MeiChanski
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It’s either dawn phenomenon
Or caffeine is known to raise BG or depending what you milked down your tea with - milk has lactose
Ive been keeping to the 50g as much as I can and my sugars this morning were 8.6 which I know is still hig but much better than they have been. I’m not a morning eater and tend to eat about 10 ,am but have a couple of cups of tea. However ive just re checked my sugar b4 I eat and it’s soared to 11.5 and I’ve only had 2 cups of tea ( no sugar) how can that be. I expected it to have dropped . Please dont tell me that tea has carbs!! and I only use a small amount of semi skimmed milk. It cant possible have made me spike
I’m not a morning eater and tend to eat about 10 ,am but have a couple of cups of tea. However ive just re checked my sugar b4 I eat and it’s soared to 11.5 and I’ve only had 2 cups of tea ( no sugar) how can that be. I expected it to have dropped . Please dont tell me that tea has carbs!! and I only use a small amount of semi skimmed milk. It cant possible have made me spike
What did you have with them, how many, and what was your before and 2 hours after eating number?Ive just found out that carrots are really bad for me. I spiked really bad after them. I thought that they would be a healthy snack
Ive been checking my sugars about 5 times a day at 5.30 pm before I had the carrots it was 6.8 then 2 hours later it was 15.4. I’d bought a bag of carrot sticks thinking they would be a good snack and I had about 6 or 7 small sticks. I checked later and found they do have some carbs but surely not enough to do thatWhat did you have with them, how many, and what was your before and 2 hours after eating number?
Wow that’s quite a rise from what’s probably about the amount in a large carrot. They are more starchy (carby) being an underground veg but that does seem a lot. Did you double check the second reading? Nothing else eaten, drunk or done in between?Ive been checking my sugars about 5 times a day at 5.30 pm before I had the carrots it was 6.8 then 2 hours later it was 15.4. I’d bought a bag of carrot sticks thinking they would be a good snack and I had about 6 or 7 small sticks. I checked later and found they do have some carbs but surely not enough to do that
Hi If you are not producing insulin any more and are not injecting fast acting insulin before eating then I can easily see how that would happen after carrots. You need to be record this and getting that c-peptide test.Ive been checking my sugars about 5 times a day at 5.30 pm before I had the carrots it was 6.8 then 2 hours later it was 15.4. I’d bought a bag of carrot sticks thinking they would be a good snack and I had about 6 or 7 small sticks. I checked later and found they do have some carbs but surely not enough to do that
Thanks for the reply , as you said they were reluctant to give a peptide test and said they can only be done thru the hospital. But she is referring me to a dietician. I’m now on 16 units levimer on a morning and 16 at night to see if that makes any difference and she’s given me a booklet to record my readings but ive already be doing that it’s just more time specific that she wants. I had been told on here to stop porridge for breakfast and have Greek yogurt and berries. And 2 hours later they had done form 13.5 fasting to 15.8 2 hours after breakfast. She told me I should go back on porridge as it’s slow acting so ill try that again tomorrow and see if it’s correct what she says and if there is any difference.Hi, you are doing great! 100% for effort. I can see some of me in your posts, I describe myself as extremely carb intolerant, the rise I get from food is disproportionate to what I read, I reached the point where Low Carb eating stopped working.
I was also started on one a day injection Basal only but very quickly realized this made little sense as I was crazy spiking after food but going low during the night (Freestyle Libre) once I started on Bolus insulin my control got way better so I would push for that. I was given a C-Peptide test that showed very low insulin production so they changed my type (I’m still not convinced) but it matters little what type I am I suppose,
I have heard they are reluctant to give Cpep tests, try to have your arguments ready before you go because the test really does make perfect sense, unfortunately I’m a bit rabbit in headlights at the docs so not always easy to get what I need or want. Best wishes, I look forward to reading your progress.
I’d ask for a hospital diabetes appointment not just a dietician. Your dr really seems out of her depth. Porridge will only make things worse compared to yoghurt and berries very low carbs cause less of a rise than high carbs no matter how slow release they are. Specific timed readings mean little without relationships to food/activity etc.Thanks for the reply , as you said they were reluctant to give a peptide test and said they can only be done thru the hospital. But she is referring me to a dietician. I’m now on 16 units levimer on a morning and 16 at night to see if that makes any difference and she’s given me a booklet to record my readings but ive already be doing that it’s just more time specific that she wants. I had been told on here to stop porridge for breakfast and have Greek yogurt and berries. And 2 hours later they had done form 13.5 fasting to 15.8 2 hours after breakfast. She told me I should go back on porridge as it’s slow acting so ill try that again tomorrow and see if it’s correct what she says and if there is any difference.
I’m seeing her again next week and then she’ll let me know if I need to change my insulin. I gave her my diary of food I’d eaten and she didn’t think I was eating enough. Ill let you know how it goes
Thats a great result, as the rise was only 2 points. Its the rise which is important. Your breakfast suited your blood glucose levels.And 2 hours later they had done form 13.5 fasting to 15.8 2 hours after breakfast.
Exactly so why switch it for a carb laden porridgeThats a great result, as the rise was only 2 points. Its the rise which is important. Your breakfast suited your blood glucose levels.
maybe due to a perceived risk of hypo from the insulin?Exactly so why switch it for a carb laden porridge
Not likely at the levels daffy is seeing…..unless it’s to counteract the extra insulin. In which case it’s even crazier to add carbs so she can add insulin to eliminate the carbsmaybe due to a perceived risk of hypo from the insulin?
Thanks for the reply , as you said they were reluctant to give a peptide test and said they can only be done thru the hospital. But she is referring me to a dietician. I’m now on 16 units levimer on a morning and 16 at night to see if that makes any difference and she’s given me a booklet to record my readings but ive already be doing that it’s just more time specific that she wants. I had been told on here to stop porridge for breakfast and have Greek yogurt and berries. And 2 hours later they had done form 13.5 fasting to 15.8 2 hours after breakfast. She told me I should go back on porridge as it’s slow acting so ill try that again tomorrow and see if it’s correct what she says and if there is any difference.
I’m seeing her again next week and then she’ll let me know if I need to change my insulin. I gave her my diary of food I’d eaten and she didn’t think I was eating enough. Ill let you know how it goes
Hi, you are doing great! 100% for effort. I can see some of me in your posts, I describe myself as extremely carb intolerant, the rise I get from food is disproportionate to what I read, I reached the point where Low Carb eating stopped working.
I was also started on one a day injection Basal only but very quickly realized this made little sense as I was crazy spiking after food but going low during the night (Freestyle Libre) once I started on Bolus insulin my control got way better so I would push for that. I was given a C-Peptide test that showed very low insulin production so they changed my type (I’m still not convinced) but it matters little what type I am I suppose,
I have heard they are reluctant to give Cpep tests, try to have your arguments ready before you go because the test really does make perfect sense, unfortunately I’m a bit rabbit in headlights at the docs so not always easy to get what I need or want. Best wishes, I look forward to reading your progress.
Partly because the chances of having T1 are very slim compared to having T2.Why are they so reluctant to give c peptide and anti gad tests @Fenn ?
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