Many thanks for the help I received the other day about my relatively newly diagnosed partner (type 2). We now have a monitor and he has been testing regularly. We are having difficulty finding any pattern to his blood glucose levels at all. For example yesterday first thing in the morning was 9.1 then two hours after breakfast (branflakes with a few sultanas and skimmed milk) and an hour long dog walk 10.9 - not too bad we thought. Today, exactly the same food and exercise 8.3 then 12.3. The lowest ever since monitoring has been 6.6 (after food) and the highest 15.9 (morning before food) but we can't tie this up to anything. Does anyone have any ideas? What is the latest we should eat in the evening - normal for us is around 8.30 but is this too late? He has around a stone to lose and we have given up sugar and alcohol completely (alcohol for a bit to help the weight loss but will be permanent if best). We are eating a lowish carb, lowish fat healthy diet. He is on 1000g metformin taken in the evening and lipsinopril (?) for blood pressure. Sorry if this is confused - bit like me at the moment!
Many thanks for any help you can give. We have not seen the doctor since diagnosis, just the practice nurse.
Many thanks for any help you can give. We have not seen the doctor since diagnosis, just the practice nurse.