Unbelievable!

[Brunneria]

Thanks, I've never had that test. For years I kept telling my doctor I thought i was diabetic, getting hypos and needing something sweet to stop the shakes etc. I started getting that in my 20s, around the same time my PCOS was diagnosed.
They kept telling me to come in for a blood test and I'd make an appointment for on the way home from work, and all they ever did was a fingerprick test which was always quite low because I hadn't eaten for a few hours. So they said I wasn't diabetic and me, knowing nothing about HBA1C or any other types of tests, had no option but to accept what they said.

I wasn't finally diagnosed with diabetes till I was 50, 25 years after I startedt having these useless fingerprick tests when i was hungry!

If you were getting hypo symptoms, long before you were showing a measurably raised BG, maybe you should have a look at this thread:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/thr...-on-reactive-hypoglycaemia.65454/#post-648596

 

[rowan]

Hi @rowan

How fit and active are you?

You see, while you are finding your feet with the low carb thing, you are bound to make the odd mistake - noodles, frozen macaroni cheese, etc - but there is a relatively simple way of getting blood glucose down. It can also reduce a spike.

Basically, it's exercise. It all depends on your fitness level, and how active you can be.

I'm built for comfort, not speed, and my idea of violent exercise is a few flights of stairs. Someone else might walk briskly for a few minutes, or climb on an exercise bike. A fit person would probably need longer, harder exercise.

Please don't think I'm suggesting you flog yourself to exhaustion. Simply moving, consistently for a while will help. The best thing to do is try it out for yourself, and see if climbing stairs or hoovering, or popping out to fetch a pot of cream from the corner shop, will help. Test before and after eating, then before and after exercise.

My personal experience is that 4-6 flights of stairs bring my BG down a bit (say from 8 down to 6).
This is great.
But if I am still digesting the food, my BG will then start to rise again.
So I can choose to go for a longer walk (to cancel out the BG rise)
Or I can wait a few minutes and go up the stairs again...

Probably worth mentioning that violent exercise on a full stomach really ain't a good idea, and violent exercise will briefly raise BG anyway, so keep it moderate, and see if it works for you.

I have mobility issues because of other illnesses and short slow walks are usually as much as I can manage.

 

[rowan]

If you were getting hypo symptoms, long before you were showing a measurably raised BG, maybe you should have a look at this thread:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/thr...-on-reactive-hypoglycaemia.65454/#post-648596

I know there was something not right but because they never gave me a proper blood test I don't know if my BG was raised or not. It certainly wasn't raised on my way home from work around 5.30 - 6pm, but having not eaten since lunchtime that was hardly surprising. All in the past now though, not much I can do about it now.

 

[Brunneria]

I have mobility issues because of other illnesses and short slow walks are usually as much as I can manage.

In that case, you may be pleasantly surprised at quite how little exercise can have a very beneficial effect.
Something like lifting a tin of baked beans over your head a few times (or something similar that works for your body) may have a surprising impact.