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Strugling a bit....

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Jibba Jabba

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Hi. I was diagnosed as T2 in October 2010, lost 3 stone since March 2010 and, thanks to this wonderful forum, I have cut down on carbs and my HbA1c has dropped a little from 6.4 in March to 6.1 December. I test normally around 4 times a day and my fasting levels are 4.5 to 5.4 on average.

We went away over Christmas and I was very good food wise and kept my BG levels around 7 after dinner, I find I am strugling since coming back. For breakfast on a work day I normally have 20g of branflakes with some berries, and my BG tests at about 6 2 hours after. This includes a 25 min walk to and from stations. However, on Friday my fasting BG was 4.6, which went up to 10.1 2 hours later (same breakfast minus the walk). Sunday I decided to have a protein only breakfast of 2 slices edam and 1 slice ham. BG's went from 5.1 to 7.1 :? . This morning I returned to the branflakes and had a reading of fasting 5.1 to 12.1 (minus the walk).

My question is, I have been feeling a bit under the weather, slight sore throat, sneezing, headache (had a flu jab in November)and wondered if this could be the reason my BG's have climbed a bit? and would eating at a different time to normal make a difference?

Sorry for waffling and thanks for reading :)

Julie
 
Jibba Jabba said:
My question is, I have been feeling a bit under the weather, slight sore throat, sneezing, headache (had a flu jab in November)and wondered if this could be the reason my BG's have climbed a bit? and would eating at a different time to normal make a difference?

Sorry for waffling and thanks for reading :)

Julie
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Any infection will have a detrimental effect on your Bg levels. They should return to normal when you are better and back to your normal routine.
 
Thanks for your reply Sue, much appreciated :D .

BG levels still testing a bit high but I am still under the weather so hopefully they will even out again when I feel better :( . Pharmasist recommended Robbitussin sugar free cough mixture for my cough, hope this is okay to use?

Julie
 
Have you read the PIL (Patient information leaflet) which shold be with the Robitussin ?

If the Pharmacist recommended it knowing you are a Diabetic and your medical history then it should be fine, they are highly trained.
 
Hi Sue

Have read the PIL and it says it contains Sorbitol (sp?) and is sugar free. I have taken a dose and will test in an hour to see if it has much effect on my BG.

Thanks for your reply :D

Julie
 
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Don't worry about it....people think we are twins or something.....we just work together. :wink:
 
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