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Can I also add my thanks for that interesting link borofergie, I have a feeling I may have need of it.

I started VLC over a week ago after gradually reducing the amounts of carbohydrates I was eating. So far it seems to be working for me, no spikes and lower BG readings. My weight is still reducing so I can see myself sticking out this new, to me, way of life and I have a feeling I shall have to do a little explaining when I next see my GP for a review.
 
Patch said:
Back OT - no-one has mentioned that you seem to still be taking 2x500mg of metformin?

If you are going low, the first thing I would do in your situation (ie - trying to lose weight) is cut some (maybe 1 or even a half) metformin...

Not advice - just what I'd probably do.
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Thanks Patch. That is an excellent idea. I am actually taking three a day now. I am going to drop one tablet a day right from today. At this point I don`t get any tests over the high 4s, my weekly average is 4.2 this week :angel: I will stock pile the ones I don`t take as I am sure I will be in the same position as BF, and have the whole lot taken off me after review next month.
 
In my mind (and I know I'll get flamed for this!) a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication.......
 
Patch said:
In my mind (and I know I'll get flamed for this!) a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication.......
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Well Patch, it could well be true in this case. I have only been taking 3 a day for about two weeks, and I had already gone into the 4s, and 5`s before going up. I did wonder if I should bother, but did anyway as I am like that ;) I am interested to see if taking one off makes much/ any difference.
 
Jeannemum said:
Patch said:
In my mind (and I know I'll get flamed for this!) a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication.......
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Well Patch, it could well be true in this case. I have only been taking 3 a day for about two weeks, and I had already gone into the 4s, and 5`s before going up. I did wonder if I should bother, but did anyway as I am like that ;) I am interested to see if taking one off makes much/ any difference.
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Yes, but what he meant to say is that "a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication (not including metformin)".

I think that the metformin might have been a factor (because it is supposed to make your liver a little more dump prone).

You definitely had a hypo (low-blood sugar) but it probably wasn't a dangerous hypo (like the ones that our insulin using friends experience). As Pneu said:
Pneu said:
Right... there needs to be a clear definition here... many non-diabetics regularly have blood glucose of below 4 mmol/l... if the mean fasting blood glucose of the general non-diabetic population is in the very low 4's then by definition some people are going to have fasting blood glucose in the mid - high 3's... (3.3 mmol/l is commonly citied as the 'lower level' of normal blood glucose). What you don't see is them regularly falling over or collapsing from hypo's because this is 'normal' blood glucose.
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You were absolutely right to take notice of your "hypo". But I think that for a VLCing T2 suddenly scoffing a big bar of chocolate to rescue this is likely to be counter-productive (and induce even bigger glucose swings). I think you did exactly the right thing, eating something normal, and taking it easy while your levels corrected themselves.
 
borofergie said:
Yes, but what he meant to say is that "a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication (not including metformin)".
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I didn't mean that... I meant:

In my mind (and I know I'll get flamed for this!) a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication.
 
borofergie said:
Jeannemum said:
Patch said:
In my mind (and I know I'll get flamed for this!) a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication.......
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Well Patch, it could well be true in this case. I have only been taking 3 a day for about two weeks, and I had already gone into the 4s, and 5`s before going up. I did wonder if I should bother, but did anyway as I am like that ;) I am interested to see if taking one off makes much/ any difference.
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Yes, but what he meant to say is that "a hypo is just an overdose of diabetes medication (not including metformin)".

I think that the metformin might have been a factor (because it is supposed to make your liver a little more dump prone).

You definitely had a hypo (low-blood sugar) but it probably wasn't a dangerous hypo (like the ones that our insulin using friends experience). As Pneu said:
Pneu said:
Right... there needs to be a clear definition here... many non-diabetics regularly have blood glucose of below 4 mmol/l... if the mean fasting blood glucose of the general non-diabetic population is in the very low 4's then by definition some people are going to have fasting blood glucose in the mid - high 3's... (3.3 mmol/l is commonly citied as the 'lower level' of normal blood glucose). What you don't see is them regularly falling over or collapsing from hypo's because this is 'normal' blood glucose.
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You were absolutely right to take notice of your "hypo". But I think that for a VLCing T2 suddenly scoffing a big bar of chocolate to rescue this is likely to be counter-productive (and induce even bigger glucose swings). I think you did exactly the right thing, eating something normal, and taking it easy while your levels corrected themselves.
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I didn`t think it was dangerous, but I was prepared for that low reading. I used to get that sort of blood sugar drop feeling often when I was slim. A jam butty seemed the best cure.

I was being optimistic with the bar of chocolate idea. If someone had said I had to eat a Milky Bar, I would have been in heaven :lol:
 
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