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rptandzoon

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Im new to this site and was told 4mths ago I had type 2 diabeties,Im just worried about the amount of medication that Im on,Iam taking 4 aday Glucophage 500mg and 2 Nazdol 30mg both slow realease but my levels in a morning are around 11 and teatime around 10 ,I have bad permanant headache ,feel sick,tingling in my left hand and arm .permantley tierd and dont have a interest in anything and a tin taste in my mouth all my doctor says is thats ok Ive got more blood test next week and if its still high he is going to up my medication again,Could anybody tell me is this normal
Thanks
 
Welcome to the forum, here is the advice we give to new Type 2's , see if there is anything here that may help.

This forum doesn't always follow the recommended dietary advice, you have to work out what works for you as we are all different .

It's not just 'sugars' you need to avoid, diabetes is an inability to process glucose properly. Carbohydrate converts, in the body, to glucose. So it makes sense to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat which includes sugars.

The main carbs to avoid or reduce are the complex or starchy carbohydrates such a bread, potatoes, pasta and rice also any flour based products. The starchy carbs all convert 100% to glucose in the body and raise the blood sugar levels significantly.

The way to find out how different foods affect you is to do regular daily testing and keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. If you test just before eating then two hours after eating you will see the effect of certain foods on your blood glucose levels.

Buy yourself a carb counter book (you can get these on-line) and you will be able to work out how much carbs you are eating, when you test, the reading two hours after should be roughly the same as the before eating reading, if it is then that meal was fine, if it isn’t then you need to check what you have eaten and think about reducing the portion size of carbs.

When you are buying products check the total carbohydrate content, this includes the sugar content. Do not just go by the amount of sugar on the packaging as this is misleading to a diabetic.

As for a tester, try asking the nurse/doctor and explain that you want to be proactive in managing your own diabetes and therefore need to test so that you can see just how foods affect your blood sugar levels. Hopefully this will work ! Sometimes they are not keen to give Type 2’s the strips on prescription, (in the UK) but you can but try !!

As a Type 2 the latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:
Fasting (waking).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l.
2 hrs after meals......no more than 8.5 mmol/l.
If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.

It also helps if you can do 30 minutes moderate exercise a day. It doesn't have to be strenuous.
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It sounds like you may have to look at your diet and change some things to try and bring down your blood sugar levels a bit. Medication can only do so much and reducing the amount of carbs you eat can show big results in quite a short time.
The tinny taste is often associated with Metformin.
 
Thanks for that some of it does help ,I have changed my diet totally and still get high readings,
I just dont understand why they are high ,I have cut out 70 % of what I used to eat and I stick to it rigidley but thanks
 
Hi rptandzoon
I'm with Sue on the look to your diet advice, but I'm suggesting you try keeping a food diary, with amounts and get Bg redings before and 2 hoursafter beginning your meal. If you do this for a week, a pattern may come to light.
You say you've cut 70% of what you were eating. Could you give us an idea of what you do have, say a day's menus, and we'll see if we can spot anything.
Hana
 
Hi,This is what I eat roughly a day.2 Wheatabix skimmed milk,2 slices wholemeal bread with tomato,and lettuce,4 ryvita with humourous maybe also couple slices of Brie cheese,and evening meal 1 sm potatoe mixed veg and meat small amount with gravy,2 coffee and about 4-6 cups of tea a day somedays imight have a piece of diabetic choc.to frightened to eat normal.Thanks
 
There are a lot of carbs in Weetabix and bread, may be worth rethinking breakfast with something lower carb until you get your blood sugar under control. I would also check the packaging you buy for the total amount of carbs in the product.
 
Hi, welcome to the forum.
Have you looked in the "diabetes medication and drugs" section of this forum. I'm not familiar with the medication you're on, but it might be worth looking them up to see if other people report the headaches, nausea, tiredness and tingling that you mentioned.viewforum.php?f=26
Hope things improve for you soon.
Jus
 
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