I'm looking for help because my doctor has basically said he doesn't know what's happening, it's 'impossible' was the words he used.
I suffered with gestational diabetes 2 years ago and I know that there's a chance of me getting type 2 so I've been monitoring my bloods now and again.
A few months ago I went shopping and ate and early small lunch before I went. About 4 hours later I didn't feel well, my words were slurry and I felt weak and shakey so I tested my bloods and they were 3.7mmol. When I was on insulin my hypo symptoms started at 4.2mmol. I visited the doctors who advised that my testing kit must be wrong even though the symptoms supported a hypo.
I'm now pregnant again and been testing after every meal even though I'm only 6 weeks. In the last few weeks I have been below 4mmol multiple times. I panicked one day when in the space of 5 minutes I went from 4.2mmol to 3.7mmol before I was able to get food. I went back to the doctors and he said that there was nothing he could do.
His advice was to live with it, try not to let my bloods get low and if I do then take lucazade and a digestive biscuit but he also doesn't want me to do that because my weight is high and it might make me diabetic.
Have you ever heard of someone having hypos without taking any medication and eating breakfast ect every day? It's always before lunch and gets worse if I do any type of exercise.
I've been searching the Internet and all I can find is reactive hypo which happens after eating when your body produces too much insulin which is not happening to me as it is happening before I eat and worse when I exercise as though my body isn't releasing glucose properly. My fasting levels are all around 5.6mmol so it's not an issue overnight.
Thank you in advance x
I suffered with gestational diabetes 2 years ago and I know that there's a chance of me getting type 2 so I've been monitoring my bloods now and again.
A few months ago I went shopping and ate and early small lunch before I went. About 4 hours later I didn't feel well, my words were slurry and I felt weak and shakey so I tested my bloods and they were 3.7mmol. When I was on insulin my hypo symptoms started at 4.2mmol. I visited the doctors who advised that my testing kit must be wrong even though the symptoms supported a hypo.
I'm now pregnant again and been testing after every meal even though I'm only 6 weeks. In the last few weeks I have been below 4mmol multiple times. I panicked one day when in the space of 5 minutes I went from 4.2mmol to 3.7mmol before I was able to get food. I went back to the doctors and he said that there was nothing he could do.
His advice was to live with it, try not to let my bloods get low and if I do then take lucazade and a digestive biscuit but he also doesn't want me to do that because my weight is high and it might make me diabetic.
Have you ever heard of someone having hypos without taking any medication and eating breakfast ect every day? It's always before lunch and gets worse if I do any type of exercise.
I've been searching the Internet and all I can find is reactive hypo which happens after eating when your body produces too much insulin which is not happening to me as it is happening before I eat and worse when I exercise as though my body isn't releasing glucose properly. My fasting levels are all around 5.6mmol so it's not an issue overnight.
Thank you in advance x
