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frosty

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Hi Everyone,

I posted on here a month or so ago, i will just give someback ground information again. Im 36 with 2 children aged 2 and 6. Gestational diabetes with both. I'm only 7.5 stone and 5.2 in height.
Im still confused. I have been having problems with my feet for the past year and half and am currently seeing a neurologist who suspects i have small fibre neuropathy. (awaiting skin biopsy) I have been following the helpful advice from some members on here and checking my blood sugars to see what they do after meals, when eating 2 small slices of hovis set my blood sugars up to 9.6. also when eating a small pastry would send my sugars high. Most of the time however my blood sugars are in the normal range, thats if i keep away from bread and pastry. i mean they are normally around 6 after a meal, i've tested at different times after meals 1 hour, 1.5 hours and 2 hours and they are mostly good.
My gp has run a glucose tolerance test again, which was 4.5 fasting and 5.8 2hrs later , this was roughly what it was the last time i had it done.my hba1c has been been between 5.4 and 5.9. So im thinking because my blood sugars have run high sometimes, could this have caused the neuropathy in my feet? My neurologist told me if my gtt is normal then it can't cause it. but if drink lucozade it doesn't seem to effect my blood sugars too much its the bread and pastry which sends it high. when i had my second son i had a glucose tolerance test at 28 weeks which came back at 6.6 after 2 hours which was normal but the diabetic nurse specialist says because my readings on my metre were going up around 9 sometimes that i had gestional diabetes, she said just because you have a normal gtt it doesn't mean you don't have it. So this has stuck in my mind, because the neurologist says, no defo not if you have a normal gtt.? the most common cause of sfn is imparied glucose, i suspect this is what it is but they are just ignoriing me, feeling so fed up now. Any thoughts would be appreciated.!Thanks
 
Hello @frosty
I only have a sample size of one (me) but I think your missing link is not the individual things you have nominated.

But high BS comes from total carbs so you can't blame individual things you eat.

I have difficulty explaining this.

Carbs are fine until you reach you tolerance limit than a small amount extra will send you very high.

I hope that helps.
 
hi thanks for the reply, so i don't understand really, if i can have normal glucose tolerance which is a larger bottle of lucuzade containing i don't know how many carbs and have normal figures after 2 hours, how is it i can only eat 18 grams of carbs in bread and it takes me up to nearly 10? sorry i'm not very good with all this. but basically my question is can i be pre-diabetic with a normal gtt?
 
do you think so? it is bizarre because when i was pregnant, the only time blood sugars seemed to go high was at lunchtime, that was when i was eating sandwiches, the consultants were confused, they said "do you eat more for lunch than dinner?" i can eat flapjacks, chocolate but it seems to be bread seems to tip it over. So can a gluten intolerance give me high blood sugars? thanks again bluetit1802.
 
I may be worth mentioning that some footwear can affect the way your feet feel. I have noticed that some socks and insoles made my feet feel strange. A change to different footwear seems to have resolved the problem for me.
 
As your averages are good then it is less likely. Small, random spikes wont cause a problem really. So, for example if you have been spot on with your control, good average and HbA1c textbook and then one afternoon decide to have a bowl of Ben & Jerry's (hmmmmm) and your sugars go quite high it is not a major problem. Just don't make a habit of it lol

As for type of shoes, yup that contributes. Since diagnosis I have kept padded soles in my shoes. I am on my feet most of the day but sometimes when in theatre (Vet) I wear foam clogs (very comfortable)
 
thanks dazza, so do you think i am pre-diabetic? its just confusing as i can manage icecream, desserts, but even that burgen bread will send blood sugars over the mark, so what does this mean? it just doesn't seem to show on a gtt. i don't know if the neuropathy is related to my blood sugars, but my blood sugars have been better since i cut out cereals, bread and potatoes. but before i changed my diet my hba1c was at 5.9 which is near on pre?
 
Probably not much help, but I find my blood sugar levels are more sensitive to flour than sugar. I think the only reason I was diagnosed was because I had a croissant for breakfast before a random glucose test.
 
I have a similar problem with pastry. I can eat bread, white, brown, all sorts now and shortcrust pastry and I will stay under 8 but give me just a small amount of flaky pastry and I am at 9.5 Quite weird really it is though my system just releases it all into my blood stream without control. I also drop really quickly after the rapid rise once my body realises what has hit it.
 
X2 on not eating wheat grain products...your GTT[eating sugar] is fine, it's wheat that sends you over the edge
see what happens in a month, you may even feel better than you do now
 
Hi I am looking to post my question on GD but I am not seeing a link to do so.
 
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