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tinyfilosofer said:
Can I use my toes for blood test when my fingers resist it?


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Hi. I wouldn't. The sugar trace in the blood stays in certain places for certain lengths of time but does actually move around pretty quickly, and the part where the reading is most reliable (ie. most recent sugar trace) is the hand. Some people use the palm of the hand, but I'd stay away from the toes. The link below should explain more clearly.
https://www.bd.com/us/diabetes/blood-glucose-monitoring/how-to-test/alternate-site/
 
tinyfilosofer said:
3:30 pm I was 7, without eating anything and did a 5 mins gentle exercise, I'm 10. That's strange right?


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Me again...it's not really unusual for this to happen as the body thinks it needs more glucose for more energy due to the exercise. Some people say aerobic exercise is best, others say different, but I reckon we all have different reactions to different things..that said, I know form experience that its best for me personally to always eat even just a little prior to exercise..but systems do vary. It is remarkable that I found out about my reaction to exercise, coz I hardly ever do anything..but with good reason - I am lazy!
 
Lol!

Yesterday i woke up with hypo and was on a high whole day, like I drank a can of beer. I was happy and carefree and didn't give a **** about working very hard.
I think in some way it is a good thing.
I've always been under a lot of self inflicted pressure to work very hard and was always guilty if I didn't fill every minute with multiple tasks.
Now I just don't give a bear about it. (Sorry still can't swear. Maybe I'll learnt that in a bit.)


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skph said:
Hi there. The beginning of your condition is liken to be living in a totally new house. You must sit down and write down all the activities that you would do on a regular routine. Chart out the entire week. Then write down your present health conditions and the medications prescribed to you. When that's done, you pretty much have your whole life on that sheet of paper.

Next comes the planning and scheduling of each groups of your life's activities - daily routines, health, medication and mental conditions.

Remember, success depends on your will to stick to the plan. And your motto is Plan-Do-Check-Action. The good old saying " ...Every battle's success is not what YOU PLAN TO FAIL....the dire consequences is what YOU FAIL TO PLAN...." well something like that.

The initial plan may not be smooth sailing. That's where the cycles of PDCA comes into play. You refine the plan until in fits your new life like a glove.

You are required to keep this new house clean and tidy. INSIDE & OUT. Always trim the grass and remove any weeds, regularly. No shortcuts. No delays. No forgets. No excuse. All thats inside the house kept neat and tidy - if possible improve the living conditions and upgrades whenever necessary.

Now the most difficult part of the plan is the mental condition. Because this area is the most critical of all. Think of it as a marriage bond you have to embrace. For everything to work, the mental condition has to come to an acceptable compromise.

Another thing, maintaining this new house doesn't exclude you from getting another helping hand outside. Sure, you can get all the correct people to do all the work. But end of the day, its still your house!

Finally, all these can be sum up to three principles that you must keep in mind. Exceise. Diet. Medicine.
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Excellent contribution and I love the acronyms... So helpful when you're trying to develop a new rhythms.

My two favourites which I think are apposite here are:

Plan, Do, Monitor, Review

And

SMART - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time limited.




Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, BPM 85, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

16/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 6O, 11st 5lbs, waist 30", PWV 7.0. Lifelong migraines and hay fever gone.

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting, occasionally longer fasts.
 
Does insulin freeze in winter (below 0 degrees Celsius) when one carries it around outdoors? This end of year will be my first winter as a diabetic. Sorry for silly question.


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tinyfilosofer said:
3:30 pm I was 7, without eating anything and did a 5 mins gentle exercise, I'm 10. That's strange right?


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Always remember that your body core directive is to survive. Means that you must eat to stay alive. And that means whatever you do, with or without eating, your body don't change that directive.

So it must burn fuel - cells metabolism taking place. When you eat, the food breaks down in your stomach and convert to glucose - body's fuel. Then insulin hormones send out by your pancreas so that the glucose be metabolise into the cells that needed energy. And result, you are still alive.

That's human biology metabolism 101.

