The fact that you got a 12 does not in itself pose a problem, in fact many people who have not been diagnosed with diabetes but in fact a "pre diabetes" may say have something like a steamed pudding and after have bread and butter pudding, 30 minutes later they may have a BS of 14 yet after 2 hours it has dropped to 8 and after 6 down to 4. Your liver may have and probably did subscribe to the high level, you may also have had a cold, your BS may also be an abnormally high say 8 before you were diagnosed as DB. What I am saying is do not get paranoid, we are all different. The main test is your vision and reactions. Having sugar may even be a situation whereby you are overdosing with sugar. Never just take sugar stuff, if you want to check do so but do not just take sugar!I fell asleep before I gave myself an insulin injection last night so my fasting glucose this morning was 10.6. I have taken the insulin 3 hours ago now but am wondering how high is too high to drive? I do not get lows below 4.0 in part because I fear them and eat enough to keep my blood glucose higher. I have read many postings here and all seem to deal with lows but surely there is a cutoff for highs as well? I read the UK regulation for insulin users to test at least twice a day and not have more than 1 hypo in the last 12 (months?). I meet that regulation. I am in the USA and had to declare my diabetes and insulin use here but am just required to carry candy in the glove box. It's sort of a nuisance because my mother who has dementia remembers where the candy is and continually takes it out and eats it. I would not drive with blurry vision which I get when my BG is really high but what actually is the cut off?
Have you tried Greek yogurt with a sprinkle of peanuts or sunflower seeds? Nuts in general make a good snack but just an ounce or two ounces at a time.Nuts with fruit will slow down the sugar spike from the fruit. I had a pork chop for a snack last week. We had an extra one left over from dinner that day. Cheese is very low carb and satisfying.What a relief to hear of others with high readings, I have Steroid induced type 2 and my readings start between 5 and 7 in the mornings then anything up to 20 during the day then back to about 11 to 14 at bedtime, I can eat a really healthy salad and it will be high another day I can eat a roast dinner and some chocolate and its down to 12, I was diagnosed a year ago, my GP has said not to worry eat anything in moderation, I am all over the place, my eyes do blur when it's high but not been told not to drive, I am not on insulin as had a reaction to it, after one shot half an hour later thought I was have a hypo dreadful, I need to eat every few hours but never know what to snack on only fruit, I always feel better when had a meal, but worry about the high readings.
I find this quite interesting. I have had type 2 for many years and only tested by GP once a year, being told it is not necessary for me to test. It is only recently that I get the strips on prescription, so therefore never tested before driving.[/QUOTE]Under the new DVSA rules all type 2 drivers are required to test theior blood sugars prior to setting off on a journey and then again at 2-hourly intervals.
Which piece of the road traffic act or DVLA guidance is that covered in? For them to use it in court there has to be an offence committed when driving at that level, i.e. some piece of legislation or guidance being contravened. It isn't, so it wouldn't get used. And for huge numbers of people, being at bg levels between 12 and 20 is quite normal, sadly.If your involved in an accident and knowingly drove at bg over 12, the cps could prosecute under section 2 road traffic act, you would have to prove that you were not impaired by having high BG, burden of proof is on you.
Imagine a jury being told what symptoms of high BG are and you saying I was fine the accident wasn't my fault.