CherryAA
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
since diagnosis I have been walking much , much more. I also seem to have become a little unsteady on my feet. I think this might be that my body is simply not used to operating in the 5-6 range. Last night minor stumbles were replaced by a major fall.
Walking home along the Embankment, after seeing the new Jack Reacher movie ( don't bother to go lol its bad ). I tripped after one of Charlie Chaplin type runs where you are trying desperately to keep upright I fell flat on my nose breaking it in the process.
After half an hour of trying to recover enough to go home to bed, I realised that A & E was required. At that point it became clear that I had dislocated my right shoulder and fractured my clavicle.
Substantial laughing gas and two shots of morphine were nowhere near enough to prevent my screams when the doctors manipulated it back into place. I think I probably woke all the patients and a few in the nearby cemetery!
On the plus side my blood pressure went down to 104/59 a level not seen by me , my blood sugars remained at 9.3 for the entire duration ( 5.9 before I fell over)
I took the opportunity to educate the entire A& E department about LCHF and after the inevitable - oh that's dangerous, they tested my ketone level which is 3. Ideal for weight loss. A couple of them took notes to pass onto friends who are diabetic.
I guess the takeaway from this is that everyone who is walking more with rapidly reducing blood sugars needs to take extra care.
Finally I bought a standing desk a while ago, but have not yet got round to using it. It turns out that is at the ideal position to rest my sling !
Onwards and downwards lol
Walking home along the Embankment, after seeing the new Jack Reacher movie ( don't bother to go lol its bad ). I tripped after one of Charlie Chaplin type runs where you are trying desperately to keep upright I fell flat on my nose breaking it in the process.
After half an hour of trying to recover enough to go home to bed, I realised that A & E was required. At that point it became clear that I had dislocated my right shoulder and fractured my clavicle.
Substantial laughing gas and two shots of morphine were nowhere near enough to prevent my screams when the doctors manipulated it back into place. I think I probably woke all the patients and a few in the nearby cemetery!
On the plus side my blood pressure went down to 104/59 a level not seen by me , my blood sugars remained at 9.3 for the entire duration ( 5.9 before I fell over)
I took the opportunity to educate the entire A& E department about LCHF and after the inevitable - oh that's dangerous, they tested my ketone level which is 3. Ideal for weight loss. A couple of them took notes to pass onto friends who are diabetic.
I guess the takeaway from this is that everyone who is walking more with rapidly reducing blood sugars needs to take extra care.
Finally I bought a standing desk a while ago, but have not yet got round to using it. It turns out that is at the ideal position to rest my sling !
Onwards and downwards lol