Tummy pain has completely gone! Almost overnight when I cut down the carbs. my DN said my BG should be between 4-6 before meals, I've tested a couple of times & it's usually 9ish. The only decent reading I get is in the morning when I can get a 7. Gosh this carbs thing is hard, what do you substitute them with? I wasn't keen on cauliflower rice & I'm not a fan of salad. I can now tell when my levels are on the rise as I'm dreadfully grumpy & tired. How can you bring it down tho? I've grabbed the dog & gone out for a walk but that's impossible when I'm at work. I've only been prescribed one pot of strips as they wont give me any more
Most of we T2s have ended up self-funding our testing regimes. There's no point discussing how wrong that is, because I think, for now, we're stuck with it, unless you can persuade your practise otherwise. Some have managed it.
Initially, in my view, we need to test a lot, so that we can understand which foods to what to our blood scores. Whilst it's fair to make bold statements like, "no pasta, bread etc", the reality is we each have different tolerances and what impacts me worst may not cause you a problem, or vice versa. So, the testing is as much about finding out what you
can eat as what you can't.
Most of us have bought the SD Codefree meter from Homehealth:
http://www.homehealth-uk.com/medical/blood_glucose_monitor_testing.htm . The strips are significantly cheaper than anything else I've found, reliably (i.e. not buying the odd cheapo pot from eBay). My own research was that the big name meter strips are c£20+ for a pot of 50, whereas the Codefree strips work out at just over £5 a pot, provided you buy 5 or 10 pots in a single order. So, realistically, the order of 5 pots is about the same cost as one pot of the big brands.
Initially, we usually find we test a lot, then, once we have a good sense of our no-no foods, we can rein it back a bit. I consider it to be an investment in my health.
The discount codes for the Codefree are:
5 pots - 264086
10 pots - 975833
The code goes in at the checkout.