If you don’t have diabetes in what capacity is your comment?It is not common for healthcare professionals to tell individuals not to test their blood sugars, as regular blood glucose monitoring is a crucial part of managing diabetes. It helps individuals keep track of their blood glucose levels and make informed decisions about their insulin dosing, diet, and physical activity. However, in some cases, a healthcare professional may advise against testing due to specific medical conditions or treatment plans.
My dn told me to stay away from the chippy.......was walking past one near clinic and guess who was at the front of the queue lololDia-betes advice is dire and hit or miss. My dia-betes nurse needs a good di-et to follow herself.
User deleted by mods apparently.If you don’t have diabetes in what capacity is your comment?
After 10-15 mins I started to feel dreadful/wiped out/poisoned/could go to bed right now for some reason?. (still am)
would be good to see what my blood sugar was doing while feeling like this.
You will find that many people have been told not to test themselves. Funny, for me it was also the time that test strips on free prescription stopped. Well I found that testing myself regularly before & 2 hrs after meals when first diagnosed was good. I logged what I ate & readings & was able to gauge what was good & what affected me more. This helped me be diet controlled for 8-9 years, on a small dose of meds at the moment. My GP did review my HbA1c twice a year untill Covid, had blood test twice in last 4 years. My original GP was great & agreed about my initial testing, even used me as an example in the Medical Journal. I only do a home test if I feel low or eating something different now. My guide is try to have 4% & less sugar on food items & lowish carb.Well I for one have just found this an interesting thread.
Just newly diagnosed with an HbA1c reading of 49 yesterday. I have to wait nearly a month even for my first appointment to see our practice nurse about it. Guess I'll be getting a testing kit from Boots this lunchtime then as this was my first question. I saw a website that said don't test blood glucose without talking to your medical practice first yesterday (was a US site that came high on google). This long thread of actual people says very much otherwise! Useful.
| 1040 | 5.8 | |
| 1055 | shredded wheat goat milk | |
| 1130 | coffee, barista oat milk | |
| 1335 | 6.3 | |
| 1345 | chick on graz bread,tom,slaw | |
| 1415 | tea goat milk | |
| 1746 | 6 | |
| 1820 | tea goat milk cheese/ging biscuit | |
| 2030 | Kirsty's lasagne,toms | |
| 2200 | Wonderful almonds | |
| 0017 | 4.8 |
Basmati is best, thats what I have. The old in moderation always comes to mind. Do you want help with a tester? Just that often there are free ones on offer but test strips vary greatly in price.Hi, well let's see what they tell me in July.
Yes, I can see that the idea is to get a picture of what various foods do. I hope I don't have to give up basmati rice lol.
All meters sold in the UK work well, but the cost is going to be in the test strips. Meters are cheap, so if you find that your current strips are much more expensive than other ones, you might want to consider getting a different one after you used up your current batch of strips.Well you could critique the one I've already boughtImpetuous moi? There were only really two on the shelves I could see in the chemist I went to.
True Metrix Air. I fancied the bluetooth capability, so naturally my phone won't detect it (yet)
A kind offer though, thank you.
Likewise in Ireland.I worked hard to get my own Blood Glucose levels down and under control only to be told that I needn't bother to test anymore and that the test strips would not be available to me (I'm Type 2) on the NHS.
Unfortunately they are far to expensive to buy outright so I'm simply forced by the NHS to give up testing altogether.
The irony of this policy is that careful B/G monitoring saves the NHS money in the long term and if I were to let thing go out of control I would get my FREE B/G test strips and cost the NHS much more.
Seems to me like the lunatics have finally taken over the Asylum.
Hi,Well you could critique the one I've already boughtImpetuous moi? There were only really two on the shelves I could see in the chemist I went to.
True Metrix Air. I fancied the bluetooth capability, so naturally my phone won't detect it (yet)
A kind offer though, thank you.
It may be worth starting another thread on food to keep this thread more or less on track. ("Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?" is the subject of the thread.)Thanks both!
I shall keep those in mind.
Initial testing is a little .... terrifying. 7.2 mmol/L before lunch. Still 9.7 mM 2 hours later. What did I have? 3 falafel balls, some mixed salad (cucumber, lettuce, a smallish tomato, couple of sticks of celery and about 4 olives. I did use a drizzle of dressing and some houmous too. I thought that would be quite good! Perhaps I'll leave out the apple and banana I had after next time. Wow. I wonder what it would have made of the Chinese takeaway we had for tea over the weekend...
Anyway, glad I started testing. Very illuminating.
Every day is a school day, and now we know it works even on your phone so we'll keep tagging you no matter where you are!Thanks for the tag @Antje77 I’m away from home this week but hopefully my info will copy and paste ok on my phone!
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