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Bluetit1802 said:
Ally, your last HbA1c was up on your previous one, and if I remember rightly your nurse wants you get it lower.
Are you now doing something different with your diet?
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Yes I am. The past 6 weeks I have been eating much better and not eating the wrong things
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Ally, your last HbA1c was up on your previous one, and if I remember rightly your nurse wants you get it lower.
Are you now doing something different with your diet?
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My last test was 7.2 down from 8.8. The one previous to the 8.8 was lower
 
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It is most likely your change in diet combined with too much Victoza. The less carbs you eat the less medication is needed or hypos can happen. The Victoza helps your pancreas produce more insulin, but reducing carb consumption means you need less insulin. I think you need to see your nurse and tell her about your new diet. See what she thinks. That is providing you stick to your new diet, and of course that is the wisest plan. ;). I am delighted you are eating better and eliminating the bad foods.
 
Hopefully your doc can help you sort out your med dosages considering you've been adjusting your diet.

When treating a hypo you just need to remember to get the sugar up quickly using the fast acting carbs as others have mentioned. I already mentioned I use juice which works fast and I don't choke on it. I do use soft lollies sometimes but I find they're not as fast to absorb for me. When my sugar drops it drops real fast. I also have anxiety as one of my hypo symptoms so I'm usually focusing on getting it sorted quick too.

Then I will eat something with complex carb in it to keep my sugar level stable for longer. I've made the mistake before of treating a hypo whilst I was shopping with the fast acting carbs and I was feeling fine then about an hour or so later my sugar dropped low again and I had another hypo... yep 2 hypos on the same shopping trip. My fault though because I forgot to eat after I treated the first one (I got distracted). I try and eat something within half an hour or so now. That works best for me anyhow.
 
@ally1 - Do you have plenty of strips in the house? It sounds to me like you need to do quite a lot more testing at the moment to see how often you're going much lower, and to catch if you're going too low. If, on your tighter way of eating it's happening a lot, you really do need to let your nurse know. It would be such a shame, bearing in mind you're hoping to keep losing weight and have your bloods go down a bit, if you had to start eating more carbs, just to tolerate the doses of medication you're now on.

Test, test test, any time you feel anything unusual, and make a note of how you felt and what the magic number was.

Good luck with it all Ally.
 
AndBreathe said:
@ally1 - Do you have plenty of strips in the house? It sounds to me like you need to do quite a lot more testing at the moment to see how often you're going much lower, and to catch if you're going too low. If, on your tighter way of eating it's happening a lot, you really do need to let your nurse know. It would be such a shame, bearing in mind you're hoping to keep losing weight and have your bloods go down a bit, if you had to start eating more carbs, just to tolerate the doses of medication you're now on.

Test, test test, any time you feel anything unusual, and make a note of how you felt and what the magic number was.

Good luck with it all Ally.
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Yes I have 6 pots of strips and will test more often . Thankyou
 
ally1 said:
Another thing I had noticed, is that for the past couple of weeks I have had trouble with my eyes, blurred vision. Would this have any bearing that I was heading for a hypo.
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Blurry vision is from changing bgs. If your bgs are dropping or rising blurry vision is a sign.
Steady bgs shouldn't give you blurry vision.
 
ickihun said:
Blurry vision is from changing bgs. If your bgs are dropping or rising blurry vision is a sign.
Steady bgs shouldn't give you blurry vision.
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Ickihun, sorry to be a pedant here, but blurred vision could be as a result of varying blood glucose levels. It's not the only reason why this could be happening. In my view, the only way @ally1 will really get to the bottom of it is to test each time this happens, and maybe consider checking with her Optician there's nothing else going on.

I seem to recall Ally, a while ago, you were having some vision issues? Did you get to the bottom of that? Apologies if I miss-rememberd that.
 
AndBreathe said:
Ickihun, sorry to be a pedant here, but blurred vision could be as a result of varying blood glucose levels. It's not the only reason why this could be happening. In my view, the only way @ally1 will really get to the bottom of it is to test each time this happens, and maybe consider checking with her Optician there's nothing else going on.

I seem to recall Ally, a while ago, you were having some vision issues? Did you get to the bottom of that? Apologies if I miss-rememberd that.
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That's absolutely true.
Im assuming @ally1 has her annual eye tests and 2 yearly optometrists appointments.
I assume all diabetics under nhs do!
I do assume if I do these things automatically as does everyone else.
I'm an old diagnosed diabetic I guess. Maybe not common these days?
Metformin was once blamed for blurry vision. No. New diabetics on metformin notice this blurry which didn't happen before so blamed metformin.
No. Changes in bgs for diabetics more common. None diabetics most likely vision problems. But very possible could be both. Totally agree!
 
