Hi Levels & Illness

[ditzeeblonde]

Hi Guys

I wonder if you can help me. Woke up suffering with a sore throat & a bit bunged up this morning... have been feeling it coming on the past couple of days & today my BG's are much higher.

I've been waking at 6.5 & then usually down to 5 by the afternoon but today I woke at 8.9 & have just started feeling giddy & sleepy & my BG's are now 9.9.

I am low carbing (no more than 30g per day) & wonder what else I can do to bring my levels down.

I'm guessing that as I'm not feeling 100% thats why my levels have risen but what can I do to get them back down again??

Can I take effervescent vitamin c? Or anything else?

Many thanks Linzi. x

 

[lilibet]

hi Linzi

Certainly sounds like its illness but be reassured, hitting 9 is nowt to what us T1's can hit when ill (double figures are standard :roll: ). If you are already low carbing, then there is a limit to what you can do, cept increase exercise which is lets face it, the LAST thing you want to do or take/increase medication

If I were you, just keep the carbs low if you can, and ride it out. Higher bg for a week or so wont tip the balance against you when it comes to long term complications or other things we terrify ourselves about so just take care, and be careful if you take any Vit c that its not full of sugar - it tends to be if I recall. I like hot Ribena Lite (0.5g carbs per 100ml) or Sprite Lite heated up in the micro. Comforting, a bit of paracetamol and rest. Best you can do for now