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Going thru all the tests

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SteveN1966

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi All

About a month ago I went for one of the age related health checks, weight, height, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar.
came away with a result of high sugar and blood pressure. Wasn't entirely surprised, I'd had people mention Id lost weight, had been feeling thirsty more and peeing more at night. Ignored it for longer than I should have.
Anyway followed that up with a face to face with the Dr, she sent me for a blood test for pretty much everything, from liver function, to prostate. Everything normal apart from sugar levels very high.
She put me straight on Metaformin and Gliclazide, more tests, stool, urine, another blood, and today a CT scan.
Since I went the original health check, cut out anything potatoe based food, no fizzy drinks, no added sugar in tea / coffee or cereal and white rice is out
Added more fish, steak, chicken, mushroom, peppers, garlic, eggs, blueberries, strawberries to my diet food bills gone up , not touched a canned food since original health check.
When you analyse your diet its crazy how bad for sugar levels it can be.
Getting on the exercise bike more.
I was probably a stone to stone and half more than I am now, My weight at the moment is pretty much spot on for my height.
Do seem to be keeping my sugar levels a lot more in the normal range now.
The biggest downer is I go a lot of music festivals. And its always been nice have a few drinks over weekend , looking like I'll have to miss the drinking side.

Steve
 
what are you blood sugar levels ? you do test then I imagine
 
When I had the initial health check it was 11, I started checking straight after and was seeing readings in the 20's at times.
Changed my diet and that brought it down but never below 8.5 without meds.
Been on meds since last thursday , ranging from 4.6 to 9, still learning what spikes me
 
Hi and welcome.

You seem to have got a grip of the approach pretty quickly. As far as drinking goes - in relation to the carb content - spirits are zero carb, and wine is roughly equal to beer in terms of carb content. The issue is that we don't normally drink wine in the quantities we drink beer, so most people find that it's better to cut the beers.

The good news (if you're a beer drinker) is that there are a few good low to zero carb beers around. They're usually a bit more expensive but work well as beers in their own right - they're not "beer substitutes".

Thread here: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/zero-carb-beer.192130/
 
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] did they do other tests to establish you were definitely type two. Just a heads up your age is not a barrier to getting Type One. There are many of us here with a later diagnosis. The fact that you lost weight tends to be a bit of a red flag. Don’t assume.
 
Hi, still waiting for a full diagnosis, over the last couple of weeks, done 2 bloodtests, stool, urine , CT scan today. got another follow up with the Dr beginning of November. but she's put me on tablets straight off.
 
Thanks for that, my big worry with the alcohol is Ive read it lowers blood sugar, Also with the tablets it says 2 units per day. Don't want have levels at nearly normal then go even lower with a drink so my plan is avoid alcohol, or 1 pint with food and done
 
Alcohol can lower blood sugar. Only real way to find out its impact on you is to try one pint and see. But make sure you have fast acting glucose and carbs to hand to raise your blood sugar if necessary. When I’m out and about I find fruit pastilles easy to carry, and for slower carbs packs of two wrapped biscuits keep well.
 
Alcohol certainly lowers my BG, although it takes a bit of quantity for that to become evident. I've had one particularly nasty experience. While the liver is metabolising alcohol, that process is stopping the liver making and releasing glucose (which is one of the things livers do). If in addition you've got medication that advises no, or limited, alcohol it would be sensible to follow the advice.

My point though is not about the alcohol content, it's about the carb content of alcoholic drinks. This link might be helpful.

The Best and the Worst Alcoholic Drinks for Keto - Diet Doctor

What are the best and the worst alcoholic drinks on a keto diet? Can you drink alcohol or wine on a keto diet? Yes, in moderation, and depending on the drink.
www.dietdoctor.com
 
Antje77 said:
Unless it's a sweet wine, wine is much lower carb than beer. I take insulin for beer, but not for half a bottle (or more) of red wine. (Dry white should work as well, but yuck.)
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Sorry. I had the low carb beers in my head typing that - I think those are the ones roughly equivalent to (non-sweet) wines. Traditional beers are considerably more carby.
 
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