Twoplayer said:
@ally1 Jelly Babies or Haribo are fine (you don't need to get glucotabs) and small cartons of pure orange juice are perfect. If you aren't about to eat have something like a digestive too, but don't eat too much (like a sandwich) it's easily done. I had a 2.2 earlier this year and it was unexpected like yours, but my 5yr old is T1 and has hypos most days. Hypos are easy to treat, just don't panic and test 15 minutes later to check you're ok.
The blurred vision is because your Hba1c is under control, it should go away shortly but mention it to your doctor or nurse. And when you speak to them ask if you can reduce or come off Victoza.
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I did buy some glucose tabs because if I bought jelly babies and harbor I won,t be able to control myself to not to eat them when I am well
 
AndBreathe said:
Ickihun, sorry to be a pedant here, but blurred vision could be as a result of varying blood glucose levels. It's not the only reason why this could be happening. In my view, the only way @ally1 will really get to the bottom of it is to test each time this happens, and maybe consider checking with her Optician there's nothing else going on.

I seem to recall Ally, a while ago, you were having some vision issues? Did you get to the bottom of that? Apologies if I miss-rememberd that.
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Yes I did have vision problems before but soon cleared up so didn't, t do anything about it. Yesterday I made an appointment at the optician for next wednesday afternoon
 
ickihun said:
That's absolutely true.
Im assuming @ally1 has her annual eye tests and 2 yearly optometrists appointments.
I assume all diabetics under nhs do!
I do assume if I do these things automatically as does everyone else.
I'm an old diagnosed diabetic I guess. Maybe not common these days?
Metformin was once blamed for blurry vision. No. New diabetics on metformin notice this blurry which didn't happen before so blamed metformin.
No. Changes in bgs for diabetics more common. None diabetics most likely vision problems. But very possible could be both. Totally agree!
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Am seeing the optician next wednesday afternoon. My optician said diabetics should have their eyes tested annually
 
Hi, @ally1,

If you are having low bloods and you really want to get control. Test every meal.
Assuming your pots of strips last! I would start with fasting in the morning before breakfast, then one hour after, then two hours. You will go through ten a day if you have three meals a day. This will give you a much clearer picture and you then can use that information to see what is happening.
Adjust your testing to see if you think anything is different and use a food diary to monitor your progress. Maybe a half hour test or three hours after as well after the first few days.
Always treat the hypo, at this stage being slightly above normal is better than being low. Then when you get good control, you can adjust your treatment of the low by using a lower carb alternative instead of really a quick spike. I can suggest, a couple of biscuits or a couple of sweets or a small sugary drink just to not spike you too high.
Testing is so important and being in control now that you have done all that hard work to get your bloods down, well done, you have stuck with this and now you should be reaping the rewards, but that will come. Just keep testing and seeing the results.
Any more questions, someone will help.
Best wishes.
 
nosher8355 said:
Hi, @ally1,

If you are having low bloods and you really want to get control. Test every meal.
Assuming your pots of strips last! I would start with fasting in the morning before breakfast, then one hour after, then two hours. You will go through ten a day if you have three meals a day. This will give you a much clearer picture and you then can use that information to see what is happening.
Adjust your testing to see if you think anything is different and use a food diary to monitor your progress. Maybe a half hour test or three hours after as well after the first few days.
Always treat the hypo, at this stage being slightly above normal is better than being low. Then when you get good control, you can adjust your treatment of the low by using a lower carb alternative instead of really a quick spike. I can suggest, a couple of biscuits or a couple of sweets or a small sugary drink just to not spike you too high.
Testing is so important and being in control now that you have done all that hard work to get your bloods down, well done, you have stuck with this and now you should be reaping the rewards, but that will come. Just keep testing and seeing the results.
Any more questions, someone will help.
Best wishes.
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I test first thing in the morning and test before meals and then test 2 hours after every meal also before I go to bed. Though yesterday and today have been testing more frequently. I do feel so much better but not to what I normally feel like normally. On average before meals my levels are around 5.5 but at lunch time it was 4.5, have never been that low before except for yesterday morning
 
@nosher8355 Thats why glucose tablets are good - easy to measure and take as much as needed.

@ally1 Perhaps it was just a one off? Be aware of what it felt like and test if you feel at all 'off' but don't let it stress you. It sounds like you're doing very well :)
 
azure said:
@nosher8355 Thats why glucose tablets are good - easy to measure and take as much as needed.

@ally1 Perhaps it was just a one off? Be aware of what it felt like and test if you feel at all 'off' but don't let it stress you. It sounds like you're doing very well :)
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I agree, but I just wanted to warn ally about quick high spikes, which because she is doing so well, a little boost is all that's necessary!
 
ally1 said:
I test first thing in the morning and test before meals and then test 2 hours after every meal also before I go to bed. Though yesterday and today have been testing more frequently. I do feel so much better but not to what I normally feel like normally. On average before meals my levels are around 5.5 but at lunch time it was 4.5, have never been that low before except for yesterday morning
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That's brilliant!

Just try the odd random test.

Maybe it's worth having a chat with your GP/dsn to see if your victoza dosage is too high!
 
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