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I'm sitting here feeling really depressed. Today is Easter Day. A day when the rest of the world is tucking into Easter eggs and having fun. My family knows I'm diabetic so they don't buy me chocolate. I decided to treat myself this year and bought myself a box of Green and Blacks Mini Eggs (tiny little things, they are!). 70% cocoa solids, so I thought the higher the cocoa, the lower the sugar - fine! Oh, how wrong I was! I've had 2 today and I took my blood sugar at 8.00pm having had dinner (chicken kiev, mashed potato - no butter, just creme fraiche and Benecol, and mixed vegetables, no dessert). My blood sugar reading was 11.1! Why??!! Surely 2 tiny chocolates at 2.00pm this afternoon hasn't done that much harm?

I take 500mg Metformin and 5mg Glibenclamide a day.

I've been diabetic since 2001. The first few years were okay. I was good and took control of my diabetes really well. However, in about 2006 things started to slide and I stopped taking my blood sugar readings regularly, stopped taking my medication and became lazy about going for doctors appointments. I was forced to 'wake up and smell the coffee' in January of this year when I was admitted to hospital. My blood sugar was checked regularly there and I was immediately put on medication again because it was high (surprise surprise!!). I promised myself I'd never let my blood sugar control slide again.

Sorry if I'm rambling, but I'm a mess.

Please someone, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Jo
 
Could be the mashed potato or the kievs.Where they breaded?I've been at the mini eggs today as well,will take BS in the morning!

Knowledge is the key to control
 
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<br />Could be the mashed potato or the kievs.Where they breaded?I've been at the mini eggs today as well,will take BS in the morning!

Knowledge is the key to control
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Yeah, the kievs were breaded. I didn't know that would make a difference! Need to see a dietician again, really. Have asked for a referral by the diabetes nurse, but I haven't had one so far. First saw a dietician when I was newly diagnosed but haven't seen one since and I'm really confused about what I can and can't eat.

Jo
 
Hi Jo, sorry you are so depressed, but listen for a start 11.1 is not all too bad, I mean if it is just a one off, and you are allowed a treat now and then, tell when did you test, how long after your meal?

Also I dont think that the tiny couple of eggs caused your sugar to rise, I strongly suspect the mashed potatoes is to blame there.

Read up on low-carb/GI index on food and you will find potatoes are ranked very highly in the GI list of foods (find loads of info on this subject on google).

Dont apologise for rambling, you havent rambled at all and even if you did, it doesnt matter, we are all rambling now and then, and worse, and we are all here to support one another.

So ask as much as you want in here, read the sticky links and postings in here and know that we all care, you are not alone.

Love from

Karen x



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Thanks, Karen. You've really helped.

I tested my blood about 2 hrs after my meal.

My readings are normally between 7 and 8 (a bit different to the 15's and 16's I was getting in hospital! Yep, they were really that bad!!) and I don't normally test after meals. I was invited out for dinner this evening and didn't have chance to take my blood before I ate. I just didn't expect my reading to be as high as it was, so it came as a bit of a shock, I guess.

In future I shall stick to testing before meals, I think!

Jo
 
Mind you I did overindulge yesterday evening (chocolate)and my BS this morning was 7.3 D'ohhhhhhhh.Just broke my record as it hasn't been over 7 for about two months. No more Chocs then!!:(:(

Knowledge is the key to control
 
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