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<blockquote data-quote="SQ71" data-source="post: 2292607" data-attributes="member: 528383"><p>After my annual blood tests this year, I had an HBA1C of 51 (Has been 33 for the past 5 or more years). I was told I had prediabetes, and needed to lose some weight, reduce my carb and sugar intake, and to come back in 3 months. I was also started on a statin medication at the same time for high cholesterol that has not been successfully reduced through diet.</p><p></p><p>I have lost 6kg in the past 8 weeks. About 3 weeks ago, I decided to buy a blood glucose monitor so that I could get an indication of the impact that certain meals were having on my blood sugar levels. What I have found in the past 3 weeks, is my avg fasting level is around 8.6. My average level across the board is 9.2.</p><p></p><p>I had a very scary experience on Friday. I slipped up with my food intake at lunchtime (I'm human and can't be 100% good all of the time), and I had quite a large carb/sugar intake. Within 30 minutes of eating that meal, I felt ghastly. I was peeing like crazy, drinking like crazy, super thirsty no matter how much I drank, and I could barely keep my eyes open. My 2 hour after meal level was 13.8. I tested again an hour later (as I felt really unwell) and it was 12.8. Five hours post-meal, it was still at 12.5, I felt really unwell and I was starting to worry a bit. I had a high protein dinner (Only chicken and eggs) and it came down to 9, 2 hours after that meal. I still felt awful, so had an early night, but woke up in a pool of sweat around 2 in the morning, drank a ton of water and went to the bathroom, and feel back asleep. When I got up on Saturday morning, I felt like I had a hangover. I hadn't had any alcohol. My head was yuck all day. I continued to drink loads and pee loads. It took me until about Monday to finally feel better.</p><p></p><p>I have never experienced anything like that before in my life and it was really quite frightening. I called my GP on Monday but could not get an appointment until next Monday (10th Aug). In the meantime, I've joined this forum, and was wondering if anybody knew what I should do if I have a slip up like that again and have a spike like that? How can I quickly reduce my blood sugar level in that situation? Bearing in mind, I'm not on any diabetes meds. Does this sound more like I actually have type 2 diabetes rather than prediabetes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SQ71, post: 2292607, member: 528383"] After my annual blood tests this year, I had an HBA1C of 51 (Has been 33 for the past 5 or more years). I was told I had prediabetes, and needed to lose some weight, reduce my carb and sugar intake, and to come back in 3 months. I was also started on a statin medication at the same time for high cholesterol that has not been successfully reduced through diet. I have lost 6kg in the past 8 weeks. About 3 weeks ago, I decided to buy a blood glucose monitor so that I could get an indication of the impact that certain meals were having on my blood sugar levels. What I have found in the past 3 weeks, is my avg fasting level is around 8.6. My average level across the board is 9.2. I had a very scary experience on Friday. I slipped up with my food intake at lunchtime (I'm human and can't be 100% good all of the time), and I had quite a large carb/sugar intake. Within 30 minutes of eating that meal, I felt ghastly. I was peeing like crazy, drinking like crazy, super thirsty no matter how much I drank, and I could barely keep my eyes open. My 2 hour after meal level was 13.8. I tested again an hour later (as I felt really unwell) and it was 12.8. Five hours post-meal, it was still at 12.5, I felt really unwell and I was starting to worry a bit. I had a high protein dinner (Only chicken and eggs) and it came down to 9, 2 hours after that meal. I still felt awful, so had an early night, but woke up in a pool of sweat around 2 in the morning, drank a ton of water and went to the bathroom, and feel back asleep. When I got up on Saturday morning, I felt like I had a hangover. I hadn't had any alcohol. My head was yuck all day. I continued to drink loads and pee loads. It took me until about Monday to finally feel better. I have never experienced anything like that before in my life and it was really quite frightening. I called my GP on Monday but could not get an appointment until next Monday (10th Aug). In the meantime, I've joined this forum, and was wondering if anybody knew what I should do if I have a slip up like that again and have a spike like that? How can I quickly reduce my blood sugar level in that situation? Bearing in mind, I'm not on any diabetes meds. Does this sound more like I actually have type 2 diabetes rather than prediabetes? [/QUOTE]
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