low blood sugars

hi can anyone help ive been managing type two diabetes with diet but the last week have experianced low blood sugur ranging 3 to 3.3 an3.9 then eaten sugur sweets and it rises dramatically then stables itsefl to around 5 to 6 its usually afternoons its 5s int he mornings please any suggestions am waiting to see diabetic nurse whos been on holiday was diagnosed sept last year am 54 and female thankyou

Re: low blood ugurs

Squire Fulwood said:

So are you saying that your readings go this low after eating lunch? Seems unusual.

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i wake up they are around 5 i have porridge then a bannana later some nuts then lunch time sandwich nd some friut then around two hours later my sugur level drops for example my sugur level two hours ago were 4 i ate a pastie and cup of tea know they are ten im not sure what to eat or do

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the diabetic nurse said i was border line and told me to use diet but never gave me a diet sheet
i get shaky when the sugur level has dropped to btween 3 and 4 but im hoping its because ive cut out all sugurs and only eat fish vegatables fruit and ocaisionally bread as dont know how many calories to eat and what amount of food to eat with each other if u understand me
yes i am saying that my sugur level is 5s in morning and are usually around 5s am
nd 6s but toady been all over the shop again 5.2 bfore breakfast after a bowl of ooridge the were 6.2/two hous later than i ate a banana at ten thirty
at 1 35 i did bloods again they were 4 so i ate a pasty and cup of tea tested them two hours later they were 10.6
at 5 pm itested them they were 4.6 and have had fish vegatables and brown crusty roll see what they are at 7 pm thanks for listening kim

Re: low blood ugurs

Squire Fulwood said:

I don't know of anyone that got issued with a diet sheet for diabetes by the NHS. The two they gave me were for blood pressure and cholesterol. It took me a year to realise they were useless to me.

As for the rest of it. I would get readings like yours if I ate bread or pie crusts. I would probably get high readings if I ate porridge and bananas also. Reducing the portions would not help me but might be ok for you.

The only thing I can't explain is your low fasting figures. I am wondering what happened when you got your diagnosis. It looks like you would fail a Glucose Tolerance Test and pass the fasting ones. I don't know anymore than that.

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thankyou for your time im going to ring the dibetic nurse tmro see if she can review my diagnoses thankyou again kim