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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1342104" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome!</p><p></p><p>You may find it interesting to have a read of the Reactive Hypoglycaemia section of the forum.</p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/reactive-hypoglycemia.70/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/reactive-hypoglycemia.70/</a></p><p>Interestingly, lots of us who have RH have received very similar reactions from the doctor as you have, and RH doesn't usually show up on a 2 hour glucose tolerance test. [USER=85785]@Lamont D[/USER] had to have one that lasted 5 hours, rather than 2, because the symptoms don't usually appear until after the the 2 hour ones are over.</p><p></p><p>I would agree that you need to do some testing, to see if your blood glucose does dip into hypoglycaemia at the time you get your symptoms, because there are other conditions which would produce similar experiences.</p><p></p><p>I am guessing that your surgery haven't provided you with any way to test your blood glucose? They rarely do.</p><p>If you are interested in getting a meter for yourself, then that is fairly easy to do. In the UK they can be bought in any high street pharmacy, and come at a range of prices. The best value one I have heard of, is the SD Codefree (which is the one I use). It can be bought from eBay, Amazon, and from the supplier Homehealth. Have a shop around, and you will see that the prices for different meters vary a lot, and you want to bear in mind that you will be repeat buying strips, if you want to run systematic tests to see how food affects your blood glucose.</p><p></p><p>If you are interested in Low Carbing, then there is now a huge amount of information available on the internet.</p><p>Diabetes.co.uk have a Low Carb Program, and the Dietdoctor website is a wealth of brilliant info and recipes.</p><p>Links to both are in my signature below.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1342104, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome! You may find it interesting to have a read of the Reactive Hypoglycaemia section of the forum. [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/reactive-hypoglycemia.70/[/URL] Interestingly, lots of us who have RH have received very similar reactions from the doctor as you have, and RH doesn't usually show up on a 2 hour glucose tolerance test. [USER=85785]@Lamont D[/USER] had to have one that lasted 5 hours, rather than 2, because the symptoms don't usually appear until after the the 2 hour ones are over. I would agree that you need to do some testing, to see if your blood glucose does dip into hypoglycaemia at the time you get your symptoms, because there are other conditions which would produce similar experiences. I am guessing that your surgery haven't provided you with any way to test your blood glucose? They rarely do. If you are interested in getting a meter for yourself, then that is fairly easy to do. In the UK they can be bought in any high street pharmacy, and come at a range of prices. The best value one I have heard of, is the SD Codefree (which is the one I use). It can be bought from eBay, Amazon, and from the supplier Homehealth. Have a shop around, and you will see that the prices for different meters vary a lot, and you want to bear in mind that you will be repeat buying strips, if you want to run systematic tests to see how food affects your blood glucose. If you are interested in Low Carbing, then there is now a huge amount of information available on the internet. Diabetes.co.uk have a Low Carb Program, and the Dietdoctor website is a wealth of brilliant info and recipes. Links to both are in my signature below. [/QUOTE]
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