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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1378308" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome.</p><p></p><p>The best possible advice I can think of giving is to get yourself a blood glucose meter<strong><em> and use it</em></strong>.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate that constantly monitoring what you eat and drink is a pain and particularly difficult if it slips your mind, but if you have a meter with you, and get symptoms like you did yesterday, that acts as a very handy reminder to test. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Most of us T2s are given the standard gumph 'you don't need to test' which is rubbish, and more about cost cutting for the NHS than about our health and wellbeing. Plus, if we buy our own meters we can get them at reasonable prices. It really is worth doing, because it gives us so much information.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I had a borderline Pre-Diabetes/Diabetes HbA1c test result, and bought a meter thinking that things would be fine. Oh no. My blood glucose was spiking FAR too high after meals, then dropping to reasonable levels until the next meal. Since the HbA1c gives an average, everything was looking fine. But it wasn't. My meter taught me to avoid the foods that were causing the harm, and my HbA1cs are now exactly where I want them.</p><p></p><p>Without that meter, I would have been working completely blind, and my diabetes would have been deteriorating steadily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1378308, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome. The best possible advice I can think of giving is to get yourself a blood glucose meter[B][I] and use it[/I][/B]. I appreciate that constantly monitoring what you eat and drink is a pain and particularly difficult if it slips your mind, but if you have a meter with you, and get symptoms like you did yesterday, that acts as a very handy reminder to test. :) Most of us T2s are given the standard gumph 'you don't need to test' which is rubbish, and more about cost cutting for the NHS than about our health and wellbeing. Plus, if we buy our own meters we can get them at reasonable prices. It really is worth doing, because it gives us so much information. Personally, I had a borderline Pre-Diabetes/Diabetes HbA1c test result, and bought a meter thinking that things would be fine. Oh no. My blood glucose was spiking FAR too high after meals, then dropping to reasonable levels until the next meal. Since the HbA1c gives an average, everything was looking fine. But it wasn't. My meter taught me to avoid the foods that were causing the harm, and my HbA1cs are now exactly where I want them. Without that meter, I would have been working completely blind, and my diabetes would have been deteriorating steadily. [/QUOTE]
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