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finger prick test at hospital was 14.7

arabia1962

arabia1962

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scotland
Type of diabetes
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Tablets (oral)
I am not due my 3 month Diabetes check up until December but I was in the hospital today for something else and they done the prick on the finger test and it showed up at 14.7 which they said was high, I was diagnosed a couple of years back when I got tested for high BP and found out i have diabetes 2, which can not be managed by metformin as I have diverticular disease and i could hardly get out the house even with the slow release, so now I am on gliclazide 80mg twice a day and sitagliptin 32mg one per day, can any one tell me what the hell will happen next, will 4 x gliclazide per day work, I dont understand how this is so high, I have recently joined a gym and have been there four times in the last week, I have been using the xfit for two years prior to joining the gym, (machine you stand on that shakes you equal to 1 hour in gym they say), I have cut alcohol to once a week, is this reading different from the one you get at the dr's when they take blood and send it away and you get a reading over a three month period, please help i am really worried, I do need to lose weight and find it very hard, because i work at a desk job and then come home at night and want to sleep so i go to the gym before I come home
 
Yes the reading is different from the HbA1c (3 month average blood sugar test). It simply tells you the amount of sugar CURRENTLY in your blood.

It is common for blood sugars in a diabetic to spike in the couple of hours following a meal. Perhaps the high reading was because you had a carby breakfast or lunch 1 or 2 hours before the blood test? If so, there is no cause for alarm. Sugar spikes aren't healthy, but are much less of a concern than if your fasting reading is that high.
 
Hi. Increasing the Gliclazide will not make much difference if you are insulin resistant and if you are overweight you may be insulin resistant. Exercise although very good will not make enough difference. I'm afraid reducing your carb intake (try 150gm/day?) and reducing your weight is the only way forward. If at normal weight and with Gliclazide not helping keep your sugars down then insulin might be needed long term but weight reduction may avoid that
 
When I was first diagnosed my blood registered 26mmol and they were that concerned they put a catheter in me etc etc. Any mammals blood sugars will rise post meal, and in proportion to the carbs/sugars that meal contains. In normal people this rise is soon followed by matching insulin from the pancreas. The problem arises when this high remains high. In ur case, being type 2, your body isn't responding to the insulin (for a numb of poss reasons). The HbA1c value is the average; so if you've only had a handful of spikes then the average will be good still.

Do you walk/cycle to work; if not then that'll help. You can do simple exercises at work at ur desk; what about a small thigh master thing? Also brain funx alters BG. An active brain consumes more glucose; so puzzles/problems help. I know when I do more paperwork at my practice (blood results/lab reports) my BG is lower. But then again I am type 1 so still responsive to my insulin. Wt loss in Type 2's is one of the keys.
 
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