Johnb82
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Hi, Great forum, I've learned so much already!
I'm newly diagnosed with type 2 and finding it frustration when my blood sugar doesn't go down when I've been so good ahhh!
I was feeling really bad, I couldn't stay asleep was my biggest problem, up peeing 10 times a night, thought it was just age (37) Kept getting thrush and was feeling like my eyes had sunk into the back of my head. I thought I was tired off being up half the night so I started drinking loads of lucozade and eating snickers duos thinking I needed some sugar to keep me going (quite the opposite!!) anyway this went on for about a year I was going to bed at 8pm then 7pm then it started getting to 6:30pm I started cutting my hours at work as couldn't keep my eyes open, before I finally called the doctors.
They organised a full blood count and my A1c was 95mmol, so they done another one in 2 weeks and then it was 96mmol. They didn't call me back for ages they finally called and said I need to see the nurse and that would be another 3 weeks. I asked the reception what I should do in the meantime as I feel rubbish and she said she would get the nurse to call.
The Nurse called and had me down at the doctors within 2 hours, she finger pricked me there and was 16.0 she put me on 1, 40mg of gliclazade in the morning and give me a meter to check them every morning. She went through a few things, foot test etc, weight (I'm chunky) and that was that. My dad had diabetes, my grandad had it, and with my job (driving instructor sitting in a car for 8 hours day) and family history, I think It was coming. I'm pleased in a way as I know what's wrong.
Its been 2 and a half weeks now and its coming down, The first morning was 14.6, then. every morning since..11.9, 11.8, 9.9, 9.4, 10.4, 10.1, 8.2, 9.3, 8.1, 8.5, 7.5, 9.1, 10.9, 8.7, 7.6, 9.1 and then today 8.1.
Ive really changed my diet and finding it pretty easy to keep off the sugar, the carbs however!! after about 2 weeks of cutting most rubbish out I had some wraps, white ones and the next day my bloods were 10.9 does it affect it so fast? does it take a few days to settle down?
I was so good yesterday, done an hours walk, cleaned the cars, done some gardening and before lunch my bloods were 5.9 (best ever) I only had about 80g of carbs all day, my last meal was at 5:30pm and had only 30g of carbs and no sugar. Checked my bloods this morning and they're 8.1. I thought it might have been lower. Not sure how it works. its all new to me!
I do feel so much better though, I cant believe how bad I felt. I'm staying up until 11pm these days. my bedtime was 6:30pm, i dread to think what would be happened if I left it and kept on with all the lucozade and chocolate for energy!
I'm newly diagnosed with type 2 and finding it frustration when my blood sugar doesn't go down when I've been so good ahhh!
I was feeling really bad, I couldn't stay asleep was my biggest problem, up peeing 10 times a night, thought it was just age (37) Kept getting thrush and was feeling like my eyes had sunk into the back of my head. I thought I was tired off being up half the night so I started drinking loads of lucozade and eating snickers duos thinking I needed some sugar to keep me going (quite the opposite!!) anyway this went on for about a year I was going to bed at 8pm then 7pm then it started getting to 6:30pm I started cutting my hours at work as couldn't keep my eyes open, before I finally called the doctors.
They organised a full blood count and my A1c was 95mmol, so they done another one in 2 weeks and then it was 96mmol. They didn't call me back for ages they finally called and said I need to see the nurse and that would be another 3 weeks. I asked the reception what I should do in the meantime as I feel rubbish and she said she would get the nurse to call.
The Nurse called and had me down at the doctors within 2 hours, she finger pricked me there and was 16.0 she put me on 1, 40mg of gliclazade in the morning and give me a meter to check them every morning. She went through a few things, foot test etc, weight (I'm chunky) and that was that. My dad had diabetes, my grandad had it, and with my job (driving instructor sitting in a car for 8 hours day) and family history, I think It was coming. I'm pleased in a way as I know what's wrong.
Its been 2 and a half weeks now and its coming down, The first morning was 14.6, then. every morning since..11.9, 11.8, 9.9, 9.4, 10.4, 10.1, 8.2, 9.3, 8.1, 8.5, 7.5, 9.1, 10.9, 8.7, 7.6, 9.1 and then today 8.1.
Ive really changed my diet and finding it pretty easy to keep off the sugar, the carbs however!! after about 2 weeks of cutting most rubbish out I had some wraps, white ones and the next day my bloods were 10.9 does it affect it so fast? does it take a few days to settle down?
I was so good yesterday, done an hours walk, cleaned the cars, done some gardening and before lunch my bloods were 5.9 (best ever) I only had about 80g of carbs all day, my last meal was at 5:30pm and had only 30g of carbs and no sugar. Checked my bloods this morning and they're 8.1. I thought it might have been lower. Not sure how it works. its all new to me!
I do feel so much better though, I cant believe how bad I felt. I'm staying up until 11pm these days. my bedtime was 6:30pm, i dread to think what would be happened if I left it and kept on with all the lucozade and chocolate for energy!
