ameeno
Active Member
- Messages
- 26
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Thought I would introduce myself before asking questions. In July I was admitted to hospital with chest pains, it wasn't a heart attack I'm pleased to say, doctor said I was diabetic (bg reading of 17.7 in ambulance) told me to follow sugar free diet and prescribed metformin. Wasn't happy to take medication without at least a bit more information/discussion.
I'm so grateful to have found this site that evening and have been on here almost everyday soaking up the information, the success stories and the falling of the wagon stories, bit obsessive! I am now trying to cut out sugar and follow a lchf diet, testing in the morning and 2 hours after meals. I keep a record of bg results, food , weight, blood pressure and challenge myself to lower the numbers.
After 3 weeks I saw my gp told her I wasn't taking the medication and showed her my tracked results, by now the morning reading was in the low 7's. She thought the reading at the hospital might have just been a spike and ordered blood tests . I didn't like to tell her I had bg reading of 14.4, 2 hours after after eating half a Chinese sweet and sour chicken with no rice (which I won't be eating again) and that I have changed my diet. I'm a new patient and when I showed her my test result she wanted to know why I tested, did I know how to do it, did I know what the results meant blah blah blah. I told her nicely Dr Google was very helpful! I have been called back to get my results and presumably to confirm I am diabetic.
In six weeks I have lost 1 1/2 stone, morning bg readings from 17.7 to 6.9 and blood pressure now around 123/74.
Just want to add that for over a year I suffered with flashes of pain all around my body, which I thought was my arthritis but it is now gone, pins and needles all day in hands and three months before being diagnosed every morning I woke up with terrible cramp in my toes, calf and was starting in my thigh, this was so horrible but has not happened since changing my diet, my stomach troubles have also settled, not sure if cutting out sugar, carbs or flour has helped but its been a win win for me.
Wanted to say a big thank you for everyone that posts on here and for all the information. It has inspired me to make the changes I really needed to make at the start of this long journey.
My question is regarding bg monitors.
I tested with my usual easylife monitor last night got a reading of 3.3 thought it might be a rogue strip so tested another finger and it was 6.6. This morning tested and it was 3.3 tested same finger again 3.6, tested another finger 6.4. I have just bought a sd codefree monitor and that said 8.1. Other posts have said codefree reads a little high. Not sure if the easylife is on the blink ( only had it 6 weeks) , I bought 300 strips with the codefree so I'm going to have to stick with it, do I just knock 1 point off the meter??
I'm so grateful to have found this site that evening and have been on here almost everyday soaking up the information, the success stories and the falling of the wagon stories, bit obsessive! I am now trying to cut out sugar and follow a lchf diet, testing in the morning and 2 hours after meals. I keep a record of bg results, food , weight, blood pressure and challenge myself to lower the numbers.
After 3 weeks I saw my gp told her I wasn't taking the medication and showed her my tracked results, by now the morning reading was in the low 7's. She thought the reading at the hospital might have just been a spike and ordered blood tests . I didn't like to tell her I had bg reading of 14.4, 2 hours after after eating half a Chinese sweet and sour chicken with no rice (which I won't be eating again) and that I have changed my diet. I'm a new patient and when I showed her my test result she wanted to know why I tested, did I know how to do it, did I know what the results meant blah blah blah. I told her nicely Dr Google was very helpful! I have been called back to get my results and presumably to confirm I am diabetic.
In six weeks I have lost 1 1/2 stone, morning bg readings from 17.7 to 6.9 and blood pressure now around 123/74.
Just want to add that for over a year I suffered with flashes of pain all around my body, which I thought was my arthritis but it is now gone, pins and needles all day in hands and three months before being diagnosed every morning I woke up with terrible cramp in my toes, calf and was starting in my thigh, this was so horrible but has not happened since changing my diet, my stomach troubles have also settled, not sure if cutting out sugar, carbs or flour has helped but its been a win win for me.
Wanted to say a big thank you for everyone that posts on here and for all the information. It has inspired me to make the changes I really needed to make at the start of this long journey.
My question is regarding bg monitors.
I tested with my usual easylife monitor last night got a reading of 3.3 thought it might be a rogue strip so tested another finger and it was 6.6. This morning tested and it was 3.3 tested same finger again 3.6, tested another finger 6.4. I have just bought a sd codefree monitor and that said 8.1. Other posts have said codefree reads a little high. Not sure if the easylife is on the blink ( only had it 6 weeks) , I bought 300 strips with the codefree so I'm going to have to stick with it, do I just knock 1 point off the meter??
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