Type 2 Normal readings

Hi

Firstly I’d like to apologise as I feel I was being quite snippy in my posts last week. It wasn’t personal at any of you, I was just in a major flunk and seriously annoyed at the world.


Am very happy but also curious. Last couple of days my readings have been superb.
Parents visited so when we went to shop yesterday I had a tiny piece of chocolate cake (a slither) 2 hours later sugars were 5.3 (started in the 6 or 7s)
Then went for a meal and had fish and chips and even tried tartare sauce. Didn’t finish the chips. Started 5.3 after 2 hours was 9.4. Still very happy given how many carbs as a treat.

Today had porridge for brekkie and felt slightly weak so had 2 jelly beans, went into shop then had a piece of flap jack (from 8 week sugar diet) and 3 heck chicken sausages. Unfortunately those sweets kicked off my cravings and I then had another 4/5. 2 1/2 hours later sugars st 5.3.

Ate sandwich then 2 1/2 hours later 6. Something. (Again very extraordinary),

It is my time of the month which started this morning so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it. But my levels are wonderfully low and normal.

In terms of how I feel I feel great. Not abnormal thirst, I have energy, (apart from stomach ache), my mind feel clearer and I just feel happier since about mid morning.

Is this normal? I did have the ‘oooh I wonder if my diabetes has gone’ moment, and then more sweets (dam cravings and addiction and slightly in the name of testing experiment given my levels).

On Saturday I had half a sub bap with sausages and a few chips and levels were 13 something after 2 hours which feel far more credible after a carby meal. Not the ones I’ve been getting.

HSSS said:

I’m assuming meds haven’t changed. Not sure how long youve been on them. Do they take a while to kick in?
You sound a little less stressed. That would help but I’d be astounded if that made that much difference.
I’d be confused too. Not noticed a change due to time of month personally

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Same meds. I guess over the weekend I was more active but today I’ve been in car working so that doesn’t make sense. Unless the extra activity (just more walking about and mooching at home) had added effect today.
I do feel a lot less stressed. I just feel more normal.
Head is clearer, I feel happier and just more energetic.
I don’t feel so low and that feeling like you feel like you are coming down with something the whole time.

I feel good. It’s really hard to explain.
It’s only a few hours ago but I feel good.

Is it possible the diabetes has gone?

HSSS said:

I’m assuming meds haven’t changed. Not sure how long youve been on them. Do they take a while to kick in?
You sound a little less stressed. That would help but I’d be astounded if that made that much difference.
I’d be confused too. Not noticed a change due to time of month personally

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Same meds. I guess over the weekend I was more active but today I’ve been in car working so that doesn’t make sense. Unless the extra activity (just more walking about and mooching at home) had added effect today.
I do feel a lot less stressed. I just feel more normal.
Head is clearer, I feel happier and just more energetic.
I don’t feel so low and that feeling like you feel like you are coming down with something the whole time.

I feel good. It’s really hard to explain.
It’s only a few hours ago but I feel good.

Is it possible the diabetes has gone?

HSSS said:

Could you have had keto flu (even just going low carb could do this) or even some other bug? Whatever it is I hope for you it’s here to stay.

Did you have any luck establishing if you actually are low when you feel off ? Porridge may have caused a spike with a crash so it felt like a low but wasn’t. Make sense?

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It was my mood that was low!

Usually in the 5s I feel weak and hypo even though it’s not a hypo. This morning I felt like that hence the couple of sweets. After that I just felt amazing.

I’m thinking I should be going to the dr but I don’t want to feel **** again after I’ve been. My next hba1c is 16/11 so might wait. But don’t want to keep taking meds if I don’t need to. But also don’t want dr to put me in a bad mood again! Whenever I speak about levels I just get moaned at for taking them too often, even though it’s just for testing to see what foods are doing to me.

Maybe I’ll wait a couple days. Maybe it is just the time of the month playing silly beggars with everything. I did read that can cause hypos as well as raise sugars so maybe this is my version of hypos! (That isn’t a hypo just makes me feel great)