Cheers, makes me feel betterYou are obviously very lucky and can cope with grain and legumes, which are usually not for type twos.
If you can keep to fairly low carb, nothing extreme you should be OK judging by the numbers you have reported. Testing after meals a few times should be reassuring if you see numbers like those.
Quite. I hit 20's after bread myself, so yeah, it could certainly be a whole lot worse! See what I mean with testing being motivational? Sometimes the meter has good news. Could it be better? Yeah. But it wouldn't take more than a few little tweaks to get there. Keep in mind that if you do keep eating carbs, the numbers will keep getting higher (as diabetes is progressive unless stopped in its tracks). But right now...? To start with? Your numbers aren't anywhere near as bad as they could be. That bodes well for the immediate and long term future.It's not the worst start tho
Yes you were correct, I feel much better today.......thank you so muchQuite. I hit 20's after bread myself, so yeah, it could certainly be a whole lot worse! See what I mean with testing being motivational? Sometimes the meter has good news. Could it be better? Yeah. But it wouldn't take more than a few little tweaks to get there. Keep in mind that if you do keep eating carbs, the numbers will keep getting higher (as diabetes is progressive unless stopped in its tracks). But right now...? To start with? Your numbers aren't anywhere near as bad as they could be. That bodes well for the immediate and long term future.
If I have a cup of tea - any time of day - with semi skimmed milk (and Without any sugar or sweetener), my blood glucose also goes up significantly.Hi my bloods on waking this morning was 7.5 then after 2 cups of white tea with sweeteners in went to 8.5....is this normal ?
I found that once I started to see below 8 my numbers sank steadily downwards as it must have stopped hammering my metabolism and allowed restoration of normality.
Soon I was seeing under 7, then under 6 - so I was approving the direction of travel more than the actual numbers.
The foods eaten, I could not contemplate, but that is good too, most optimistic.
Yes it's normal don't panic. Sweeteners will still raise your sugar levels as will the milk.Hi my bloods on waking this morning was 7.5 then after 2 cups of white tea with sweeteners in went to 8.5....is this normal ?
There is also the option of using lactofree milk.If I have a cup of tea - any time of day - with semi skimmed milk (and Without any sugar or sweetener), my blood glucose also goes up significantly.
I think it is the milk. After all, there is the type of sugar called LACTOSE in milk....? That will be what is making your blood glucose rise.
Not the sweetener, not so much your liver (though of course in the morning that might well contribute to any rise of BG), but the milk you put in your cup of tea!
To combat this, you could replace cow's milk with for example, unsweetened, almond milk which has no carbs at all, but has other nutritious stuff, and this will prevent such a high rise.
Doe sit happen at all times of day or just in the morning. Investigate dawn phenomenon or foot on floor phenomenon. It might not be the shower.Does anyone find having a shower can raise BGL's? For example, I can get up, test my blood (which may read as 5.8). I then go into the shower and if I were to check it afterwards, it can have risen to 8.2!! All without having had anything to eat or drink
Yes, different times of the day. I'd already considered the dawn phenomenon Just wondering if my body is reacting to the heat? Maybe need to start having cold showers!Doe sit happen at all times of day or just in the morning. Investigate dawn phenomenon or foot on floor phenomenon. It might not be the shower.
I’ve definitely heard people say a hot shower/bath effects numbers. Some higher some lower. Same as weather/air temps can have an effect.Yes, different times of the day. I'd already considered the dawn phenomenon Just wondering if my body is reacting to the heat? Maybe need to start having cold showers!