But in periods when you are not eating, outside your meal time your body turn to stored glycogen and fats get converted to glucose by your liver and supplied to where it's demanded in your body. And so you have a spike in glucose. Remember even when you do not move, you are still burning fuel non stop. The biggest fuel burner is your brain.
But then, glucose is not the only fuel used.
 
tinykangrooo said:
Hello I am still learning about this T2 and how it effects me so l have a question for you all and maybe someone has the answers lm looking for ... I've been unwell for the last week bloods etc have been ok,however yesterday whist out l felt faint shaky etc lucky l had my testing things on me and took a reading 3.5 ended up having something to eat took a while to feel right. Today lve had the same thing again any ideas is had breakfast lm on meterformin Sr 500mg per day
And ideas greatly recieved
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Dear friend. You had an episode of hypoglycemea. 3.5mmol/l is dangerously low. Cure is consume heavy sugar water and sit down for at least 20mins minimum.

You must be not having sufficient meal or high dosage of insulin jab. The term is glucose deficiency.
 
Daibell said:
Hi. Yes, that was a mild hypo. It's unusual for Metformin to cause low blood sugar like that but even some non-diabetics can go that low. I wouldn't worry about it but do keep measuring when needed and have some glucose tablets with you. If necessary test before driving if you don't feel A1. It may be that you need to have a low level of carbs throughout the day to smooth your blood sugar and stop it going too low.
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Metformin and any other diabetic meds only arrest the symptoms momentarily...But it can never cure you.

Your body need to be switched into the right state so that it can start self healing and repair. When you rest and sleep, it's in maintenance mode.

So how you may ask then is the right state to be!?

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tinykangrooo said:
Hello I am still learning about this T2 and how it effects me so l have a question for you all and maybe someone has the answers lm looking for ... I've been unwell for the last week bloods etc have been ok,however yesterday whist out l felt faint shaky etc lucky l had my testing things on me and took a reading 3.5 ended up having something to eat took a while to feel right. Today lve had the same thing again any ideas is had breakfast lm on meterformin Sr 500mg per day
And ideas greatly recieved
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Dear friend. You had an episode of hypoglycemea. 3.5mmol/l is dangerously low. Cure is consume heavy sugar water and sit down for at least 20mins minimum.

You must be not having sufficient meal or high dosage of insulin jab. The term is glucose deficiency.

After you recover, sit down and rethink your situation.


skph said:
Hi there. The beginning of your condition is liken to be living in a totally new house. You must sit down and write down all the activities that you would do on a regular routine. Chart out the entire week. Then write down your present health conditions and the medications prescribed to you. When that's done, you pretty much have your whole life on that sheet of paper.

Next comes the planning and scheduling of each groups of your life's activities - daily routines, health, medication and mental conditions.

Remember, success depends on your will to stick to the plan. And your motto is Plan-Do-Check-Action. The good old saying " ...Every battle's success is not what YOU PLAN TO FAIL....the dire consequences is what YOU FAIL TO PLAN...." well something like that.

The initial plan may not be smooth sailing. That's where the cycles of PDCA comes into play. You refine the plan until in fits your new life like a glove.

You are required to keep this new house clean and tidy. INSIDE & OUT. Always trim the grass and remove any weeds, regularly. No shortcuts. No delays. No forgets. No excuse. All thats inside the house kept neat and tidy - if possible improve the living conditions and upgrades whenever necessary.

Now the most difficult part of the plan is the mental condition. Because this area is the most critical of all. Think of it as a marriage bond you have to embrace. For everything to work, the mental condition has to come to an acceptable compromise.

Another thing, maintaining this new house doesn't exclude you from getting another helping hand outside. Sure, you can get all the correct people to do all the work. But end of the day, its still your house!

Finally, all these can be sum up to three principles that you must keep in mind. Exceise. Diet. Medicine.
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I stand corrected.

2 years ago I know nothing about the conspiracy of my disease.

Now I retract what I said.

T2DM is Reversible and not CHRONIC.

Low carb and fats. Water Fasting be the way to slowly reverse it.
 
@skph Are you aware that you are responding to a thread that is almost 2 years old so your advice is a little overdue on this thread ?

Also 3.5mmol/l is not dangerously low so this is alarmist information, it is treated simply with glucose and this is repeated every 10 minutes until blood glucose levels rise above 4 mmol/l when a small carb snack should be eaten.
 
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