there shouldn't be a problem if you have a treat now and then every so often, but not a whole packet! That's why we experiment! To see what we can get away with. I love baked beans, I have done so many tests and experimented and I can manage about a dozen at one meal.
Wow. Diagnosed t1 8.5months ago and having a look around the forum and found this post. I had NO IDEA RH even existed. I didn't understand that those who do not inject insulin can also experience lows and hypo's! I'm really sorry to be so ignorant, but do they know what causes RH? I obv know the reasons behind t1 and t2 diabetes, but unsure of the reasons behind RH? Is it your pancreas doing "too good" a job when you are eating carbs and miscalculating how much insulin you need? I have to admit, I feel really selfish for sometimes feeling **** about having t1 when I can use insulin to correct my condition. Hats off to every single one of you and full support to you x x
Quick reply is yes!Wow. Diagnosed t1 8.5months ago and having a look around the forum and found this post. I had NO IDEA RH even existed. I didn't understand that those who do not inject insulin can also experience lows and hypo's! I'm really sorry to be so ignorant, but do they know what causes RH? I obv know the reasons behind t1 and t2 diabetes, but unsure of the reasons behind RH? Is it your pancreas doing "too good" a job when you are eating carbs and miscalculating how much insulin you need? I have to admit, I feel really selfish for sometimes feeling **** about having t1 when I can use insulin to correct my condition. Hats off to every single one of you and full support to you x x
Sorry, no!@nosher8355 and anyone else in the know.
My appointment request has come through already! Gloucester is my closest however it is offering me other choices: South Bristol-diabetes nurse led, southmead-diabetes, Bristol royal- diabetic medicine, Chippenham -general diabetes, Hereford -general diabetic management and medicine, Cheltenham -general diabetic consultant led, Tewkesbury -general diabetic consultant led or Gloucester general diabetic consultant led.
Does it matter which one or have you heard good things about any of these?
Thanks
It will, I believe that the endocrinologist will order tests to determine your condition.Thanks @Brunneria I'll do some research tonight. @nosher8355 that was a quick response, hope i can book quickly.
I had a weird one yesterday. In the morning i had a coffee, 1 slice of toast and a nectarine. 2 hours into work i feel my head swaying. It got better.
4.6 after work so had some grapes while cooking dinner, an hour later I ate salmon, brocolli, asparagus, baby corn. An hour later my blood was 4.9 another hour 4.4 then I forgot as i emptied my daughters lunchbox and ate 1 hula hoop. 1 not a bag at the end of that hour my blood was 5.3.
Good thing i haven't hypo'd but I start feeling the spin at 4.5 so its annoying. It seems sometimes my body kicks in and helps itself but not others. It's going to take a long time to figure this out.
T1 & T2 are about insulin resistance.Thanks for the info Brunneria and nosher8355! It sounds like the exact opposite of t1 - My bg levels go high after I eat carbs and RH BG levels drop after eating carbs? I still can't quite believe RH exists - have mentioned it to a few people in the last few days and will be doing some of my own research to find out more about it. No harm in having more knowledge and spreading awareness eh? x x
It's going to take a long time to figure this out.
My bg levels go high after I eat carbs and RH BG levels drop after eating carbs?
Good post. I agree with our sensitivity as we are going into hypo and around the 4 mark you can feel it, as I have with going above 7or 8 when I eat too much, still, low carbs, but when I eat too much protein and salad and my quick spike (well it's a high for me!) Around 7 is when I feel it after around the half hour mark.Once you're on the right path then things will fall into place quicker than you expect, to be prepared for information overload.
I can't speak for everyone but in my case (before I was on LCHF) it's my BG levels go high after eating carbs +2hrs, but it's what I feel like afterwards at +4hrs is what's makes me different and RH. At 5.2mmol/l I'd start feeling symptoms of lowering BG, at 4.7mmol/l I'd feel like hypo is around the corner, by the time it gets to 4.2mmol/l I'm taking action to prevent further unpleasant discomfort. If I didn't then it would continue to fall, and by 3.5mmol/l I'd be seriously unhappy person without carbs right now.
Bare in mind a typical person wouldn't be bothered about 4.0mmol/l BG. So there is an issue of perception or an offset of about +1 to +2 mmol/l.
To counteract these unpleasant symptoms, I'd stuff my face with carbs all the time, which in turn lead to obesity, and now diagnosis of T2. I guess other RHers have arrived at being T2 as well via this problem. In fact, going along with what @nosher8355 says about this condition being misdiagnosed and mistreated. I was told if drinking a can of soda helps then by all means do so!! I've now learned that is not the case it only makes things worse.
The advice of eating modified carb diet was wrong. They should have put me onto LCHF straight away and taught me all about my sensitivity? to carbs. Instead the didn't know anything about it and were just guessing.
T1 & T2 are about insulin resistance.
RH is about insulin over production.
In that respect, we are opposites.
But they are both endocrine conditions.
I have posted a new blog, there's a link below.