Been diagnosed as T2 for around six weeks now, following LCHF and have lost nearly a stone! My bloods have been between 5-7 depending on the time and what food I've had etc.
Just been to the dentist (which I'm terrified of) and my bloods before were 6.8 and just as I sat in the chair I came across all shaky, sweating and like the room was spinning.. Checked bloods and they dropped to 4.. Just shows what stress can do.
Yet GPs and diabetic nurses still say to not test blood.. I'm sorry but I'd rather self fund than not know what was going on just then.
Luckily the dentist and dental nurse are lovely and helped me until I felt a little better, thank heavens I changed dentist not long ago.
Just wanted to have a little rant and this is the most open and best place to do that
Just been to the dentist (which I'm terrified of) and my bloods before were 6.8 and just as I sat in the chair I came across all shaky, sweating and like the room was spinning.. Checked bloods and they dropped to 4.. Just shows what stress can do.
Yet GPs and diabetic nurses still say to not test blood.. I'm sorry but I'd rather self fund than not know what was going on just then.
Luckily the dentist and dental nurse are lovely and helped me until I felt a little better, thank heavens I changed dentist not long ago.
Just wanted to have a little rant and this is the most open and best place to do that
sounds like you have hit the ground running,there aren't many things that would send me hypo but i'm guessing you skipped breakfast? Happy you have got a good dentist now,and yes how else would we know what affected our bs unless we" monitor it,after my doc' refused me a meter and strips i self funded , and when he saw my hba1c six months later,from18.9 to 5.4 he relented and gave me strips on prescription, and said " whatever it is your doing,keep it up! But it wasn't anything the metformin did ,no, only the good advice and help i received here! Keep posting and let us know how your getting on,clive