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Hartnell6

Hartnell6

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Thought I would update you all. It's not my thyroid as that according to my doctor is perfect. I'm not anemic. She can't understand why my blood sugars keep dropping. She said being type 2 she would see my blood sugars rising than falling. She couldn't tell my why I'm completely exhausted after a meal.
So in a nutshell I'm no further so I'm going to go through this myself and battle on. Do I need too be seeing a diabetic nurse at all.? As I feel completely unsupported by my doctors surgery.

Sorry for long rant needed to get this off my chest driving me mad.
 
What are your levels before a meal and 2 hours after? Also what are you eating? Usually people feel exhausted when their levels are high but you said your levels are low.
 
Hiitsme said:
What are your levels before a meal and 2 hours after? Also what are you eating? Usually people feel exhausted when their levels are high but you said your levels are low.
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Before meals they are 8.9 mmol and 2 hours after they are around 12mmol I've cut out carbs and sugar and I cut fat off bacon etc. And I was diabetic when I was pregnant (4 times )
 
Maybe you are not eating enough fat. If you reduce carbs, you need to compensate by eating more fat. Cheese, full fat yoghurt, cream, avocados, nuts are all good. Just remember, for diabetics carbs are bad and fat is good. Fat gives you energy without raising blood sugars. Surprisingly, you would will find fat will help you lose weight and reduce cholesterol as well.
 
Hi @Hartnell6
You do seem to be having problems with high blood sugars.When I was first diagnosed I kept an almost complete record of what I had eaten with quantities and my readings. I may have been a bit over the top but it did pay off for me. I weighed all my food and worked out calories, carbs, fat and protein. As I was also trying to lose weight I tried to keep my calories to 500 less than what I was burning.
My levels were higher than yours so I had to be drastic if I wanted to stay off medication. I did a whole week eating what I thought was sensible then went through it in detail. Breakfast cereal was raising my bloods by about 5 points so they had to go and I changed breakfast to scrambled eggs and mushrooms. For lunch I ended up having salad and evening meal varied fish or meat and lots of veg. I had to cut out most fruit as it is high in carbs but did find that I could manage a small quantity of blueberries or strawberries and yogurt. After 6 months having got my levels down to almost normal I was then able to add more carbs but I do still test. I did find I could manage a very small potato 30 grams with evening meal. Bread had to be cut out for a while and then I discovered Livlife bread and Lidl rolls. I don't know if I could have managed them at the beginning. Rice and pasta both had to be cut out but now I can manage small amounts. I still weigh rice and pasta but I don't weigh much else now. For me as I lost weight I found I could cope with a few more carbs. I also started walking as exercise and I'm sure that has helped as well. Using a meter was the most helpful tool as it showed me what my body could cope with. We are all different so I hope you can find what works for you. Do come back with questions.
 
Hiitsme said:
Hi @Hartnell6
You do seem to be having problems with high blood sugars.When I was first diagnosed I kept an almost complete record of what I had eaten with quantities and my readings. I may have been a bit over the top but it did pay off for me. I weighed all my food and worked out calories, carbs, fat and protein. As I was also trying to lose weight I tried to keep my calories to 500 less than what I was burning.
My levels were higher than yours so I had to be drastic if I wanted to stay off medication. I did a whole week eating what I thought was sensible then went through it in detail. Breakfast cereal was raising my bloods by about 5 points so they had to go and I changed breakfast to scrambled eggs and mushrooms. For lunch I ended up having salad and evening meal varied fish or meat and lots of veg. I had to cut out most fruit as it is high in carbs but did find that I could manage a small quantity of blueberries or strawberries and yogurt. After 6 months having got my levels down to almost normal I was then able to add more carbs but I do still test. I did find I could manage a very small potato 30 grams with evening meal. Bread had to be cut out for a while and then I discovered Livlife bread and Lidl rolls. I don't know if I could have managed them at the beginning. Rice and pasta both had to be cut out but now I can manage small amounts. I still weigh rice and pasta but I don't weigh much else now. For me as I lost weight I found I could cope with a few more carbs. I also started walking as exercise and I'm sure that has helped as well. Using a meter was the most helpful tool as it showed me what my body could cope with. We are all different so I hope you can find what works for you. Do come back with questions.
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Thank you I have purchased a tee2 meter and I'm going to record everything and watch what I eat. Thank you for the great advice. Just feel completely unsupported by my gp.
 
Do let us know how it goes and come back if you want more suggestions. I did find it very hard to begin with but watching the numbers on my meter go down was a great encouragement. I remember the first time I got a reading under 7 for fasting I was really excited. Good luck..
 
Support from GPs is very variable. The first one I saw wasn't a lot of help, as the advice was to eat basically what I was already eating that clearly wasn't working. Got to see a second who mentioned reducing carbs and it works for me. As well as reducing carbs, I have replaced it with fat, and have much better BG control plus still losing weight.
 
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