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Low blood sugar levels...3's

taffy2016

taffy2016

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Hi,
Iam newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic and im doing everything that my Doctor advised me to do, i take metformin twice a day 500mg after breakfast and another 500mg after dinner, i am trying to eat well and i do exercise sessions full on twice a week, but my blood sugars are in the 3's and 4's just wondering if anyone has had the same experience have booked an appointment to see my Doctor today to discuss this... I have a feeling im not doing something right...
 
What blood glucose levels do you want to have?

Type 1s are told not to drop below 4 because of the risk of hypos.
Type 2s are very unlikely to hypo (unless they have additional health issues such as rective hypoglycaemia, or are on strong glucose lowering drugs like gliclazide or insulin).
'Normals' (non Ds) often live in the 3-4 blood glucose range for most of the day.

Your doc may well tell you that your blood glucose is too low, but then doctors often don't seem to have a very comprehensive understanding of 'normoglycaemia' and what normal people's blood glucose is - even their own!

You may find reading this website very interesting. It explains the potential risks of high blood glucose, and explains why the information given out by doctors is based on quite a bit of faulty thinking - we shouldn't expect T2 to be degenerative, with larger and larger doses of drugs. That only happens when our blood glucose is raised too high, for too long, and our bodies are damaged by it. Keep a low enough blood glucose, and the risk of such complications shrinks amazingly.

www.bloodsugar101.com
 
I'd agree with the others @taffy2016 , with the caveat that all seems well, provided you feel OK.

I can now spend quite long periods with very low numbers, without medication, feeling fine and dandy, going about my business. I interpret it as my body having recovered well from the assault of diabetes.

Don't panic, or eat to bring your numbers up deliberately, unless you feel "off". Our bodies have a natty system, as T2s, whereby our livers can often help us out by releasing energy stores if we should run a bit low. You may see these referred to as liver dumps. Again, I interpret that not as something for concern, but that my body id functioning well, as it should to look after me in my day-to-day living.

If you're on a very low number, feel hungry and it's been a while since you've eaten, then obviously just crack on and eat. I'm not advocating your force your liver into rescue mode, just reassuring you it exists.
 
Thank you all for your support, i was worried...i went to see my Doctor and she said i should come off the metformin and record all my readings and show her next week...

Thank you
 
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