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- Type of diabetes
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- Tablets (oral)
Hi! (warning for long read )
Great forum/site. Thank heavens for that.
Diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Was shell shocked. Read that is normal. Went to Dr because I hadn't had a GP for 25 years living overseas - they don't have/use GPs there - just clinics. Moved back home again. Since not having had a GP mine decided to do some regular tests. SURPRISE. After that I can't remember numbers or anything he said. Nothing was written down for me and no dietician/nurse/team - anything, was offered or suggested.
I "believe" he said my BG was 20? fasting. Here take these prescriptions, test your blood fasting and 30 min after supper everyday for a week and then after a week when you get your numbers under control you only need to test a couple of times a week. Oh yeah, cut out sugar, no bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, choose d"iet". Your blood pressure is high and so is your cholesterol - strange because I can't see it to look at you. ??? If I send you to a specialist they will put you on insulin right away.
I THINK I am type 2. He just said diabetes. I am not on insulin, taking 1x metformin 500mg (morning) and 1 Mint Gliclazide 30mg (middag) and 1x metformin 500mg (bedtime)+ 1 ASA and 1 Rosuvastatin 20 mg.
I'll admit - never taken meds before so I forget to time these. One day I broke out in hives all over. One evening my numbers nosed dived from 11 to 7 in a couple of hours .... was afraid something was wrong and I wouldn't wake up.
Some of what I have read/learnt in 3 weeks....
There is TONS of info here and out there. Many conflicting - as you all confirm. Also, what works for one doesn't work for all.
There is no cure for diabetes - there is management. Carbs are bad, sugars are bad, don't believe the low fat hype.
I def have liver dump - my numbers are highest in the mornings! Some ppl say same thing here and say they don't test in mornings because that just stresses their day out and they can't do anything about the liver dump - this is my situation too - glad to have read that post because it was stressing me WAY OUT. Some ppl said pickle juice helps - yeah, right, I thought. But hey, I love pickles so why not? This helps me too! Weird.
Should test 2 hrs after not 30 min after.
Metformin can be prescribed up to 2000mg a day so I am not on a high dosage.
Some BG readings are not accurate - after reading this I have tested twice when I thought numbers were too high and found as much as 3.0 (YES 3.0) difference! what's up with that.
Changing order of my meds could help - changed them now to glic in the morning and metformin at lunch and bedtime.
I need to get my reports, he needs to show them to me and explain them, it isn't going to happen overnight.
I have lead a life of extreme stress from a child and up to even now. I am a workaholic, worked 60-70 hr weeks in IT and was a single mom (gave up sleep - did not give up time with my son) and very engaged in my sons elite soccer training and volunteering etc. 6 yrs ago my step mom died from cancer, 2 yrs ago my sister (53) died of cancer less than 3 months after diagnoses - I left my job, home, life overseas and came home to be here for her and the family. Then after she passed I got shingles (TMI -yeast infection 2 years) went back and packed up and moved home permanently. BUT I still have had a great life - just saying because I am not writing this as a woe is me pity party. I have a phobia of needles (I can prick my fingers because that always happenings when I am crafting anyway )
I'm 53 and HCP always ask if my data is correct because they think I look way younger. I LOVE veggies and fruit and salads. I do not need to lose weight. I am fairly active - Did a Mud Hero 6 km last July. Felt healthy. Don't smoke, don't do drugs, didn't take meds, stand 7 hrs a day at work- never sit, don't drink beer or coffee and maybe 4 teas a year and 1/2 a bottle of wine a year. Maybe 6 cans of pop a month - maybe. Maybe a chocolate bar a week. Otherwise I do not like chocolate. I don't eat "lite" food. Don't generally overeat. Love meat. I can have candy in the house for a year and not eat it. All this means a diabetic diet won't be toooo extreme for me. I don't do mornings well and was never a breakfast person.... I am a night owl.
So I now am doing LCHF (50-70 carbs a day) and the numbers are going down but still bouncing throughout the day ... 7-14.
thanks for reading and any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated. (yes, I have read the newbie info)
Great forum/site. Thank heavens for that.
Diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Was shell shocked. Read that is normal. Went to Dr because I hadn't had a GP for 25 years living overseas - they don't have/use GPs there - just clinics. Moved back home again. Since not having had a GP mine decided to do some regular tests. SURPRISE. After that I can't remember numbers or anything he said. Nothing was written down for me and no dietician/nurse/team - anything, was offered or suggested.
