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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ronancastled" data-source="post: 2287038" data-attributes="member: 517232">Perhaps I should have posted this thread in Success Stories thread but as it's applicable only to Type 2's I settled for here.I have previously documented my attempts at a home oral glucose tolerance test using Shreddies.<a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/feedback-please-on-my-homemade-oral-glucose-tolerance-test-ogtt.173115/#post-2241701" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/feedback-please-on-my-homemade-oral-glucose-tolerance-test-ogtt.173115/#post-2241701</a>My initial attempt gave me a 2 hour glucose of 8.6 mmol/L but my follow up a few months later yielded 4.6 mmol/L.Although I ate the requisite 75g of carbs it was noted that protein & fats affect the glycemic response.I'd consumed 150g+ carb meal on Friday night & came in at 6.2 mmol/L at the 2 hour mark which I was most pleased with.I hadn't ordered the Rapilose Glucose Solution but I wanted to test myself against an official benchmark.Google threw up several articles citing Jelly Beans as an alternative to the glucose solution, especially in pregnant women who had trouble keeping down the Rapilose.<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10561636/" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10561636/</a>[ATTACH=full]42780[/ATTACH] So I purchased a bag of jelly beans & set about preparing my home test.[ATTACH=full]42781[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]42782[/ATTACH] As you can see these things are nearly pure sugar.A quick calculation told me I need 96g of jelly beans for 75g of carbs.[ATTACH=full]42783[/ATTACH]The following morning I took my fasting, came in nice & low at 4.3 mmol/l.[ATTACH=full]42784[/ATTACH] I swallowed back the jelly beans with a glass of water in about 2 minutes.Set Alexa for 2 hours & went back to bed.My 2 hour result is pictured below, sorry for the blurriness.[ATTACH=full]42785[/ATTACH] I'd experienced similar on my previous Shreddies experiment where I recorded a 3.8 mmol/L on a 2 hour retest.I put these low readings down to the classic rollercoaster glycemic response to a high carb meal.[ATTACH=full]42787[/ATTACH] I'm on the list for an Endo appointment but with Covid it's gone low priority.I'd read that the patient needs to be there own doctor of diabetes, you can be very much on your own & need to take charge of your condition.Running these tests allows me to establish a benchmark which I can re-examine in 6 months time.I was morbidly obese with a BMI of 41 when I started this journey, currently down 5.5 stone & now with a BMI of 30.I realise there's not much here to benefit the TOFI's but my story may help someone who is as overweight as I was & has just received a diagnosis.</blockquote>

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