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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Cruelty. I am kind.
Con- I have been diagnosed Type2 for nine months and I am perfectly comfortable on a low carb diet of around 50 gr of carb a day. During the day my BS control is good - by mid morning it is below 6 and after lunch it returns within an hour and a half to the same level.
Pro- I have recently followed advice to test more extensively and discovered that my evening meal causes my BS to climb for about two hours to around 8 to 9. and it returns to a lower level of between 6 and 7 about four hours after eating. It then stays at that level all night, and it is only after breakfast that my BS falls to a level I consider good - below 6.
I had not realised that this was happening, that for fourteen hours every day my BS is above normal - and since I want my BS as close to normal as I can get it I wonder if I should ask my Nurse to prescribe Metformin, to help drop these evening highs?
Or am I being obsessive about this? Should I avoid drugs as far as possible? Metformin certainly seems to have powerful protective qualities for diabetics, and experts say the sooner it is given after diagnosis, the more effective those protections are. On the other hand - drugs, you know.... I hate them.
Pro- I have recently followed advice to test more extensively and discovered that my evening meal causes my BS to climb for about two hours to around 8 to 9. and it returns to a lower level of between 6 and 7 about four hours after eating. It then stays at that level all night, and it is only after breakfast that my BS falls to a level I consider good - below 6.
I had not realised that this was happening, that for fourteen hours every day my BS is above normal - and since I want my BS as close to normal as I can get it I wonder if I should ask my Nurse to prescribe Metformin, to help drop these evening highs?
Or am I being obsessive about this? Should I avoid drugs as far as possible? Metformin certainly seems to have powerful protective qualities for diabetics, and experts say the sooner it is given after diagnosis, the more effective those protections are. On the other hand - drugs, you know.... I hate them.