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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 902008" data-attributes="member: 88961">I have a feeling your feeling tired and thirsty is directly related to your raised blood sugars.  Honestly, I doubt the Weetabix is doing you any good.  Doesn't your meter tell you that?  It's all very well for your Doc to tell you to follow the Eat Well Plate, but is he seeing exactly what id does to your bloods?I've rather lost track of what meds you're taking these days.  Could you remind me please?A reading of 22.6 would be way, way too high for me, but try drinking lots of water and keep testing your bloods for a couple of hours before trundling off to A&E, unless the numbers get higher or you feel worse.Akindrat, you have yourself on a roller coaster and are either blindly following your GP because you prefer the foods and options following the Eat Well Plate offers you, or you've got yourself very confused.  Either way, this roller coaster will not be doing you any good whatsoever physically, or mentally.  I suggest you get those numbers down a bit (lots of water and fewer carbs), and do some thinking.  Diabetes is a horrid affliction, but so much of how it goes is in our own hands.  If we, the patient/sufferer/whatever we want to call ourselves don't grab control, we are in danger of going onto a slippery slope to infirmity and illness.  You're a bright guy.  You've just finished a degree.  As I understand it, you aren't working at the moment, so I suggest you invest some of the time you have to really thinking about your condition and planning a way forward.  You can't go on as you have been.I'm sorry if all of that sounds harsh, but give yourself a break.</blockquote>

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