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Do I Need To Be Concerned?

Aligrl72

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Hiya everyone! I have yet to be diagnosed, but have an appointment with my GP in the week.

I’ve been having many diabetic symptoms which led me to start monitoring my blood glucose. Upon waking I was 7.1 and I tested every two hours after eating. So, after breakfast, lunch and dinner my sugars were:
10.8
9.3
8.7

Does it look as if I’ve got type 2? There is a prevalence of type 2 on my dad’s side (all 6 siblings have it and one of his parents), my son was diagnosed at 12 years old with type 1 and a few of my cousins are type 2 as well.

Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated x
 
Ni @Aligrl72, You could look at the thread of blood sugar levels to get an idea, but I cannot diagnose nor can others on site, as I have no health professional registration. I hope all is made clear to you when you visit your doctor and after that by all means let us know what your diagnosis is! Good luck !
 
Oh no, I wasn’t asking for a diagnosis. I’m merely wondering others experiences before being properly diagnosed. Like are those blood glucose numbers anything to be concerned about?

I’ve looked at the blood sugar levels thread. I can see my bg is on the diabetic side, but I also know that many gps and dn think 10 is acceptable and don’t want you to regularly check your bg. My partner is type 2 and that’s always what we seem to hear. I know having elevated bg levels is terrible in the long term. I really don’t want to be fobbed off at the gp. Like I said any thoughts or advice would be great x
 
Between now and your appt perhaps you could test before the first bite of food and then again at two hours after your first bite. This will indicate how long it takes you to return to pre meal readings. Also note down what you ate as this has a bearing on readings.
 
My original post shows I’ve done that, well for one day, but I will continue to do so until my appointment. I’ve also been writing down what I eat. x
 
Aligrl72 said:
My original post shows I’ve done that, well for one day, but I will continue to do so until my appointment. I’ve also been writing down what I eat. x
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Keep the record by all means but daily testing (in THIS instance) runs a distant last to the full bloods as only THEY can tell you your average over the preceding 3 months. Dailys do not
 
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You might have to tell them first by the way
 
Aligrl72 said:
My original post shows I’ve done that, well for one day, but I will continue to do so until my appointment. I’ve also been writing down what I eat. x
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Actually you are only showing two hours post eating - what were the PRE-eating values - ideally a 2 hour post eating reading should be no more than 2mmol/L higher than the reading taken immediately before 1st bite/chew/swallow.
 
Bamba and Rachox, the 7.1 was upon waking @ 12:10. I worked late and couldn’t sleep so ended up staying up until 4am. I ate maybe 10 minutes after I took my bg and waited a little more then 2 hours to check which gave me the 10.8. As I woke so late I ate after I checked and then 2 hours later it was 9.3. The only one I didn’t check right before eating was at dinner time. The bg 2 hours after was 8.7.

I’m monitoring my bg again today and will make sure I do it before every meal and 2 hours after.

Thank you for your help x
 
can you let us know what you ate too, as this can also give some ideas about how to work with this.
 
I was in a rush yesterday so I ate 2 pieces of whole meal toast with butter for breakfast. Lunch was 1/2 cup cooked whole meal pasta with ham & peas (no sauce) and 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter. Dinner I ate chicken, 1 small sweet potato and green beans.

This morning I ate 40g of porridge with 2 tsp xylitol sand 1/2 cup blueberries. I was 5.9 before I ate and 2 hours later my bg was 10. I’ve skipped lunch as was out running errands.
 

Your meals have a few high carb elements in them. As a type 2 I wouldn’t be eating bread, pasta or porridge, all carbs turn to sugar once eaten. I’m afraid your pre and post breakfast readings today, show you aren’t tolerating carbs well and as you suspect you may have tipped into type 2. Tell your GP about your readings, but to diagnose he’ll need to do two HbA1c tests.
 
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