Mate,
your success in controling BG seem amazing, could you tell me more in detail how you did it?
I am streesing out each time i eat a bit more at meal times & a dessert after!
Life sucks now as i have to almost give up my hobbies of eating & drinking.
On the brighter side, my numbers are coming down from an average of 16-22 mmo/L to now 8-10 mmo/l
fasting BG is still a challenge at 8-9 despite all my effort to eating only veg for supper
on mets of 500 twice daily
Hi, Dom. Glad to see those numbers reducing. They are going in the right direction. Although 8-10 is still a little high, it is not something to panic over now. I still get high days if I make the wrong meal choice, but I just log it and then move on. When you deal in averages like I do, then the occasional peak loses its significance and I stop worrying about them.
Fasting bgl is the last level to reduce, ans I concentrate ongettingmy post prandials down (i.e. readings after meals). If the 4hr PP is still high then the morning reading will tend to be high too, they follow each other. I found that altering my medication time wrt to meal time had a small but significant effect. Now I try to take my meds 30 mins before I start my meal since my Metformin needs to dissolve in time.
I am on Gliclazide tabs with the Metformin, and this has been both good and badfor me. On the good side it helps me produce a bit more insulin, but on the bad side it places me in the area where I can get hypo's, so I found i was having to add in extra carbs to prevent one, and then I was bouncing up high again. Now I am cutting down on my Gliclazide tabs in the evening, and am no longer having the lows. But as a result my average levels have gone up slightly ( but still around 7).
I find I have to be careful on what carbs I eat. Sometimes a biscuit or a banana can spike me unexpectedly so I have stopped my desserts completely since they do nor help me. If I feel hungry then there are snacks you can get away with, such as Babybel cheeses, pistachio nuts, and 85% chocolate are ones I use. Use your meter to find ones that suit you.
One thing I do use that has helped me is Bitter Melon capsules I have a thread going in <<Mind, Body, and Spirit>> section.. i cannot say it reduces my bgl, but it does seem to bring all my readings closer together. But it does have gastric side effects.
The main advice i can give is that I refuse to become hung up on numbers or targets. I do what i can to improve my condition, thats all. Stressing over numbers only makes bgl worse, so avoid doing it. i refuse to carb count, or weigh my portions etc, Life is short enough as it is.
