Your gp surgery should give you a glucose testing kit for free. The receptionist will probably just give you it if you ask. Well that's what mine did anyway.
Personally I'd recommend the freestyle libre. Its pricy but with me its stopped me stressing about hypos.
Hi there.
You do not need to buy a meter and testing strips. You will get these on prescription along with all the rest of the things you need.
You could contact your DSN and ask for one in advance of your appointment. Failing that your GP practice should be able to provide you with one.
Pleased to here you are feeling more positive about things
YeahI have a testing kit (I even have two, one from the GP and then one from the hospital that also tests keotones) I’m using it four time’s a day just now. I was wondering about the thing on your arm that monitors it? Do you have one? Sorry if I’m a bit confused!
I self funded a Freestyle Libre because I was scared of hypos. I have a Miao Miao attached to the Libre which alarms when I'm low.
I also have a miomio 2
So alarm goes off if low
Paid for thay myself but well worth the money
Yeah. Completely agree. Really great pieces of kit ! Let us know how u get onThanks, I’m going to get these - anything to relieve some of the anxiety!
I sometimes buy the libre to try and learn how my body is behaving. How do you connect it via bluetooth?A CGM is a continuous glucose monitor. I have the libre. It's basically like a small sensor that goes on your arm. And it tells your blood glucose readings without doing a finger prick. Mines connected by bluetooth to my phone. Sends readings every 5 minutes. Its actually amazing. I would struggle massively without it
I was diagnosed Jan 2019 Type 2, then asked for more tests in November 2019 and was diagnosed LADA. Had GAD antibodies around 1700. C peptide was ok. I have only had one telephone consultation with the hospital diabetologist in May due to lockdown and a previous cancellation in March. She said as hba1c was 45mmol in Dec and March I don’t need insulin yet. She told me to raise the level of carbs I eat to 50g a day. Have done this, but gained a few pounds. I keep a constant check on blood sugars.
Hi. I spent hours researching low carb diets and keto and asked for a meter to try and reverse Type 2. As it isn’t Type 2 I didn’t reverse it, but got it down to 45 mmol. I accept as insulin production levels fail, which will be shown up on c peptide this will become increasingly difficult. Like you, would rather stay off insulin for now. Was on insulin in bith my pregnancies 14 years ago, so know what it’s like. Can be challenging at times with hypos. I have omelettes or bacon, egg amd half an avocado at breakfast. My levels are generally 7/8 on this. Breakfast is the most challenging one. If I ate porridge or bran flakes or fruit and yoghurt I would get 13/14, so never eat them now. For lunch I have tuna or chicken salad. An avocado might feature at lunch too. I also found Livlife bread in Waitrose. Doesn’t raise sugar levels much at 3.8g carbs. For dinner I’ll have curry, chilli, stir fry. Don’t have rice, pasta or potatoes. I just worked out what I could get away with for now.hey Millie! I was diagnosed with LADA on Jan 2019 as well (previously misdiagnosed as a type 2 as well!) . Any ideas on what to eat to keep sugars low? I am very reluctant to go on insulin and want to be kept on tablets as long as possibly (doctors say it’s unlikely I’ll evade insulin for my whole life, so I see no reason to not try to delay it while I can!) have been eating salads and very little carbs and been going for long walks and this has taken my sugars down significantly over the last three days... would be good to get ideas on what exercise or meals are best though!
Hi Millie, thanks so much for responding! Has given me a lot of clarity with regards to food. My sugars have been pretty bad for more or less a year, and especially during lockdown - but it’s all down to my diet as I was eating terribly and turning a blind eye by not checking for weeks on end. But since I had a shock after seeing a reading of 24 a couple of days ago, I’ve vowed to get out of my denial stage and take it seriously. I have been eating pretty healthy and as the days have gone (around 4 days now) my sugars have gotten lower each day. So for example, on Sunday 14/06, I had a chicken salad with cucumber and tomato and two hours later it was 17.7. My fasting sugar that morning was 9. But today, my fasting was 7.4 and after eating breakfast of low sugar granola with yoghurt and four raspberries it was 5.2 after 2.5hrs. Had a subway salad for lunch today with light mayo, garlic aoili and southwest and after 1.5hrs it was 6.3. This is telling me I do have enough insulin production atm and my high readings were purely down to my diet. I have also been doing ten min cardio running after every meal, so 30mins daily in total. Have to admit this takes my sugars down quickly than going on a one hour walk (which is what I used to do and did not take it down as much!). I did give in and have a peach with my dinner, which took up my sugars to 10.8 after 2hrs (even with 10min cardio running after). Though the exercise is working, I am getting frustrated at having to take three showers daily to get rid off sweat, so I’ll try your recommendation of doing muscle work outs instead and see if it has a similar effect. Let me know how your readings progress or any other exercise recommendations !Hi. I spent hours researching low carb diets and keto and asked for a meter to try and reverse Type 2. As it isn’t Type 2 I didn’t reverse it, but got it down to 45 mmol. I accept as insulin production levels fail, which will be shown up on c peptide this will become increasingly difficult. Like you, would rather stay off insulin for now. Was on insulin in bith my pregnancies 14 years ago, so know what it’s like. Can be challenging at times with hypos. I have omelettes or bacon, egg amd half an avocado at breakfast. My levels are generally 7/8 on this. Breakfast is the most challenging one. If I ate porridge or bran flakes or fruit and yoghurt I would get 13/14, so never eat them now. For lunch I have tuna or chicken salad. An avocado might feature at lunch too. I also found Livlife bread in Waitrose. Doesn’t raise sugar levels much at 3.8g carbs. For dinner I’ll have curry, chilli, stir fry. Don’t have rice, pasta or potatoes. I just worked out what I could get away with for now.
