Hi and thank you for the welcome and for replying. I have been watching/avoiding my sugars, eat low carbs. I eat plenty of fresh veg and work hard on not spiking my sugars.
I was seen in a&e about 2 months ago with bm of 2.1 they kept me in overnight, I had a fasting 4 hour blood glucose test the following week to confirm the RH. The endo wasn't very helpful if I'm honest, just said keep jelly babies and lucozade with me at all times.
I have been referred to dietician, apt is tomo at 09:30. Am looking forward to that, finding out what they have to say.
I have had left sided upper abdo pain for 2 years which I haven't got any answers for, ct and endoscopy showed no reason for pain. I fear it's my pancreas but consultant dismissed this as unlikely!
I have hypothyroidism and a full hysterectomy at 38, been on Hrt since and I'm now 44.
Sorry if I've bored you!!
I have been reading the posts about RH here and they are very informative.
Today, breakfast bran flakes, no sugar, hour after bm 9.1 (waking bm 5.1) an apple, cup of decaf tea. After house work, bm 3.4, feel shaky. Reach for the lucozade.
Long reply.. Hope I've covered what you asked
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Hi again,
I'm back at work after this post, but just to start.
Probably because most specialist endocrinologists and dieticians are under orders to insist you have carbs is the answer you are looking for.
Do attend your appointment, but have an open mind about the advice.
Basically, I stay away from carbs and sugars all the time, they trigger your insulin and its the insulin that causes the hypos.
What happens is you eat the foods that trigger your insulin response, you spike, then hypo because your insulin keeps being produced as an overshoot.
If I eat very low carbs and don't trigger the insulin response, I don't hypo later.
Eat often every three hours, small meals, and stay away from sweets and lucozade if you do hypo, I have a rich tea biscuit and a cuppa with no milk and no sugar. You need to up your blood glucose levels up slowly, not a quick sugar fix.
We are different in the diabetic family, is that it still is a metabolic endocrine condition. Also RH does mimic T2 symptoms in some ways especially if you have insulin resistance.
What you should be aiming for is normal blood glucose levels most of the time, normal hba1c levels, because that is when you will feel better. If you don't spike you don't hypo.
So first, ditch the cereals, they are full of carbs and sugar.
I can eat fruit but eat half or a small one, what do you have in your tea? if anything have full fat milk or cream. You can have butter but no spreads, eat fresh meat nothing processed, eat protein, full fat not low fat, and so on.
When you have read the rest of the forum, read the low carb forum, there is some great ideas and recipes and alternatives to the carbs and starchy vegetables.
To finish, have you a monitor because you need to learn, discover, experiment what you are tolerant to and what you are intolerant to?
You might not like what you have to give up, food wise, but if you can avoid what I call the baddies, you will genuinely feel fitter and healthier.
You may even find that your thyroid problems may alleviate, there has been posters with thyroid problems and diabetes and doing very low carb has worked for them.
You see, I do long replies as well!
It is vitally important that you learn all about the condition so that you can control it.
Control is the key to unlock future health and well-being.
I'll come back later.
You've got some reading to do!
Best wishes.