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BG going up instead of coming down?

fumanchu

fumanchu

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Type of diabetes
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Diet only
This last week my husband's been testing in the mid 5s an hour after meals. Then at two hours after, the reading goes up into the low 6s. This is new and he's asking what you think it might be?
He is type 2 diet controlled and eating low carb/mod fat.
 
Fat in the diet causing the carbs to be released slowly so that he rises after the hour
 
fumanchu said:
His meal haven't changed no, but this BG thing is new.
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Diabetes II can usually be regulated with physical activity at first. After a while (looong while for some) the person has to regulate it with medication. After a new period, small or long, a new medication has to be added to the first one. If it's still not well regulated one will probably have to start to use insulin.

Since, the way I have understood you, your husband's blood sugar is beneath 7 mool/L after 2 hours after a meal, he is OK. The procedure is to measure right before meal and two hours after meal. The blood sugar usually goes up 2 hours after a meal. Since physical activity lower the blood sugar, may be he will feel more in control if he takes a walk or some other physical activity and then measure it again. My GP says from 6 - 10 after meals is inside the normal range. I try to keep it beneath 8 after meals.

PS. Stress over time might make the blood sugar to be higher than it used to be. If his blood sugar falls outside of normal range after meals he, either it is this or that that caused it, he has to visit his GP to discuss if he shall make a change in medication.
 
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Ok this helps me understand. I'll stop him testing 1 hour after meals and do it only at 2 hours. But the highest he has ever been is 8.
He has been stressed as hell lately, and he has been too tired and poorly to go for walks (he has heart probs and pernicious anaemia).
Thank you.
 
Sofie2 said:
Diabetes II can usually be regulated with physical activity at first. After a while (looong while for some) the person has to regulate it with medication. After a new period, small or long, a new medication has to be added to the first one. If it's still not well regulated one will probably have to start to use insulin.

Since, the way I have understood you, your husband's blood sugar is beneath 7 mool/L after 2 hours after a meal, he is OK. The procedure is to measure right before meal and two hours after meal. The blood sugar usually goes up 2 hours after a meal. Since physical activity lower the blood sugar, may be he will feel more in control if he takes a walk or some other physical activity and then measure it again. My GP says from 6 - 10 after meals is inside the normal range. I try to keep it beneath 8 after meals.

PS. Stress over time might make the blood sugar to be higher than it used to be. If his blood sugar falls outside of normal range after meals he, either it is this or that that caused it, he has to visit his GP to discuss if he shall make a change in medication.
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I would take issue that T2 can be regulated with exercise at first. I would agree strongly if you have said many find they can regulate their T2 by modifying their diet first, and where possible doing a bit more exercise. In my strongly held view, the most powerful weapon we T2s have is what we eat and drink, with exercise providing a sort of fine tuning sort of difference.

Many people test after an hour to asses how high they go, before it starts to come down again, because some prefer not to have a high peak before they come back down again. There is a school of thought that believes these spikes can be harmful to the small blood vessels.

I do agree stress can impact on blood scores, and it certainly makes sense to keep a sharp eye on that. If the stress is short lived, then it's probably best to ride it out, but keep a very close eye on the diet, but if the cause is likely to go on for a long time, and is affecting the levels to a marked degree, then a discussion with the medics might be in order to either address the stress on help the diabetes a bit.

Personally, I have never taken diabetes medication, and hope to maintain that situation for a very long time. I was only been diagnosed two years ago, but there are plenty others on here with much longer standing, still holding their own, with decent self-maintenance.
 
Well he was diagnosed in 2009, so I think he has done well - but he complains constantly that its hard work.. I think maybe he should back off the one hourly testing and go for two hours, instead of over analysing this. Thanks everybody!
 
It can be hard work keeping good control, but for me it's definitely worth the effort long term when I consider the possible alternatives healthwise. So he's definitely not alone - just encourage him to keep up his good work!

I'm on an LCHF diet, and l generally do my after meal test after two hours, but will occasionally check as well at 1 hour if I think something might cause an earlier spike (e.g. fruit). I prefer to see a slower spike or curve in the belief that it's easier on my pancreas, but I think often it's just what you feel happier with seeing, though.

Robbity
 
fumanchu said:
Ok this helps me understand. I'll stop him testing 1 hour after meals and do it only at 2 hours. But the highest he has ever been is 8.
He has been stressed as hell lately, and he has been too tired and poorly to go for walks (he has heart probs and pernicious anaemia).
Thank you.
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8 is fine 2 hours after eating. Tell him to stop stressing out he could trigger a stroke.
 
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