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Hi all, I am hoping someone can assist. For a long while now, although on and off, I have been experiencing symptons that are consistent with those of diabetes. I am excessively thirsty, need to pee alot, at times I feel like I have a film over my eyes? and I get very lethargic, get pains in my legs sometimes too?.

I purchased a onetouch blood glucose monitoring gadget and have used it over the past week. I am afraid i dont recall at what times I did the test as new to the possibility, i do not know when the best time is to test.

The results though were as follws, can you let me know if these are normal?
5.1, 5.1, 4.3, 4.9, 5.3, 5.7

I would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have.

Thank you for reading x
 
No worries. It might also be useful if you keep a food diary alongside these readings so that you are able to ascertain what foods cause a spike and which foods are benign, if you know what I mean.
 
Fasting is when waking up and before breakfast. I usually test first thing in morning, just before meals and 2 hours after meals.
If you test before and after meals, say you were i.e 5.5 before your evening meal and had a piece of chocolate cake after your evening meal and then tested 2 hours later and your blood glucose was 8.5 or above, you know that chocolate didn't do you any good :mrgreen:
 
I have been Type 2 for about 7years,and when first diagnosed bought several books on T2.Most contradicted each other.Fruit is God/ Fruit is poison etc.Spuds U like?,bad.Bread ...omg No.Now i have read there is no Diabetic diet as such.so people what is a balanced diet for a grosssly overweight T2 chappy?
 
We successfully followed a low GI Diet for almost 3 years to control type 2 with diet and exercise - unfortunately, this has now stopped working for OH, so we have progressed to low carbing - no bread, potatoes, pasta, rice etc.

Buy yourself a carb counter book so that you are aware of what foods contain as far as carbs go. Test before and 2 hours after a meal to ascertain what effects foods have on your blood sugars.
 
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