I "believe" he said my BG was 20? fasting. Here take these prescriptions, test your blood fasting and 30 min after supper everyday for a week and then after a week when you get your numbers under control you only need to test a couple of times a week. Oh yeah, cut out sugar, no bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, choose d"iet". Your blood pressure is high and so is your cholesterol - strange because I can't see it to look at you. ??? If I send you to a specialist they will put you on insulin right away.
I THINK I am type 2. He just said diabetes. I am not on insulin, taking 1x metformin 500mg (morning) and 1 Mint Gliclazide 30mg (middag) and 1x metformin 500mg (bedtime)+ 1 ASA and 1 Rosuvastatin 20 mg.
I'll admit - never taken meds before so I forget to time these. One day I broke out in hives all over. One evening my numbers nosed dived from 11 to 7 in a couple of hours .... was afraid something was wrong and I wouldn't wake up.
Some of what I have read/learnt in 3 weeks....
There is TONS of info here and out there. Many conflicting - as you all confirm. Also, what works for one doesn't work for all.
There is no cure for diabetes - there is management. Carbs are bad, sugars are bad, don't believe the low fat hype.
I def have liver dump - my numbers are highest in the mornings! Some ppl say same thing here and say they don't test in mornings because that just stresses their day out and they can't do anything about the liver dump - this is my situation too - glad to have read that post because it was stressing me WAY OUT. Some ppl said pickle juice helps - yeah, right, I thought. But hey, I love pickles so why not? This helps me too! Weird.
Should test 2 hrs after not 30 min after.
Metformin can be prescribed up to 2000mg a day so I am not on a high dosage.
Some BG readings are not accurate - after reading this I have tested twice when I thought numbers were too high and found as much as 3.0 (YES 3.0) difference! what's up with that.
Changing order of my meds could help - changed them now to glic in the morning and metformin at lunch and bedtime.
I need to get my reports, he needs to show them to me and explain them, it isn't going to happen overnight.
I have lead a life of extreme stress from a child and up to even now. I am a workaholic, worked 60-70 hr weeks in IT and was a single mom (gave up sleep - did not give up time with my son) and very engaged in my sons elite soccer training and volunteering etc. 6 yrs ago my step mom died from cancer, 2 yrs ago my sister (53) died of cancer less than 3 months after diagnoses - I left my job, home, life overseas and came home to be here for her and the family. Then after she passed I got shingles (TMI -yeast infection 2 years) went back and packed up and moved home permanently. BUT I still have had a great life - just saying because I am not writing this as a woe is me pity party. I have a phobia of needles (I can prick my fingers because that always happenings when I am crafting anyway )
I'm 53 and HCP always ask if my data is correct because they think I look way younger. I LOVE veggies and fruit and salads. I do not need to lose weight. I am fairly active - Did a Mud Hero 6 km last July. Felt healthy. Don't smoke, don't do drugs, didn't take meds, stand 7 hrs a day at work- never sit, don't drink beer or coffee and maybe 4 teas a year and 1/2 a bottle of wine a year. Maybe 6 cans of pop a month - maybe. Maybe a chocolate bar a week. Otherwise I do not like chocolate. I don't eat "lite" food. Don't generally overeat. Love meat. I can have candy in the house for a year and not eat it. All this means a diabetic diet won't be toooo extreme for me. I don't do mornings well and was never a breakfast person.... I am a night owl.
So I now am doing LCHF (50-70 carbs a day) and the numbers are going down but still bouncing throughout the day ... 7-14.
- For you, when you were diagnosed... how high and how long did it take you to "normalize" your bg? Weeks, months, year?
- If I am going from 20 to 11, is that good progress even if it is not good numbers? Get the impression my GP wants it stable within a month. ?? I realize I need to get around 6-7.
- Can you drop too quickly... I mean in time, not in numbers? Dropping from 20 to avg of 11 in a week or 2 - can there be consequences of that (like withdrawl?)
- I don't have excess weight to loose and the only thing that really seems to keep my numbers down is fasting (expect mornings) - I can't starve myself into good numbers. This is not a permanent solution. thoughts?
- Extreme stress for a lifetime, workaholic, no sleep (still), bad work environment - trying to change all this and a 2 yr yeast infection - factors as to progessing to T2? Has changes in theses - has that affected your numbers?
- Not producing enough insulin or not using my own insulin correctly - how do you know which it is? What numbers show/explain this?
- I am afraid of needles, I am not a morning person, liver dumps, and drs visits stress me and now so will every visit - so not expecting BP or BG to be good in mornings. Should I request blood testing on fasting in afternoon instead?
- Suggestions on how or if to tackle liver dumps? why/why not?
- What other than diet has helped you?
thanks for reading and any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated. (yes, I have read the newbie info)