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Feeling Lethargic.

jenner68

jenner68

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Location
Northampton
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I had some breakfast an hour and a half ago but and I now feel lethargic. I took my blood glucose and it was 9.5mmol. Does this mean I now need to go far a walk to try and burn the glucose off?. I am trying to gauge when I don't feel at my best and try to recognise it and then do something. I am not on any meds as such for diabetes other than blood pressure meds which I was taking before I was diagnosed which the D/N said she would have put me on anyway. Whats the best thing to do?
 
Are you testing before after your meals? And are you keeping a record of how many carbs you are having?
 
jenner68 said:
I had some breakfast an hour and a half ago but and I now feel lethargic. I took my blood glucose and it was 9.5mmol. Does this mean I now need to go far a walk to try and burn the glucose off?. I am trying to gauge when I don't feel at my best and try to recognise it and then do something. I am not on any meds as such for diabetes other than blood pressure meds which I was taking before I was diagnosed which the D/N said she would have put me on anyway. Whats the best thing to do?
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what did you eat?
 
I did not do very well with the blood glucose yesterday after experimenting with Aldi version of shreddies and Total Sweet xylitol. I had not tested my fasting BG before breakfast. The DN said that shreddies were supposed to good for diabetics but this combination did not work for me, oh well thats the end of that idea. Back to brown bread toast. The DN said the fatigue phase should end soon as I am adjust to lowering carbs and not having sugary drinks/white bread but sometimes get these big spikes. She was pleased I had lost 6 pounds in weight. I had a lot of sleep last night and my BG this morning was 5.3
 
jenner68 said:
I did not do very well with the blood glucose yesterday after experimenting with Aldi version of shreddies and Total Sweet xylitol. I had not tested my fasting BG before breakfast. The DN said that shreddies were supposed to good for diabetics but this combination did not work for me, oh well thats the end of that idea. Back to brown bread toast. The DN said the fatigue phase should end soon as I am adjust to lowering carbs and not having sugary drinks/white bread but sometimes get these big spikes. She was pleased I had lost 6 pounds in weight. I had a lot of sleep last night and my BG this morning was 5.3
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So was that 5.3 before you ate breakfast? Then what did you eat for breakfast, did you have toast? And did you test afterwards? The reason I ask is that I’m not sure that toast (even made from brown bread) will be any better than cereal. Both are high carbohydrate and you may find it spikes your levels.
 
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