I teach dance for a living, but haven’t since lockdown, do has been hard. I have found resistance training gets my levels down with weights, resistance bands or kettle bells. I enjoy Zumba, Hitt, but sometimes levels rise with this. Not sure why. It’s all very frustrating. I am forever trying. I get confused about the going on insulin asap advice to preserve beta cells and it worries me a little. I don’t fully understand it. I was told not to go under 50g carbs as it could cause Ketoacidosis. Again, not sure why. Have gained a few pounds in lockdown even trying hard, but have PCOS and recently came off combined pill, so know weight can be a problem with hormones and PCOS. What do you eat for breakfast? Also what do your fasting sugars tend to be? Mine are between 6-8. Nice to chat to someone in a similar position. The consultant said if my hba1c goes up to 55mmol then I’ll need insulin. Not keen. Although I know there will have been advances since I had gestational diabetes 14 years ago with my first son.
Best of luck. Keep in touch.
Also, not sure why you would go into ketoaccidosis if sugars are less than 50g? I am trying to eat around 40-50g only which I think is ideal for now (hoping to get lower as time goes on). My previous hba1c was 72, but I’m still on metformin and sitagliptin (of course, that was because of my unhealthy diet but yours seems pretty healthy so I can see why your doctor would be worried about it getting higher). I ate weetabix for first two day’s but sugars went to 13 so I bought granola with yogurt which was fine with the exercise (though I have to admit I am not a fan of the yoghurt and am tempted to put in sweetener!). I’ve also had avocado toast with egg (whole grain) which had me at 9.2 after 2.5hrs. So I think I’ll stick with the granola since it keeps my sugars down and have the bread on occasion or weekends!Hi. I spent hours researching low carb diets and keto and asked for a meter to try and reverse Type 2. As it isn’t Type 2 I didn’t reverse it, but got it down to 45 mmol. I accept as insulin production levels fail, which will be shown up on c peptide this will become increasingly difficult. Like you, would rather stay off insulin for now. Was on insulin in bith my pregnancies 14 years ago, so know what it’s like. Can be challenging at times with hypos. I have omelettes or bacon, egg amd half an avocado at breakfast. My levels are generally 7/8 on this. Breakfast is the most challenging one. If I ate porridge or bran flakes or fruit and yoghurt I would get 13/14, so never eat them now. For lunch I have tuna or chicken salad. An avocado might feature at lunch too. I also found Livlife bread in Waitrose. Doesn’t raise sugar levels much at 3.8g carbs. For dinner I’ll have curry, chilli, stir fry. Don’t have rice, pasta or potatoes. I just worked out what I could get away with for now.
I teach dance for a living, but haven’t since lockdown, do has been hard. I have found resistance training gets my levels down with weights, resistance bands or kettle bells. I enjoy Zumba, Hitt, but sometimes levels rise with this. Not sure why. It’s all very frustrating. I am forever trying. I get confused about the going on insulin asap advice to preserve beta cells and it worries me a little. I don’t fully understand it. I was told not to go under 50g carbs as it could cause Ketoacidosis. Again, not sure why. Have gained a few pounds in lockdown even trying hard, but have PCOS and recently came off combined pill, so know weight can be a problem with hormones and PCOS. What do you eat for breakfast? Also what do your fasting sugars tend to be? Mine are between 6-8. Nice to chat to someone in a similar position. The consultant said if my hba1c goes up to 55mmol then I’ll need insulin. Not keen. Although I know there will have been advances since I had gestational diabetes 14 years ago with my first son.
Best of luck. Keep in touch.
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