• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

Surprised

JAY1JAY1

Well-Known Member
Messages
623
Location
Birmingham
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
Diabetes
went to a BBQ yesterday all the wrong food white bread rice and spuds ,even lemon curd cheese cake . Felt a bit strange must admit tested my bloods before 5.6 . 2 hrs after 3.8 is this supposed to happen ??? Has anyone had the same ? It was a suprize I can tell you
 

No Vino?
 
Only two glasses but that's a norm for me , still don't know why my numbers went so low,I expected them to rocket after the carbs and sugar I had !
 
Wine causes my glucose readings to be artificially low for a few hours -- then they shoot right up. Clearly our bodies handle wine differently.
 
JAY1JAY1 said:
Only two glasses but that's a norm for me , still don't know why my numbers went so low,I expected them to rocket after the carbs and sugar I had !
Click to expand...

The reason I asked about the vino is that alcohol can drive your numbers down. I have found that if i have something carby like a pasta dish, and have a nice glass of pinot to accompany it, then I need less insulin. I got this wrong last weekend and ended up at 3.8 at bedtime - then had to eat carbs before sleeping!
 
This is the trouble I had took ages to get my levels back up , I will have to try it again and keep an eye on my BG to see what happens . Thanks for your reply JJ
 
JAY1JAY1 said:
This is the trouble I had took ages to get my levels back up , I will have to try it again and keep an eye on my BG to see what happens . Thanks for your reply JJ
Click to expand...

Do you take any medication for your diabetes?

I have lots of 3s, at various times of the day and evening. As I am not taking any meds, and provided I feel fine, I don't do anything to "deal with" the lower numbers. The times I've been at very low 3s and into the 2s have tended to be before food, so I've just got on and eaten as I intended anyway.

Clearly if you take Gliclazide or insulin style drugs you need to be vigilent, and if you feel rough you should have something to eat or drink if you are low.
 
I take metformin 2 , 2x a day . I did feel a bit rough but they keep telling me can't have hypos on metformin may be not but I have something , never been in the threes before but didn't fancy going to bed that low , how do you know what to do if nobody tells you it's what pees me off with having diabetes is no one will tell you diddleysquot.
 
pileobunnies said:
Wine causes my glucose readings to be artificially low for a few hours -- then they shoot right up. Clearly our bodies handle wine differently.
Click to expand...

Agreed. I felt same thing too in the past when I used to take wine. Currently not taking wine or not testing regularly either. So cannot experiment much.

Last week I got a copy of routine/ annual complete blood analysis at workplace, everything is normal except BS is 6.1 I made a few changes within last 2 months that might have caused this. After reading the threads on this forum, I started high protein, low carb diet on most days. My GP at work told me to not to consume whey protein shake. So have to redo my routine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn More.…