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So confused! :(

Me too. No clinic til 28th and I've got so confused I am sacred to fat anything as my readings are staying around 17. A bit better than 23 I suppose.
Good luck to you.
 
I feel that ive been given this information and just left hanging. I had a terrible day yesterday. I obviously hadn't eat enough but I wasn't sure which food I should eat. Grrrrrrr good luck to you to.


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Thanks chris and yorks man for the reply. I do feel a bit scared to eat after speaking with the nurse. I suppose it's good for the dieting but I'm finding my bloods are dropping to 4.3-4.5 and I'm shaking with hunger :( I was so hungry last night I had a choc digestive about 10pm before bed and I woke up with the fab reading of 5.4!
 
Hi Lea!

I'm with u in that I've had minimal advice since diagnosis before Xmas but there again they don't even know what is wrong with me yet so it's no surprise! I too was frustrated that I would go to bed on a 5.4 and wake up over 7! It happened all the time and still does, it was never below 7 until one time before bed my level was 9 (this is really high for me) and when I woke up the next morning I got a 6.4! Not perfect, but better! When u ate the digestive before bed it would have pushed your level up so your liver didnt throw some glucose out like it normally does because you were still running high and didnt need it. So I agree and think eating something before bed to keep u going through the night will help with the high fasting numbers but, that being said, I am never hungry before bed so I've struggled nd usually don't bother!

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Hi Elaine
It's like they tell you what's wrong but can't be bothered to help you. She gave me tablets and diet advice but lacked any care. I only took the tablets for 4 days and forgot to have the next one my bloods were fine all day so I thought I'd stop taking the tablets altogether. She told me I would be on them for life and to be honest I'm only 36 do I really need to take them forever!? I'd rather try and fix it myself.
 
Lea76 said:
She told me I would be on them for life and to be honest I'm only 36 do I really need to take them forever!? I'd rather try and fix it myself.
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They do seem to lack empathy. For the 2nd time my DN referred to my medication and for the 2nd time I had to tell her I wasn't on any. Do these people even bother to read the notes? From the data you have mentioned I would have thought there was a good case not to even be on meds at all. Maybe they are playing safe and don't trust that you will stick to a diet and keep up your exercise but you do not have to take them. Best way probably is to put in a bit of extra effort, get the levels down yourself and then tell them that you want to come off the meds because you think you can control it by diet alone.

It is a disgraceful situation that you get treated like a product on a conveyor belt. My GP's first point of reference was Diabetes UK, a charity. Imagine if the government stopped all social security payments altogether and simply referred everyone to a charity. They wouldn't remain in Government for long. What makes the GP think it is OK to pass the buck in this way?
 
Lea76 said:
I've tried to be good with the carbs today, had breakfast earlier too. However, I started shaking and felt funny before lunch and my blood was 4.4 after lunch it was 5.1. I've logged all my food today and I've had 161g carbs and 70g sugars. Does that mean I've had 231g? No matter what I can't seem to get my sugar any lower and I'm beginning to feel hungry between meals :( I stop eating about 8pm but I know by morning my blood will still be at 7.8 how can I reduce it?
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If you're low carbing and feeling hungry between meals, check that you're eating enough fats and protein. It doesn't mean you have to get the lard out, it just means don't eat low fat things, go for full fat items, single cream rather than milk which is high in carbs. Cream isn't. It's a different way of eating, sounds crazy and flies in the face of all good NHS advice. But I've never felt better since avoiding wheat, grains, low fat products and living on as much as I want of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, cream. I do occasionally fall off the wagon and start nibbling at bread and cakes again, but my body soon tells me it's not happy and I back to as low carb as I can get. And once I start eating carbs, that's when I notice the hunger returns. When I'm very low carb and high fat and protein, I NEVER feel hungry. And by high fat, I mean I eat the fat on meat, I have full fat cheese and I rarely use butter or oils in my cooking but I get my fat from the single cream I drink in my tea and coffee a few times a day. And that's about it. At first when I started LCHF I bought in plenty of butter and oil thinking I'd need loads of it on my food. But I found that just going back to eating meat with fat on and the cream was plenty enough for me so now it must be at least six months since I bought a packet of butter or a bottle of oil. Once you put the fat back into your diet naturally as in the foods you eat, you don't need to add any extra because you're SATISFIED and SATIATED but not SATURATED. :)

I'm usually around the 7 mark most mornings and quite happy with that although this morning I was 6.6 at 9.30 when I got up and that was after having fish and chips and two glasses of Rose wine last night! So I can't quite work that one out but I feel OK apart from a muzzy head from the wine. :wink:
 
That's so true I think they don't read notes either. She asked me if I was planning on having any children and I had to tell her I've already got 2 and I've been sterilised! You would think they would look at notes before they see you. She didn't even give me any choice in wether I wanted to start meds or not. I've found more information and help on this site and I'm really grateful for everyone's help x
 
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