Daibell said:Hi. You obviously have a fairly complex condition which is not possible for us on the forum to easily assist with. Can I ask how old you are and whether you are overweight? If you are fairly young and not overweight, then late onset T1 diabetes would cause quite large sugar swings but it may not be related to your condition. It might be worth asking your Medics to do a c-Peptide and GAD test to rule out T1 but as these cost I suspect they won't be keen. They also may be irrelevant as your diabetes may be the result of others causes only an HCP can determine. I hope someone is able to pin down the causes of your condition and hence be able to control the diabetes
dawnmc said:It really depends what you are eating Ally. Most of us low carb or at least reduce the carbs in our diet. So what is you diet like? Give us a typical day.
Daibell said:Hi. Thanks for age and weight info. As you say, being a T1 has been eliminated. Yes, you certainly don't appear to have a 'normal' form of diabetes and diabetes doesn't result in pain until body damage results so as you suspect something else may be going on. I can understand why you might want an MRI scan to help provide more information. If you are worried about weight gain with Gliclazide be aware that Sitagliptin is another tablet to consider. It's fairly new and some GPs aren't aware of it. It doesn't cause weight gain or hypos so it might be worth discussing this with your HCP; it helps to reduce spikes after meals. As dawnmc has said you need to let us know what your daily diet is like.
Daibell said:Hi Ally
I have similar sugar levels, but not quite so high, and diabetes meds as you do, but without the pain. I did have dull aches in the abdomen before diagnosis and now wonder whether it was mild pancreatitis that knocked out some cells. I am surprised that no recent GP has followed-up on your possible pancreatitis. In the end it may be worth turning up at A&E when you get back on land and see if you can get them to act. We have a local 'Darzi' walk-in GP clinic which is excellent and an escape route from our very average local surgery. Do you have one you could go? Your diet does seem a bit high in carbs. I would avoid the toast at breakfast and substitute porridge, home-made no-sugar added muesli, egg & bacon etc. Bread is a real carb problem; go for multi-grain or low-GI if you do have it. Most branded cereals have a lot of added sugar and carbs, so do read the packet. I try to keep carbs below 150 gm per day. Some on the forum go for much less
now I am completely lost LOL.Daibell said:Hi. Yes, the majority of us would say the NHS/DUK 'healthy' plate may (or may not!) be healthy for a non-diabetic but it certainly isn't for most diabetics. The plate is based on no scientific research and you may ask yourself why there are so many obese people around. The NHS has little understanding that diabetes is greatly influenced by diet and the medics just chuck more and more meds at it to try to fix it. My diabetes GP told me off for starving myself and said I should have a normal healthy diet. My sugars would be thru the roof if I did. Some other countries such as Denmark, Germany and more recently the USA are now recommending much lower carb diets. BTW, you may like to know that Kellogs is one of the 'partners' to DUK (Diabetes UK); do I need to say any more? Anyway I hope you find more help soon.
dawnmc said:Hi Ally, you may want to have a look at some other websites 'blood sugar 101' is a good one and easy to navigate. By the sounds of your diet it reads like you are have more carbs than most of us will eat. And google paleo. Some people reduce the rice they eat, I don't touch it - why have a little of something when you can fill up on other nice tthings, after all pasta, rice and potato are just fillers. You may find you get hungry after eating carbs.
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