I have type 2 diabetes. My blood glucose moves up and down throughout the day within a range of 20 to 40 mg/dL - (another way of putting it is between 6.4 and 7.5 mmol/L or 5.8 and 8.1 mmol/L).
My experience with unusually high blood glucose levels was similar to Patricia21's initially. I was experiencing bladder discomfort. The doctor I saw after hours found no infection, so the next day she tested my blood glucose level. It was was 282 mg/dL (15.7 mmol/L). I had no idea. I was shocked.
That was the first time my blood glucose had been checked in 4 years, second time it had been checked in 6 years. During the months leading up to that day, I was tired but pushed through our annual fundraiser and family holiday doings before and after Christmas. A month later, I left employment and slept 10 to 12 hours a day for 3 weeks. I'm in my mid-50's and had never experienced that level of exhaustion before, yet I recovered. Though emotionally, if something happened that I wasn't expecting, I would over react, so in that sense, I hadn't fully recovered.
Now that I've been on the low carb diet for 4 months, and my blood glucose levels are stable, I feel the same whether my blood glucose is 100 or 200 mg/dL (5.6 or 11.1 mmol/L) - the latter has has only happened once over the last three months.
Thankfully, I have a blood glucose meter again, and I use it daily.
I think the worst part of having type 2 diabetes, for a bit more than 10 years now, was feeling hungry and thinking about what I was going to eat next every 1 to 2 hours. Now that I've eliminated a lot of carbs from my diet, I feel calm. I'm no longer fighting those nagging urges to figure out what I'm going to eat next. And it's wonderful.
@spiritguide it's more challenging when we have multiple health issues. I have inflammatory bowel disease and subclinical hyperthyroidism in addition to having a bad bout of chest pain a month or so after I was re-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It takes time to sort out the symptoms and what can and cannot be managed with diet, nutritional supplements, exercise, and, if needed, medical treatment. All we can do is learn everything we can about each condition and try different strategies until we find what works best for us. Be gentle with yourself. It takes a lot of time and effort to get back to that place where we're feeling good again some or most of the time.
