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Type 2 Erratic, but rising blood glucose levels.

I've not had steroids yet, goodness knows what would happen if I did! Thanks to all of you for your advice, input and general info. It's comforting to know that I'm not alone with this disease and have other sufferers I can reach out to.
 
JoKalsbeek said:
It's not "as if" you're unable to deal with carbs, and they get stored, built up and whatnot... That's exactly what T2 is. An inability to process carbs. Practically all carbs turn to glucose once ingested. The glucose gets stored in fat cells, as it isn't getting burned off and has no place to go at that point, but when the fat cells are full, it spills over into everything else: your blood stream, organs, tears, saliva, urine... I remember being so fatigued I'd lay in bed and wish I could go for a lie down, then realise I already was, and it wasn't helping. Fatigued to the point of pain. Sometimes my legs would just give out, there was no strength in them, and I'd go to my knees with a rather mighty thud. (I was over 100 kilo's then. Man, that hurt...). So I do get where you're coming from. If you want to maintain your weight, eat regularly, so indeed, no fasting or OMAD, but eat as low carb as possible. Maybe go carnivore (nearly or totally no carb) , or keto (20 grams or less a day). You'd be able to snack in between, as long as it'd be a no or nearly zero carb snack, like pork scratchings for instance... You'd keep your weight up to par without upping your blood sugars. You don't need carbs to keep your energy up.
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Hi Jo,

How did you manage to combat your awful fatigue, or are you still plagued by it?

Alan.
 
Alan9009 said:
Hi Jo,

How did you manage to combat your awful fatigue, or are you still plagued by it?

Alan.
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Low carb/high fat took care of it. I assumed it was my usual vitamin D deficiency and my hypothyroidism, I didn't know it was T2-related, as I didn't, at the time, know that i actually had that, and had it for years already. Once I got my blood sugars under control, the fatigue and muscle weakness went too. Still, it is worth it to get Vit D checked at least, if it doesn't markedly improve.
 
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