Blood sugars, can someone explain this please?

[markcunn2]

I was due to go in for an operation this week and when I went for my pre op assessment last week my blood sugar was 12.5, which they said was too high so I had to go and do a fasting blood test to see what that did. And guess what, it followed the same pattern I've had since being diagnosed as diabetic. Fasting level was up to 19, and I was extremely careful the 2 days before hand. On the spot finger prick tests give me a reading hovering between 8 and 11, and the 12.9 one was roughly 90 minutes after eating lunch as I wasn't aware I was being given a blood test.

Been told that the operation will now be cancelled until my sugar gets under control. How can I stop my fasting levels being higher than the on the spot finger prick tests? Am so cross now about this that I am tempted to tell them to stuff the operation and go onto the NHS waiting list.

I don't eat rice or pasta, only eat at most 6 slices of brown bread over a week, so roughly a slice a day. Don't drink fizzy drinks every day, I have maybe one bottle of Fanta a month as a treat now and then, but never near blood tests. I exercise for 45 minutes a day, portion control is better than 2 years ago and generally I thought I was going in the right direction with my sugars. Evidently not.

Just curious to see if anyone else has experienced this as a diabetic, as I cannot get into the diabetes clinic for a week now.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Between 8-11 is still highr (as you found out) than hospitals would want to operate on. Higher levels can present complications such as healing slower...

It would be worth speaking to your diabetic care person over the phone if you could, to see if you can get a change of meds possibly. Other than that it will be down to you and your food and exercise. How many carbs are you averaging each day?

 

[markcunn2]

50g at breakfast, 50g for lunch and then 100 for my evening meal. I wanted to try the 5:2 diet but my GP said it wouldn't be suitable for diabetics to do. Atkins is apparently not good either, and whilst I know carbs aren't good for me, I see no reason why I should drop carbs completely.

Trouble is, I get different advice from 4 different healthcare professionals and I am at a loss to know who to listen to. 5:2 is no good because of the sharp drop in calories intake apparently, and the Atkins is not good because the high protein would damage my kidneys. I have a horrible fear now that my GP will say enough is enough and start me on insulin. Me and my GP have been working together to try and stop the insulin; indeed left up to the community diabetes lot I would have been on insulin for a year now. Someone on another Forum said it would be better for me, I could eat what I like with insulin and there would be no need for a low carb diet. Surely that cannot be true?

I managed to get an appointment at the end of surgery with my diabetes nurse on Wednesday afternoon/evening.