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Princebilly1sth

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Englishman living on a Greek Island

Thank you for allowing me to join

I’m T2 as of last winter

I’m in Metafirmin 500mg twice a day and one tablet of Januvia

I stopped taking the evening Januvia as it was causing me lower left belly ache. Not serious pain but 2 out if 10 all day

My recent blood tests in my machine have been shocking at 14mmol and 15mmol

I have to be honest my diet hasn’t been great as it’s been 40 degrees plus here and I’m eating ice pops and drinking sugar fee cold pop to stay cool

I know they are no good for me so I’m now going to behave

I took the Januvia last night and my reading was 8.7 before I went to bed

This morning it was 9.2

I then had two boiled eggs and a pork sausage for breakfast and two hours later it’s at 9

What can I do to get lower. I can’t drink water as I should. I know I must but I find it hard

Thanks for any advice
 
Princebilly1sth said:
Englishman living on a Greek Island

Thank you for allowing me to join

I’m T2 as of last winter

I’m in Metafirmin 500mg twice a day and one tablet of Januvia

I stopped taking the evening Januvia as it was causing me lower left belly ache. Not serious pain but 2 out if 10 all day

My recent blood tests in my machine have been shocking at 14mmol and 15mmol

I have to be honest my diet hasn’t been great as it’s been 40 degrees plus here and I’m eating ice pops and drinking sugar fee cold pop to stay cool

I know they are no good for me so I’m now going to behave

I took the Januvia last night and my reading was 8.7 before I went to bed

This morning it was 9.2

I then had two boiled eggs and a pork sausage for breakfast and two hours later it’s at 9

What can I do to get lower. I can’t drink water as I should. I know I must but I find it hard

Thanks for any advice
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How about water with some lemonjuice squirted in, or sparking water? Tea, coffee? Might be ways to get your hydration going.

That breakfast sounds absolutely excellent, though an egg or sausage extra might help if you feel it's too little. As you've already found, you ended up lower than where you started 2 hours after that meal, so that's good... Keep it that way consistently and your over all numbers will come down too. So, I think you might need to look at what you're eating the rest of the day. https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html might help some, but in the land of Gyros, you're set for decent dinners and lunches still. ;) Can you let us know what your meals consist of? For the moment, just assume rice, bread, potatoes and pasta 'll spike you. Meats/fish/poultry, eggs and dairy are pretty much okay. And hey.... You can get the proper full fat greek yoghurt! :)

Keep in mind, if you change to a low carb diet, the Januvia can make you go hypo, so tread carefully and test loads!

Good luck,
Jo
 
Not all sausages are the same, carb wise.
Here in lidl, or the Heck brand you can get 90 or 95% meat sausages which don't spike me, but ordinary supermarket sausages which have anything from 50 % meat upwards do spike me because of the starches in them.

Also keep trying, you've already come down from 15 to 9 and nothing happens overnight. It might take a few weeks to get to where you want, but you need to stick at it
 
Hi @Princebilly1sth and welcome to the forum.
Often our morning BG reading (before food) is our highest one.
That's due to something called Dawn Phenomenon where our liver decides to be helpful and dumps a load of glucose into our bloodstream to help us go hunt/gather our breakfast.
Eventually the liver starts to get the message that we don't need so much glucose (as our bodies get used to lower levels), so don't despair !
 
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