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scotthun

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Hi all

I had a medical last in 2008 and there was evidence of sugar in urine. I had a blood test and then a Glucose tolerance test, which showed I had an intolerance and was they said pre-diabetic.

To be honest i did not do too much about it. I went again for a test in dec which gave areading of 7.6 fasting and then another a couple of weeks ago which was 8.7.

So big kick up the bum and have started dieting and exercising and have lost 3kg so far. I went and got myself a meter and a prescription from the dr for strips and simvastin for Cholesterol.

Now my results are what is puzzling me Two days ago before breakfast 5.1 before dinner 5.7 and 6.2 after. Yesterday before brek 5.4, 2 hours after after 5.8, before lunch 5.2 after 5.9 before dinner 4.5 after 9.6! bedtime 4.5

This morning before brekkie 6.2 and now 2 hours after it is 8.0

My question is: Are these normal diabetic type 2 readings
 
scott
There's a level called the renal threshold, which is the blood glucose count at which the sugar "spills over". For most people, It's around 10mmol/l, which is approximately double the normal blood glucose.
For sugar to appear in the urine, it needs to have got pretty high in the blood.(unless you have a low renal threshold, which isn't common)
It helps if you have a blood glucose meter and can monitor your own BG. Many PCTs advise against self monioring. Which is a money saving move, not a health one. They also refuse to supply equipment to patients not using insulin.
Still it's only by testing that you can find out what's going on.
Meters are easy to come by. simply phoning a supplier will probably get you a free one. It's the disposable strips which is where they make their profits. If you can't get them on a free prescription, It's also easy to buy them direct from a supplier.
I use a Freestyle Lite meter from Abbott Diabetes Care. I can sincerely recommend their customer service.
The numbers given by Bracwol are a useful initial guide. Once you know what you are doing, you can set your own targets.
Hana
 
scotthun said:
Hi all

My question is: Are these normal diabetic type 2 readings
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Hi scotthun and welcome to the forum. :)

I'd gladly swap your BG readings for mine right now.

Just to add something more to the two previous posts; in addition to this forum I've bought 2 books which have proved to be invaluable - namely "the first year Type 2 diabetes" by Grethen Becker and "diabetes for dummies" edition 2.

The former goes into easy to understand details of everything you need to know, including what the two previous posters have covered and in effect the book acts as a road map for your first year of coming to terms with T2; as the author is T2 herself.
 
scotthun said:
Hi all

I had a medical last in 2008 and there was evidence of sugar in urine. I had a blood test and then a Glucose tolerance test, which showed I had an intolerance and was they said pre-diabetic.

To be honest i did not do too much about it. I went again for a test in dec which gave areading of 7.6 fasting and then another a couple of weeks ago which was 8.7.

So big kick up the bum and have started dieting and exercising and have lost 3kg so far. I went and got myself a meter and a prescription from the dr for strips and simvastin for Cholesterol.

Now my results are what is puzzling me Two days ago before breakfast 5.1 before dinner 5.7 and 6.2 after. Yesterday before brek 5.4, 2 hours after after 5.8, before lunch 5.2 after 5.9 before dinner 4.5 after 9.6! bedtime 4.5

This morning before brekkie 6.2 and now 2 hours after it is 8.0

My question is: Are these normal diabetic type 2 readings
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Here is the advice that this Forum hands out to Newbies regarding the current NICE guidelines for 2010 Bg numbers.

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As a Type 2 the latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:
Fasting (waking).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l.
2 hrs after meals......no more than 8.5 mmol/l.
If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.
[/quote]
 
thanks everyone for your advice.

One last thing, how bad do you have to be to go onto tablets, its not really something I want to do.

Scott
 
Hi Scott, I cant speak for anyone else but my nurse told me that if I can stick closely to the figures given above , and my HbA1c result is below 6.5, I can stay off any meds, hope this helps
 
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