tree-peony
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I've been doing low carb or the last 10 days or so in an attempt to get my BG down sufficiently for a cataract op tomorrow. I was only diagnosed recently and my GP is't being terribly helpful considering I went in with a fasting BG of 19!
The low carb diet combined with a heap of exercise has brought my level down to 12/13 ish over the last few days. earlier this afternoon my op got cancelled and I got a bit tearful :cry: Darling OH made me a cup of tea with a teaspoonful of sugar in. Now this is the first proper carb I've had since 29th March, but I was feeling very upset and it helped :crazy:
Anyway, the remorse soon kicked in, so I thought I'd better check my levels. An hour after the tea it had gone up by 1.3, but an hour later I took it again (! always do a 4pm reading) and it was 1.5 LOWER than lunchtime, so a fall in total of 2.8.
Does this mean my 1st response insulin is working? Not at all sure I've got my head round this!
Many thanks for any opinions
TP
The low carb diet combined with a heap of exercise has brought my level down to 12/13 ish over the last few days. earlier this afternoon my op got cancelled and I got a bit tearful :cry: Darling OH made me a cup of tea with a teaspoonful of sugar in. Now this is the first proper carb I've had since 29th March, but I was feeling very upset and it helped :crazy:
Anyway, the remorse soon kicked in, so I thought I'd better check my levels. An hour after the tea it had gone up by 1.3, but an hour later I took it again (! always do a 4pm reading) and it was 1.5 LOWER than lunchtime, so a fall in total of 2.8.
Does this mean my 1st response insulin is working? Not at all sure I've got my head round this!
Many thanks for any opinions
TP