5.6
1pm 5.1 post exercise
6.30pm 4.8
10.30pm 2hrs post eating 5.5
Could not get a 1hr post eating as out with the grand kids.


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@Marieukxx

Many thanks. Only diagnosed on 14th July. Not drunk alcohol since, cut back the carbs, increased the exercise and dropped just over a stone. Oh, I stopped the metformin after 8 days, was only doing 1 a day but decided no way was I doing drugs the rest if my life. Pre diagnosis I never had any typical symptoms and did not feel unwell. I had chest pains and through my private medical insurance had a full contrastedia ct scan that showed a completely disease free heart! Last Friday I had the pics done of the back of my eyes which again show absolutely no signs of pin prick bleeds or any other signs of diabetes. In fact my eyes have improved since the last eye test.
I am on a mission to get the excess weight off, eat healthy and get my BS down without any meds. I have an appointment with the GP next Friday and then the following Friday my first DN appointment. Hope to have some bloods to see if any improvement and urine test as I have never had one? Also I have only ever had one hba1c not had a second confirmation one? Will be asking for a GTT as well.


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Today's numbers

Fasting 4.8
Breakfast at 9.30
10.30 - 6.2
14.04 -4.5 post exercise
17.20 - 5.2
Dinner at 19.45
20.45 - 6.0
21.45 - 5.7


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