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Hi,
I am writing a post here for advice. My father (64) has Type 2 diabetes and has been diagnosed with it for about 8 years now. He's on medication and it must be on the highest dosage as the Drs are unable to give him anything else.
His diet and lifestyle habits are not exactly great. He does zero exercise (works from home), eats a predominantly red meat and starchy carb diet with little fruit and vegetable portions entering into the equation. Drinks alcohol daily with at least 1 double vodka/gin and tonic/coke a night and sneaks in chocolate bars which we've only recently discovered. He has dessert whenever and if ever the opportunity arises. He's overweight as you can guess.
He was ill in the night with sickness and diarrhea and was laid up in bed for most of this morning. My mum gave him a glass of water and 2 slices of buttered wholemeal toast. A while after he had a banana, a cup of coffee and another glass of water. I said that he needs to check his glucose levels which he begrudgingly did and it came out to 12. I thought this was high especially after being ill but he told me that's normal for him. He also said he's had a reading of 28 before and the last time he went to the Drs, it was 14. He seems to think this is completely normal and not related to his diet at all.
Can anyone here tell me if this is normal as I thought a normal glucose level was between 5 and 7? It's like he's been on self destruct for the last 6 years and I'd be grateful if anyone has any advice they could share?
I am writing a post here for advice. My father (64) has Type 2 diabetes and has been diagnosed with it for about 8 years now. He's on medication and it must be on the highest dosage as the Drs are unable to give him anything else.
His diet and lifestyle habits are not exactly great. He does zero exercise (works from home), eats a predominantly red meat and starchy carb diet with little fruit and vegetable portions entering into the equation. Drinks alcohol daily with at least 1 double vodka/gin and tonic/coke a night and sneaks in chocolate bars which we've only recently discovered. He has dessert whenever and if ever the opportunity arises. He's overweight as you can guess.
He was ill in the night with sickness and diarrhea and was laid up in bed for most of this morning. My mum gave him a glass of water and 2 slices of buttered wholemeal toast. A while after he had a banana, a cup of coffee and another glass of water. I said that he needs to check his glucose levels which he begrudgingly did and it came out to 12. I thought this was high especially after being ill but he told me that's normal for him. He also said he's had a reading of 28 before and the last time he went to the Drs, it was 14. He seems to think this is completely normal and not related to his diet at all.
Can anyone here tell me if this is normal as I thought a normal glucose level was between 5 and 7? It's like he's been on self destruct for the last 6 years and I'd be grateful if anyone has any advice they could share?