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Hello I'm new and having some problems that I hope some of you could help me with. I've been diabetic for 25 years. Diagnosed anyway.
This all started because my hba1c went up to 8.6 and my general practitioner said it needed to come down. I was on Metformin for many years until it started backfiring on me and giving me what felt like gallbladder attacks. So I had to go off of it and my bgs went way up to 18-19.
I'm on Diamicron, Januvia and Invokana 100 units of levemir and about 20 units of humalog a day.
So after getting the news from my doctor I thought no problem I'll just go low carb and get things straightened out. I used to eat this way until the Diabetic Education Clinic told me that I was going to harm myself by not eating carbs and they said I needed to start eating them again... I've been put on more and more medication for the last 10 years and all was fine until I could no longer take metformin.
I have cut carbs gradually and was very happy to let go of the Invokana because there were so many horrible side effects. Then I cut the insulin down until I was just on the two meds. At first I could not go under a bg of 7 because I felt like my heart was going to pound out of my chest and my family figured out I was low in potassium. So it's all okay now. I was happy with being in a steady 6-7 bg for a few weeks until... my bg's started upward again with a full low carb diet. I still take the 2 oral meds and back to the 100 units of levemir a day plus about 10 units of humalog... while low carbing, high fat diet.
I don't understand what is going on.. how can my bgs go up when I'm not eating any carbs?
This has never happened and the low carbing has got me on track a couple of times in the past. I know now that this has to be the way I eat for the rest of my life. I have some neuropathy, fatty liver, multiple cysts on the kidneys and fibromyalgia.
With the past experience with professionals in canada I'm hesitant to ask for help.
Anyway any thoughts would be appreciated...
TY
This all started because my hba1c went up to 8.6 and my general practitioner said it needed to come down. I was on Metformin for many years until it started backfiring on me and giving me what felt like gallbladder attacks. So I had to go off of it and my bgs went way up to 18-19.
I'm on Diamicron, Januvia and Invokana 100 units of levemir and about 20 units of humalog a day.
So after getting the news from my doctor I thought no problem I'll just go low carb and get things straightened out. I used to eat this way until the Diabetic Education Clinic told me that I was going to harm myself by not eating carbs and they said I needed to start eating them again... I've been put on more and more medication for the last 10 years and all was fine until I could no longer take metformin.
I have cut carbs gradually and was very happy to let go of the Invokana because there were so many horrible side effects. Then I cut the insulin down until I was just on the two meds. At first I could not go under a bg of 7 because I felt like my heart was going to pound out of my chest and my family figured out I was low in potassium. So it's all okay now. I was happy with being in a steady 6-7 bg for a few weeks until... my bg's started upward again with a full low carb diet. I still take the 2 oral meds and back to the 100 units of levemir a day plus about 10 units of humalog... while low carbing, high fat diet.
I don't understand what is going on.. how can my bgs go up when I'm not eating any carbs?
This has never happened and the low carbing has got me on track a couple of times in the past. I know now that this has to be the way I eat for the rest of my life. I have some neuropathy, fatty liver, multiple cysts on the kidneys and fibromyalgia.
With the past experience with professionals in canada I'm hesitant to ask for help.
Anyway any thoughts would be appreciated...
TY